Australians aren't exactly thrilled at the prospect of Paul Henry on their TV sets, with more than half either disapproving or uninterested in the Kiwi presenter's trans-Tasman foray.
The controversial television personality announced at the weekend he would be crossing the ditch to take up a $1 million role as breakfast host with Australia's Network Ten.
He was personally offered the job as co-host by Ten's interim chief executive Lachlan Murdoch, son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch.
But an online poll run by the Sydney Morning Herald suggests Australians were cautious about the surprise decision.
One third of readers polled agreed with the statement "Henry failed in New Zealand, why bring him here?".
A further 27 per cent said they would wait to judge, "except that I'm not going to watch anyway".
Just 32 per cent were convinced Ten had made the right choice.
In typical trans-Tasman jousting, the Australians seemed to find biggest fault in the fact Henry is a New Zealander, with complaints about his grating Kiwi accent.
Henry resigned from TVNZ's Breakfast last year after public outrage over on-air comments about former governor-general Sir Anand Satyanand and Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit.
He will continue work for his new employer TV3, filming his new Sunday night show in Sydney, and will wind up his RadioLIVE show in March.
NZN