Dayna Vawdrey Explained

Dayna Vawdrey
Birth Date:17 January 1982
Birth Place:Auckland, New Zealand
Occupation:Television presenter
Known For:Juice TV
Studio 2
Spouse:Callum Galloway

Dayna Vawdrey (born 17 January 1982), is a New Zealand television presenter and radio announcer perhaps best known for her role co-hosting Studio 2.

Early life

Vawdrey was born in Auckland of British (mother) and Samoan (father) descent. As a child she landed a role in a TV commercial.[1]

Career

Vawdrey's career really began when she secured a presenting role on Juice TV in 2003.[2] In 2004 she was poached by TVNZ to co-host TV2's children's TV show, Studio 2.[3] When the series ended in 2010, Vawdrey worked as a radio announcer for Rhema Media. In 2011 Vawdrey presented Operation Hero on TV2.[4] [5] [6] Vawdrey has also MC'd and presented for various corporate and charity clients such as Air New Zealand[7] and World Vision.[8] [9] [10]

In 2018 Vawdrey won Best Children's Programme at the New Zealand Radio Awards and was a Bronze Radio Winner for Best Children/Young Adult Program at the New York Festivals World's Best Radio Programs for her role as a presenter on a Christmas morning children's programme on Newstalk ZB.[11] [12] [13]

Personal life

Dayna married Callum Galloway in 2014 and the couple have one son, born in 2017, and a daughter, born November 2020.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dayna Vawdrey - STUDIO 2. 27 September 2011.
  2. Web site: Dayna Vawdrey - Studio 2 - TV Presenter . 12 July 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160818021232/http://www.halogenfoundation.org/speakerbio.asp?intid=2563&inttype=3 . 18 August 2016 . dead .
  3. Web site: Studio 2's heart and soul . Woulfe, Catherine . 27 June 2010 . . 27 September 2011.
  4. Web site: Operation Hero Series 1 . 12 July 2016.
  5. Web site: They can be heroes ... . 30 August 2011 . 29 August 2016.
  6. Web site: Operation Hero . 29 August 2016.
  7. Web site: Tourists win right to walk on wild side . McDougall, Nicci . 15 February 2013 . 12 July 2016.
  8. Web site: Fasting for charity . 12 July 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160813091352/http://www.times.co.nz/news/fasting-for-charity.html . 13 August 2016 . dead .
  9. Web site: Bay children sing for kids in Africa . Shanks, Amy . 7 November 2014 . Hawke's Bay Today . 12 July 2016.
  10. Web site: Choir a 'real buzz' for Waikato children . Smallman, Elton . 9 August 2013 . 12 July 2016.
  11. Web site: 2018 WINNERS & FINALISTS . The NZ Radio Awards . 27 June 2018.
  12. Web site: New York Festivals - 2017 World's Best Radio Programs Winners . New York Festivals . 27 June 2018.
  13. News: Guthrie . Fleur . Kids' presenter comes of age . New Zealand Woman's Weekly . 18 February 2019 . 26–27.