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About Jim Hickey (broadcaster)
- Jim Hickey is a weather presenter for TVNZ in New Zealand.
- He was the senior weathercaster for TVNZ from 1988 until 2003, returning in 2007 to replace Brendan Horan.
- He retired at the end of 2014, presenting for the last time on December 19.Hickey has presented the TVNZ programmes A Flying Visit, Jim's Car Show, How's the Weather Jim? and The Real Middle Earth.
- Before becoming a TV presenter he had appeared in New Zealand TV commercials and TV series (e.g.
- Mortimer's Patch and Children of the Dog Star). He has a Bachelor of Arts in Geography with specialization in climatology, and a Diploma of Meteorology. He has a comedic and sharp style of presenting. He is a devout Christian, and was involved with the Revival Centre movement.
- At one stage he suffered from Crohns ulcerative colitis, but successfully overcame it.
- In Hickey's hometown of New Plymouth, he has helped shape the airport café, along with local hospitality enthusiast Craig Macfarlane, into an aviation memorabilia-themed café called Airspresso.
- There are pilots' biographies including Jim Hickey Snr, Jim’s father, who was a Spitfire pilot in Burma during World War Two.
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