Gary is an all-round entertainer:
comedian, poet and raconteur.
On weekday mornings Gary co-host’s New Zealand’s award-winning More FM breakfast show. Come the weekend he often tours comedy shows with fellow entertainers and musicians, and is a firm favourite at corporate events.
Most recognised for the long-running iconic television series, Heartland, and documentaries such as The Bay Boys, Gary has been a regular on New Zealand’s screens since the 1980s. This former surfer and merry-go-round operator first came to public attention as a poet in the 1970s. Six books later he is still writing, notably the perennially popular and laugh-out-loud satirical ‘Doing the Thinking for You’, broadcast every morning on More FM.
Are you thinking Gary would be great at your next event? Then please contact:
Johnson & Laird
Artists’ Management
Gary
McCormick
Testimonials
SCIRT Half Time Celebration
MC – Jan 2015
"Gary McCormick provided the glue for this broad-ranging celebration, bringing together Board members and the Mayor of Christchurch with SCIRT people from the five delivery teams: City Care, Downer, Fletcher Construction, Fulton Hogan and McConnell Dowell. As well as delighting the audience with his Ode to a Digger Driver, Gary made everyone laugh and ensured everyone there felt part of SCIRT's push to get the city's infrastructure network completed by the end of 2016."
Buy NZ Made
MC – 2013
"Buy NZ Made recently held our first ever People's Choice Awards. The awards function was at SKYCITY Convention Centre on Thursday October 31. As an iconic NZ entertainer, Gary McCormick fitted really well with our vision for the event. Gary was excellent to work with: friendly, flexible, and willingly shared his ideas. On the night Gary's professionalism and experience was obvious and he conducted the Awards with style. The stories of his own personal involvements with many of the nominated companies were really humorous and one of the highlights of the night."
RSA Dialysis
Conference
Speaker – 10 Oct 2014
"We all thoroughly enjoyed having Gary along. Gary was certainly the best speaker to have in that very tricky timeslot after lunch. This can most certainly be put down to Gary's expertise at getting the punters' attention! Thanks again for helping us make the conference
even more successful."
Rakaia Fishing
MC – 2014
"Gary once again was a very professional compere and managed to get through the busy programme with his usual aplomb."
Globe Theatre
Team Leader – Jul 2014
"The Globe Great Debate Gary McCormick was both hilarious and a total pro in his Palmerston North appearance. Indeed, Gary's ability to hold things together was a key factor in what turned out to be an extremely enjoyable evening and, we hope, the beginning of a new Theatre tradition."
Puke Ariki
Trust
MC – 2014
"The Puke Ariki Trust warmly thanks you for your contribution as MC to a very successful evening celebrating the 'Surf: Changing the Shape of Taranaki' exhibition fundraising dinner."
