John has been a journalist for 20 years including as a fulltime political reporter based in the gallery in Wellington. He has covered six elections.
As a political interviewer he has interviewed leaders throughout the Asia-Pacific region and New Zealand including Prime Ministers - David Lange (his last ever interview), Mike Moore, Geoffrey Palmer, Jim Bolger, Jenny Shipley, Helen Clark and John Key.
International figures John has interviewed include Tony Blair (his only New Zealand interview), John Prescott, Paul Keating, Al Gore, Sir Bob Geldof, Dalai Lama, Pervez Musharraf, Morgan Tsvangirai and the leaders of Fiji, the Solomon Islands, Tonga, Samoa and Tahiti.
In Campbell Live's first year on-air in 2005 it won Qantas Television Awards ‘Investigation of the Year’ and ‘Best News Report Team Award’. Recently, John has won Best Current Affairs Presenter in both the Qantas and the Best on the Box awards.