Mike Munro
Biography
Mike Munro is a former journalist who has also worked as a government advisor and strategist, and in the fields of government relations and communications and issues management. He was a newspaper journalist for 20 years. During his journalism career he spent a decade in the parliamentary press gallery in Wellington as a political correspondent for the New Zealand Herald and then The Dominion (now The Post). He was the Dominion's political editor for three years.
In 1996 he became the chief press secretary to Helen Clark, who was then leader of the Labour Party in opposition. He spent 10 years in that role, the latter six years as Chief Press Secretary in the Prime Minister's Office under Clark's Government. Later he served 18 months as PM Jacinda Ardern's chief of staff. Other senior roles have included 21/2 years as the New Zealand Treasury's director of communications and four years as head of corporate affairs for Wellington-based Todd Corporation.
Mike is an experienced writer, advisor, political strategist and handler, presenter, and communications planner. He has an excellent appreciation of the realities of the NZ media environment.
