The reinvention of Wendy Petrie: How the beloved broadcaster is smashing life in her fifties
About this episode
Wendy Petrie discusses her journey of reinvention and the challenges she embraces in her fifties after her redundancy from TVNZ.
This week we catch up with news anchor, marathon runner, and the recent business owner, Wendy Petrie. The mother of three talks about how she is constantly reinventing herself to take on challenges - six years after her very public redundancy from TVNZ. Wendy talks about the importance of motherhood, why she loves doing hard things, and provides an inspirational insight into how it's never too late to give something new a crack! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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