Karyn Hay 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...

 broadcaster and author, best known for hosting Radio With Pictures

Radio with Pictures

Radio with Pictures was an early music video program, airing on New Zealand broadcaster TV2 from 1976 to 1986...

 for five years during the 1980s. Currently a Radio Live

Radio Live

Radio Live and Radio Live Sport are nationwide Auckland-based New Zealand talkback, news and sports radio networks owned and operated by MediaWorks New Zealand...

 host, Hay is married to Andrew Fagan

Andrew Fagan

Andrew Fagan is a prominent New Zealand writer, singer and songwriter. He was born in 1962 and grew up in Wellington. He gained fame in New Zealand in the 1980s as the lead singer of pop group The Mockers....

, a former member of the New Zealand band The Mockers

The Mockers

The Mockers were a New Zealand pop band formed in Wellington in 1979 by Andrew Fagan. Fagan was the only ever-present of the band's line-up whose initial members were mostly drawn from Fagan's Rongotai College classmates. Their songs include "One Black Friday" and "Forever Tuesday Morning"...

. Karyn and Andrew have two teenage boys.

She manages the Kiwi FM radio network and co-hosts the evening show on Radio LIVE with Andrew Fagan on weeknights from 7-10pm.

Hay was the winner of the Hubert Church Best First Book in the 2001 Montana Book Awards for her first novel, “Emerald Budgies”. She was awarded the Frank Sargeson Fellowship in 2004.