Guyon Espiner is a New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 print and television journalist

Journalist

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Espiner attended the University of Canterbury

University of Canterbury

The University of Canterbury , New Zealand's second-oldest university, operates its main campus in the suburb of Ilam in the city of Christchurch, New Zealand...

 before joining TVNZ in 2003 as a political reporter. He was appointed to the position of political editor

Political Editor

The political editor of a newspaper or broadcast media is the senior political reporter who covers politics and related matters for the newspaper or station...

 in 2006, and also writes a political column in North & South magazine.

Espiner was co-host of Agenda

Agenda (TVNZ programme)

Agenda was an hour long current affairs show in New Zealand. It screened at 10 am on Sundays on TV ONE.Its final host was Rawdon Christie with political interviews conducted by Guyon Espiner. Christie and Espiner were joined each week by three panelists from the New Zealand media.In late November...

 before its cancellation and currently conducts the interviews on "Agenda's" successor Q+A

Q+A

Q+A is a New Zealand current event and political talkshow. It is hosted by Paul Holmes, with interviews conducted by Guyon Espiner and expert analysis with Therese Arseneau...

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Espiner is regularly interviewed on the television programme Breakfast, to discuss heated political issues.