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Hilary Barry (born c.1970, née Pankhurst) is a TV3 personality in New Zealand who currently presents the 6 pm 3 News with Mike McRoberts.

Originally from Wellington, Barry received a BA in Linguistics and a Certificate of Journalism before working as a radio reporter in 1992 in the Wairarapa for Paul Henry's radio station - 89.3 TODAY FM (now More FM Wairarapa). She became a TV3 news reporter in Christchurch in 1993 then moved to Auckland to work as a reporter and presenter on 3 News. She read the morning news on radio station More FM and participated in the morning shows for 10 years. Hilary has now joined Marcus Lush as news anchor on the RadioLIVE breakfast show weekdays from Monday 9 February 2009 (6am - 9am). As well as her new role for RadioLIVE, Hilary Barry is still the weekday presenter on 3 News.

Barry presented the weekend edition of 3 News for six years, before being promoted to the show's top position, presenting the weeknight 3 News after former regular anchors John Campbell and Carol Hirschfeld moved on to respectively present and produce the 7 pm current affairs show, Campbell Live.

She is married with two sons.

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