Miriama Kamo
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Born | Miriama Jennet Kamo 19 October 1973 Christchurch, New Zealand |
Miriama Jennet Kamo (born 19 October 1973) is a New Zealand journalist, children's author and television presenter. She currently presents TVNZ's flagship current affairs programme Sunday, and Māori current affairs programme Marae.
Early life
Miriama was born in Christchurch in 1973. She attended New Brighton Catholic Primary School and Aranui High School. She graduated from the University of Canterbury with a Bachelor of Arts in English in 1995.[1]
Career
Kamo studied at CPIT and within her first year, landed her first television job, as a reporter and presenter on children's science programme Get Real. She later moved to Wellington, where she worked as a reporter for the critically acclaimed arts and issues show backch@t; after that programme ended, she briefly moved to Sydney, where she held various jobs, eventually becoming assistant manager of an art gallery.[2]
Kamo returned to New Zealand in 2001; in 2002, she joined
Since 2011, Kamo has been the host of TVNZ's current affairs shows
, and the online technology and innovation series Sunday Innovate.Kamo writes for various publications, and her first children's book, The Stolen Stars of Matariki, was published by Scholastic in early 2018.[5]
Recognition
In 2005, Kamo won Best Current Affairs Reporter at the
In 2019, Stolen Stars of Matariki was a finalist in
Kamo won Best Reporter - Maori Affairs in the 2019 Voyager Media Awards for her work on two New Zealand television programmes, Marae and Sunday.[9][10]
Personal life
Kamo married consultant and Treaty of Waitangi negotiator Michael Dreaver in 2015; they have one daughter, born in 2011.[11] She is of Ngāi Tahu and Ngāti Mutunga heritage.
See also
References
- ^ "Graduate and Student Profiles: Miriama Kamo". University of Canterbury. Archived from the original on 29 August 2006. Retrieved 18 January 2009.
- New Zealand Herald. Archivedfrom the original on 9 October 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
- New Zealand Herald. 21 May 2015. Archivedfrom the original on 14 December 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
- New Zealand Herald. Archivedfrom the original on 14 December 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
- Stuff.co.nz. Archivedfrom the original on 14 February 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
- ^ "TVNZ Takes Clean Sweep Of Top Honours" (Press release: Television New Zealand). Scoop Independent News. 23 May 2005. Archived from the original on 14 December 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
- ^ Fleming, Donna (5 March 2022). "Miriama Kamo's year of heartbreak and healing - the power of sharing". New Zealand Woman's Weekly. Archived from the original on 18 March 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022 – via New Zealand Herald.
- ^ "Finalists announced for NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults 2019". The Listener. 5 June 2019. Archived from the original on 9 November 2019.
- ^ "Miriama Kamo" (Sunday Programme). TVNZ. Archived from the original on 3 March 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
- ^ "Reporting Winners and Judges' Comments". Voyager Media Awards. Archived from the original on 1 March 2020. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
- New Zealand Herald. Archivedfrom the original on 14 December 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2018.