Hilary Ann Barry[2] (née Pankhurst, born 4 December 1969) is a New Zealand journalist and television personality who co-hosts Seven Sharp with Jeremy Wells on TVNZ 1.

Barry attended Queen Margaret College in Wellington from 1980 to 1987, and was head girl in her final year.

[3] She later completed a Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics at Victoria University of Wellington and a Certificate of Journalism.

[4] Barry began her career as a reporter for radio 89.3 TODAY FM (now More FM Wairarapa), before moving to RNZ in the Masterton office[5] Barry describes her time at RNZ: "I was in sole charge of a thriving newsroom that was inundated with stories of serial killers, sexual deviants and the local shearing competition, called the Golden Shears.

[10][11] On 4 February 2016, Barry laughed uncontrollably during The Paul Henry Show when reading a news item about a former Malaysian diplomat who admitted going to a young woman's home with no pants on and defecating on her step before leaving.

[17] Barry's final day was on Friday, 27 May 2016, receiving a special video tribute from colleague Mike McRoberts.

[21] Barry left Breakfast in January 2018, and joined Seven Sharp alongside Jeremy Wells.