14 Facts About Tova O'Brien

Tova O'Brien is a chief political correspondent for Stuff Digital, having previously worked for Newshub and the now-defunct Today FM.

When O'Brien was six months old, the family moved to New Zealand.

Tova O'Brien's parents separated when she was three and O'Brien was raised by her mother in Wellington.

Tova O'Brien did not complete the degree, instead going overseas to work in Melbourne and London in hospitality.

Tova O'Brien was a reporter in the parliamentary press gallery in Wellington before joining MediaWorks New Zealand in 2007.

Tova O'Brien was internationally praised by journalists for preventing Ross from mentioning conspiracy theories about the COVID-19 pandemic during the interview.

Tova O'Brien left Discovery and her role at Newshub in January 2022, prior to the launch of Today FM, which launched on 21 March 2022.

Tova O'Brien had appealed against a restraint of trade clause in her Discovery contract, which prevented her from joining Mediaworks for three months.

On 19 July 2023, it was announced that Tova O'Brien would be joining New Zealand news publishing firm Stuff Digital as its chief political correspondent.

In 2019, Tova O'Brien won the award for Political Journalist of the Year at the Voyager Media Awards.

Courageous, tenacious, Tova O'Brien wielded considerable influence on the 2018 political scene with her scoops, as a good member of the fourth estate should.

Tova O'Brien leads from the lip and is not put off by those who would have her silenced.

Tova O'Brien married Nathan "Nato" Hickey in 2016 in London; they had known each other since 2006 from Wellington.

Tova O'Brien announced in August 2024 that she is pregnant with her partner Cam.