
Jenny-May Clarkson on leaving TVNZ, reinvention, and career pivots
Published: December 14, 2025
Duration: 59:55
Jenny-May Clarkson is one of the most recognisable faces in Aotearoa, from her years as a Silver Fern to fronting the TVNZ Breakfast couch every morning.
She’s also living proof that starting over and reinventing your career is now incredibly common. And sometimes, incredibly public.
After quite quickly leaving the TVNZ Breakfast team, Jenny-May is now facing the same reality so many Kiwis deal with: when a secure job disappears, what happens next?
Because behind the lights and glamour, the truth is simple. People on screen rely on that pa...