Brian Edwards (broadcaster)

Brian Finbar Myram Edwards CNZM (born 4 November 1937 in Cork, Ireland) is a New Zealand media personality and author.

His campaign was derailed when the New Zealand Truth revealed that he was living in a de facto relationship while still married to his first wife; this was considered scandalous at the time.

[1] He currently runs a media training and communications consultancy in partnership with his wife Judy Callingham.

Edwards is also author of numerous books, including a biography of Prime Minister of New Zealand Helen Clark, an autobiography: Daddy Was A German Spy, And Other Scandals, published in 2008, and is also a prolific newspaper and magazine columnist.

In the 1999 New Year Honours, he was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to broadcasting and journalism.