Miriama Kamo

Miriama Jennet Kamo (born 19 October 1973 in Christchurch) is a New Zealand journalist, children's author and television presenter of Ngāi Tahu/Ngāti Mutunga heritage. 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's first television job was 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 Television New Zealand (TVNZ), becoming a reporter for current affairs programme, Sunday. She has also worked as a fill-in presenter for 1 News and Breakfast. From 2005 to 2011, she hosted TVNZ's current affairs show 20/20; from 2008 to 2012, she was a weekend anchor for TVNZ 7's News at 8. In 2010, Kamo and fellow presenter Rawdon Christie anchored the live coverage of the aftermath of the 2010 Canterbury earthquake. From 2015 to 2016, Kamo hosted Kiwi Living, a lifestyle programme on TVNZ.[3]

Since 2011, Kamo has been the host of TVNZ's current affairs show Sunday;[4] she also hosts Māori current affairs programme Marae, and the online technology and innovation series Sunday Innovate.

Kamo also writes for various publications, and published her first children's book, The Stolen Stars of Matariki, in early 2018 for publisher Scholastic.[5]

Recognition

In 2005, Kamo won Best Current Affairs Reporter at the Qantas Television Awards.[6]
In 2019, Stolen Stars of Matariki was a finalist in New Zealand Post Book Awards, Children & Young Adults: Te Kura Pounamu Award for books written completely in te reo Māori. [7]

Personal life

Kamo married consultant and Treaty of Waitangi negotiator Michael Dreaver in 2015; they have one daughter, born in 2011.[8][9]

Books
  • 2018 – Stolen Stars of Matariki

See also

References
  1. "Graduate and Student Profiles: Miriama Kamo". University of Canterbury. Retrieved 18 January 2009.
  2. "Miriama Kamo: Not just a Sunday girl". New Zealand Herald. 9 January 2003. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  3. "TVNZ launches new local show in Friday night TV battle". New Zealand Herald. 21 May 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  4. "Kamo to front 'Sunday'". New Zealand Herald. 19 February 2011. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  5. "Miriama Kamo pens children's book". Stuff.co.nz. 13 February 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  6. "ONE News scoops top awards again". Television New Zealand Limited. Retrieved 18 January 2009.
  7. https://www.noted.co.nz/culture/culture-books/nz-book-awards-children-young-adults-2019-finalists
  8. "Sun shines for Miriama after baby battle". New Zealand Herald. 14 August 2011. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  9. "Miriama Kamo's Waiheke wedding". New Zealand Herald. 1 March 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
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