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Host Raylene Ramsay celebrates 40 years with NZME

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Wed, 21 Jan 2026, 3:51pm

Host Raylene Ramsay celebrates 40 years with NZME

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Wed, 21 Jan 2026, 3:51pm

Today marks a significant anniversary for Newstalk ZB's Raylene Ramsay, as she celebrates 40 years with NZME.

Ramsay started out in radio in 1976 as an intern at 2ZB Wellington, before returning as a network newsreader for Radio New Zealand.

She’s since co-hosted 2ZB's breakfast show with Lindsay Yeo, presented 9 to Noon for 2ZA in Palmerston North and worked as a breakfast network newsreader for Classic Hits.

She returned upstairs to Newstalk ZB in 2018 as a newsreader for Afternoons and Drive and went on to win the Services to Broadcasting award in 2020. 

Matt Heath and Tyler Adams looked back on her 40 years in the business.

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