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.
Vawdrey was born in Auckland of British (mother) and Samoan (father) descent. As a child she landed a role in a TV commercial.[1]
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]
Dayna married Callum Galloway in 2014 and the couple have one son, born in 2017, and a daughter, born November 2020.