KeithSlater
- Reporter
- Producer
- Director
Keith Slater started his journalism career at South Pacific Television before becoming a director, then taking the helm as Auckland Bureau Chief in TV3's newsroom. Along the way he produced shows like Fair Go and Country Calendar, but his heart belonged to current affairs, where his list of credits included TV3's primetime news, 60 Minutes, 20/20, Nightline and Campbell Live. Slater passed away in June 2017.
Screenography
Biography
Keith Slater started his journalism career in the woolshed, swapping yarns with his fellow shearers. Born in the Taranaki town of Stratford, Keith's family soon moved to a dairy farm just out of Auckland. He got his UE and took a job as a roustabout for a shearing gang, doing stints in the South Island, Australia and the United Kingdom. Shearing by day, he often disappeared off to the ute after sunset, to catch up on some Homer or Tolstoy — a personal favourite. “I had a passion for reading,” he said. "I read the classics, the rubbishy ones — whatever was around”.
Awards
2005 Qantas Television Awards
Investigation of the Year (shared with reporter Melanie Reid, John Campbell and George Murahidy): for Campbell Live, Driver Licence Fraud story
Best Current Affairs Report - Team Award (shared with Melanie Reid, John Campbell and George Murahidy): for Campbell Live, Driver Licence Fraud story
“Consistency, credibility and accessibility; and the greatest of these is credibility.”