[1] On several occasions he performed master of ceremonies in events for the Cure Kids children's charity,[3][4] and, in 2002, he appeared in a celebrity race in the Queenstown Winter Festival.
Veitch paid Dunne-Powell NZ$100,000 not to reveal the assault publicly, and to explain the injuries as a result of falling down stairs.
[17] Veitch was sentenced to nine months of supervision, 300 hours community service and a $10,000 fine with the possibility of having to attend a Stop Violence programme should this be deemed necessary by parole officials.
[19][20] In particular, Dame Susan Devoy and Dave Currie have said that testimonials written by them to support a passport application were edited and submitted on this unrelated matter.
"[23] It reported that "head of news and current affairs Anthony Flannery said that Mr Veitch would step down while a review was conducted into the allegations made against him by some media organisations.
Ellis said TVNZ had had a number of conversations with Veitch and his legal representatives, and the review process was being run by the Heads of Television, Human Resources and News and Current Affairs.
There have been a lot of statements made that are untrue which make it untenable now for me to continue in my current roles with TVNZ and the Radio Network.
"[26] In the New Year of 2011, Veitch returned as the host of the Radio Sport breakfast show[27] and, in 2013, took on other roles with the retiring of Murray Deaker.
[30] In October 2015 his comments in relation to the 2015 Rugby World Cup incident where a referee Nigel Owens described a contact as "Not a punch just a push of the fist" attracted widespread criticism.
[37] In May 2016 Veitch's employers NZME published a piece by him in The New Zealand Herald which included an apology for his past domestic violence.
[40] He announced in October 2018 that after a reshuffle of programming at ZB the previous year [41] that he had given up sports broadcasting to open a villa retreat in Bali.