When broadcaster Erin Conroy took over the helm as 1 News' weekend weather presenter while her friend and colleague Renee Wright went on maternity leave, she never could have imagined she'd be fronting some of the most extreme weather Aotearoa has ever faced.
With two devastating cyclones, unprecedented flooding and widespread devastation across the North Island, the TVNZ star still can't quite believe the events of the past few months.
"It's been absolutely incredible," says Erin, sitting down to chat with the Weekly at home on Auckland's North Shore, where she lives with her lawyer partner Nick Molineaux, 43, and their children Guy, six, and Eliza, two. “With virtually every shift, it’s felt as if yet another rainfall record was broken. It’s just kept on coming.”
The past 12 months have been busy for Erin, 42, as she navigated her return to full-time work. Before taking on the weekend weather role, the former news reporter and 20/20 host juggled motherhood with part-time work as a producer on Seven Sharp. Now, she’s doing both.
“I hadn’t worked full-time since before I had babies, so that’s been a big change and it’s defi nitely taken life up a notch,” she says, pulling Eliza onto her lap for a cuddle. “But covering Renee’s maternity leave was too good an opportunity to pass up. I really didn’t have to think twice. We know how much Kiwis love their weather, so to be involved in that is a real privilege.”
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