Broadcaster
Since launching her popular podcast, Grey Areas in 2022, Petra Bagust has found a new lease of life by channelling her communication talents into an area that gives her a greater sense of purpose. And it’s resonating well, in just a year of operating she won Best Entertainment Podcast at the 2023 New Zealand Radio Awards. On it, she and guests speak openly about growing up and going grey in Aotearoa. She describes it as raw, honest discussions about topics that span health, friendship, ageing bodies, financial finesse, menopause, identity and so much more. With a particular focus on the midlife years around 50 and beyond. It’s entertaining, inspiring and thought provoking.
Her effervescent personality, which has graced our screens for 30 years on various programmes and documentaries, shines through the podcast audio. She has a second podcast called Sunday Sanctuary, which is more internally, and spiritually focused. Topics such as being stuck in the waiting room, burning the candle at both ends and Perfectionism: the burden, the brilliance and how to plan your escape are all discussed in balance and depth but with a connection to Petra’s Christianity.
Family is important to Petra; she lives in Auckland with her cameraman husband Hamish and three teenage children whom she has successfully managed to keep out of the public eye. She’s also incredibly close to her Mum, Judi and is often photographed with her.
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