Katrina Batten
Newsreader, producer and presenter of Sunday 4 'til 8
Katrina has worked in most areas of radio since she began her career as a studio operator in Wellington’s Broadcasting House in 1987. To date she’s worked in commercial radio in Wellington and New Plymouth, produced and presented New Zealand Forces Radio for three and a half years, a show broadcast on Radio New Zealand International several times a weekend for NZ Defence Force personnel stationed overseas, produced Wayne Mowat’s In Touch with NZ and several Outside Broadcasts, and took up presenting with Late Edition, the All Night Programme and now with her own programme Sunday 4 ‘til 8.
She also produces and presents the weekly podcast Best of the Week and manages to read the news on occasion. Every Christmas morning you’ll hear her and newsreader Catriona Macleod turn into the faeries “Sugar and Spice” for fun entertainment to kick start your holidays.
Katrina also tutors at the New Zealand Radio Training School, Whitireia Polytechnic and is the “unofficial” tour guide of RNZ House in Wellington.
Katrina Batten
