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Paddy Gower Biography, Age, Career, Net Worth, Family & More – New Zealand political journalist Patrick Gower was born in 1977 in New Plymouth, New Zealand.

Paddy Gower

Gower was raised and educated as a Roman Catholic, attending Francis Douglas Memorial College and St. Joseph’s Catholic School.

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He graduated with honors from Victoria University of Wellington with a BA in Politics; he chose the school because it was close to parliament.

He became acquainted with Salient magazine during his studies at Victoria University. After earning a degree in politics, he attended Auckland University of Technology to study journalism.

Nationality Paddy Gower

Gower was born in New Plymouth, New Zealand. He is therefore a citizen of New Zealand by birth.

The age of Paddy Gower

Gower is believed to have been born in 1977, making him currently 46 years old.

Paddy Gower Net worth

Gower has a net worth estimated to be around $3 million as of 2023.

Paddy Gower Height and Weight

Gower stands at 6ft 8in but his weight is unknown at the time of filing this report.

The Education of Paddy Gower

Gower attended St. Joseph’s Catholic School and Francis Douglas Memorial College. He also attended Victoria University of Wellington where he graduated with a BA Honors in Politics.

Career of Paddy Gower

At The New Zealand Herald, Gower began his journalistic career by working in a graveyard from 6 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. and later became one of the paper’s two police reporters.

He later moved to the UK where he worked for Jane’s Police Review. Back in New Zealand, he continued his employment at the Herald reporting on politics while reporting for Audrey Young.

He later switched to television journalism and started working at 3 News as a political reporter. He argued that the transformation required a significant shift in approaches to reporting.

Duncan Garner resigned as 3 News political editor in November 2012 and was replaced by Gower. Despite the debate about political bias on social media, Gower says he is abstaining on the grounds of fairness.

After five years as Newshub’s political editor, he switched positions in 2018 to take on the role of national correspondent. A video of Gower cursing on what appeared to be live television went viral in December 2014.

Ahead of New Zealand’s 2020 cannabis vote, Gower featured prominently in the two-part documentary series Patrick Gower: On Weed. In this series, he explored concerns regarding both medical and recreational cannabis.

Produced by Three and supported by NZ on Air, the documentary was filmed in both New Zealand and the US.

In September 2020, before the referendum, which was postponed due to the COVID-19 epidemic, the third and final episode was made available.

Gower broke the news of a stolen script draft for the controversial film They Are Us, which was based on the July 2021 Christchurch mosque shooting.

Members of New Zealand’s Muslim community, as well as a number of politicians such as National Party leader Simon Bridges, ACT Party David Seymour and former Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters, criticized the proposed script for depicting graphic violence, exploitation of tragedy for financial gain and historical errors events surrounding the mosque shooting.

Gower requested that the film’s writer-director Andrew Niccol step down from the film’s production after being emotionally moved by the script. Follow: https://mymorningtea.in/

Paddy Gower Family and Siblings 

At the time of filing this report, we have no details about Gower’s parents and siblings.

Wife of Paddy Gower

Gower is married to Bridget Gower.

Paddy Gower’s Children

Gower has two children.