Local journo struck down

[jonesy]

Just a heads up guys, Grayson Ottoway, who some of you may know from here and his commentaries at the Classic Flyers airshow fell seriously ill in Paris the other day www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10892031

Thoughts are with him and his family. Seems he was there to cover the Paris airshow.

[Dave Homewood]

Shit, that's no good, Grayson is a member of this forum!

My thoughts and best wishes are with him.

[Dave Homewood]

Are there any forum members in Paris who speak both English and French who may be able to help his wife?

[ngatimozart]

NZ journalist hospitalised in Paris

A Tauranga-based Newstalk ZB journalist is in a Paris hospital after collapsing and ending up in a coma on a media trip. The Bay of Plenty Times has been told Tauranga Newstalk ZB radio journalist Grayson Ottaway had been in a coma this week but had woken up to speak a few words. Ottaway, who also works for Classic Hits in Tauranga, is an aviation enthusiast and was in Paris to cover the Paris Air Show courtesy of Air New Zealand.

Not good and I hope he fully recovers soon. Air NZ have flown his wife to Paris.

[ErrolC]

Here is his Twitter, as you can see he was very excited to be in Paris
twitter.com/graysonottaway

[Dave Homewood]

Ottaway out of hospital as good wishes pour in
Have your say » Sonya Bateson [e-mail] 25th Jun 2013 1:49 PM


TRIP GONE WRONG: Tauranga Newstalk ZB and Classic Hits radio journalist Grayson Ottaway posted this picture of himself on Twitter on the plane heading to France on June 15.

Tauranga radio journalist Grayson Ottaway is out of hospital but remains in Paris.

Ottaway, a Tauranga Newstalk ZB and Classic Hits radio journalist, has been in hospital since early last week after collapsing and ending up in a coma during a media trip to France.

Dallas Gurney, general manager of talk programming at the Radio Network, told the Bay of Plenty Times he had been keeping in contact with Ottaway's wife Vicky since she left to be by her husband's side.

He said Ottaway got out of hospital over the weekend and they were working to get him home.

"He's still in France, we're working to get him home as quickly as we can."

The Radio Network client services manager, Andrew Love, said they had been inundated with calls from Tauranga and all over the country asking about Ottaway's condition and offering help where they could.

"A lot of people have been in contact with us. We've had lots, I mean lots, of people ringing, emailing, and contacting us via Facebook," he said.

"We've had calls from the mayor and MPs offering help, as well as a lot of local business who have dealt with Grayson over the years. We've been overwhelmed."

Mr Love said Ottaway had been with the station for nearly 20 years and had made a lot of friends in that time who were all worried about him. "Just walking up the street, we'll get two or three people stopping us and they all inevitably ask how Grayson is doing. Unfortunately, we don't have a lot of information. He's 12,000 miles away, which makes it very hard."

He said he and the other staff at the Radio Network were hoping Ottaway was on the mend.

An aviation enthusiast, Ottaway had left for France on June 15 to cover the Paris Air Show, courtesy of Air New Zealand.

He had been posting regularly on Twitter about his trip from June 15-18.

It is still unclear what caused Ottaway's hospitalisation.

[Grayson Ottaway]

Thanks so much for your thoughts here!

Grayson

[11SQNLDR]

Oct 20, 2013 22:40:47 GMT 12 Grayson Ottaway said:

Thanks so much for your thoughts here!

Grayson

Good to see you back mate.

[baz62]

Yes glad to see you came through your illness. Hope there are no lasting effects.

[Dave Homewood]

Hear hear. Welcome back Grayson.