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Sir Paul Scott Holmes, (29 April 19501 February 2013), was a New Zealand broadcaster who gained national recognition through his high profile radio and television journalism. Holmes fronted the first prime time current affairs show of the time, ''Holmes'', which ran on TV One from 1989 to 2004. Holmes hosted the Newstalk ZB breakfast show from 1985 to 2008, and the Saturday morning show from 2009 to 2012. Holmes' other ventures included several notable hosting slots, including a short-lived weekly show on Prime Television in 2005, two stints as the anchor of ''This Is Your Life'' and from 2009 until his retirement in 2012, and the Sunday morning political talk show Q+A. Due to his high profile appearances and controversial manner, Holmes' personal life was often documented alongside his charitable efforts. He spent much of his career in the spotlight, including his campaigning of the Paralympics, the birth of his son, the collapse of his marriage, his daughter's drug problems and his death. Holmes was also credited with bringing AIDS awareness to New Zealand, after featuring a story on a young girl with the disease, Eve van Grafhorst, on ''Holmes''. Due to his success, Holmes picked up a celebrity-like status and often made appearances in other media such as long running soap opera ''Shortland Street''. Holmes underwent treatment for cancer and heart surgery in 1999 and again in 2012. He retired shortly after the latter treatments and in 2013 was knighted by the Governor-General of New Zealand. Just two weeks later, Holmes died at his Hawkes Bay home. == Early life == Born in 1950 as the first son of Chrissie and Henry Holmes, a mechanic, Holmes grew up in the Hawke's Bay and attended Karamu High School. He and his younger brother Ken were involved in rowing and debating, and Paul became a prefect.〔 The family had another son, Christopher, who died shortly after birth. Holmes had a particular interest in radio, and by sixth form he was practising announcing into the family tape recorder, auditioning at the local radio station, and acting on stage.〔 At high school, Holmes became close friends with Mike Williams (future President of the New Zealand Labour Party) and Peter Beaven (future CEO of Pipfruit NZ). The trio remained friends for the rest of Holmes' life.〔 In 1968, Holmes left his family home〔 〕 and began studying law at Victoria University of Wellington.〔 However, shortly into his course, he swapped his degree to the arts and was awarded a BA.〔 Holmes was inspired by the actor Dustin Hoffman and wished to emulate his success.〔 He got his first professional acting job on a radio production of ''Antony and Cleopatra'' and acted alongside Sam Neill in the drama society club.〔 Whilst studying, Holmes worked at a Hawke's Bay freezing-works.〔 Holmes then mortgages the family home to try his way in acting, he left NZ for the big time in Hollywood, after being unsuccessful he returned to NZ. Paul was known to have drinking and drug problems, classic case was one of his blind eyes, due to drinking filtered methylated spirits. He turned his life around and after attending AA for a while and found some prominent investors while attending. He was guided into radio and had a show on national TV about his rise into radio stardom which helped catapult his career. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paul Holmes (broadcaster)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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