Jon Bridges is a freelance writer, sometime TV presenter and fulltime TV producer who currently makes the TV3 comedy show 7 Days. Jon comes from Palmerston North and it was his desperate need to find something interesting to do there as a teenager that led to an interest first in escapist writing, then to actually escaping the Knowledge City, which he now regards with an excess of nostalgic tenderness. Jon’s first love is cycling and he constantly struggles, when writing his far-fetched humorous columns, to avoid writing each and every one of them about some aspect of bicycle culture. He’s sure that one day he will be made Minister of Bikes. Jon is married to Gemma and lives in Balmoral, the Palmerston North of Auckland. Uncomfortable writing in the third person, Jon has kept this biography short.
Jon Bridges
7 Days comedy tour
Although I’m suspicious of anything being sold as “the new” something else, everyone knows comedy is the new rock’n’roll, so I was excitedly anticipating producing part of the recent 7 Days Live tour of the North Island.
So far, the tour had been a whirlwind of dangerous gigs in perilous destinations:... [more]
Jon Bridges solves natural mystery
A skinny Kiwi and some fat Americans solve one of nature’s great... [more]
Captain James Cook’s ship’s blog
Captain Cook’s ship’s blog endeavours to go where no man has gone... [more]
Bananarama/Bainimarama
Fiji’s leader talks openly about coups, censorship, the World Cup and... [more]
Out of the gate
A shaggy dog story. [more]