New Zealand Woman’s Weekly

Fair gone! Why Hadyn Changed His Life

When broadcaster Hadyn Jones resigned from Fair Go last year, he had no idea that within months, the TV version of the show would move to a digital-first treatment.

“I decided to leave because my contract was up and I was tired after seven years of travelling around the country,” says Hadyn, 48.

“I spent about three months of the year travelling for stories, staying in hotels and motels, and my eldest child Marley was 14. I just didn’t want to spend three more years doing that.

“I had lots of talks with TVNZ about doing other things, but by the end of it, I realised travelling would have been inevitable and I wanted to be at home more.”

Now, as he deals with the fact that some of his friends at the show have lost their jobs after the closure of the TV version of the long-running and

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