HAYLEY'S CHRISTMAS BLESSING 'FAMILY IS THE GREATEST GIFT'

After a year of change, the beloved broadcaster reveals why she's so grateful for her boys at this special time

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Christmas has always been about whānau for Hayley Holt, but this year, the festive season feels more meaningful than ever. After a topsy-turvy 2025, the one thing that has become crystal clear is that family matters most.

“Honestly, I just feel so blessed to have the people in my life that I do,” Hayley tells Woman’s Day, speaking from her car as she drives home from an Auckland studio where she’s just recorded another episode of It’s Totally Fine, her new podcast with Sharyn Casey and Lana Coc-Kroft.

In the back seat, Hayley’s two boys, Raven, three, and Kingston, 18 months, are chatting away happily in their car seats. Their mum might be hoping they take the opportunity for a nap, but the boys have other ideas.

“They’re so cute together at the moment and it just warms my heart watching their relationship grow,” says Hayley. “They have become proper little mates and that’s the most beautiful thing to see as a mum. They’re so different, yet both so cute, full-on and hilarious.”

It’s been a year of highs and lows for the broadcaster. In late 2024, Hayley lost her TVNZ sports presenting role amid widespread restructuring, a shock that saw her and fiancé Josh Tito move in with her parents Robin and Murray, as they regrouped and reassessed their next steps.

While the plan was always to get back into their own place 15 minutes down the road fairly quickly, life had other ideas - a year on, Hayley, 45, Josh, 35, and their boys are still living on the family farm.

But what could have been a setback has instead become something very special.

Hayley says, "It's actually been a really beautiful thing for all of us living together. The boys get this amazing time with their grandparents, and we're surrounded by love and support."

Hayley is no stranger to the concept of reinvention. Since finding fame in 2006 as a dancer (and later judge) on