Neil Waka Explained

Neil Waka is a New Zealand broadcaster and journalist.[1] After graduating from Rotorua Boys' High School,[2] he began his career in radio as a news and current affairs journalist before moving into television. Waka helped establish and was the first presenter in New Zealand to present the weekday 4:30pm news bulletins on ONE News for TVNZ, for almost two years from 2007.[3] [4]

In 2010 Waka resigned from his television roles and moved into public relations.[5] He took on a corporate role with global organisation General Motors Holden New Zealand for five years before moving to Coca-Cola Amatil New Zealand as head of corporate affairs for New Zealand and Fiji.

Waka returned to New Zealand television as a guest sports news presenter for Newshub's AM Show prior to Christmas 2019, and the following year he took a broadcasting role at Māori Television presenting the current affair programme Te Ao Tapatahi, which he held until December 2023.[6]

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  1. Web site: Screen . NZ On . Neil Waka NZ On Screen . 2023-12-27 . www.nzonscreen.com . en.
  2. https://www.rbhs.school.nz/our-school/school-identity/nga-raukura-i-te-ao--hall-of-fame/ Ngā Raukura i te Ao - Hall of Fame
  3. Web site: 4.30pm slot pulls in viewers. McNaughton . Maggie . 27 October 2007. The New Zealand Herald. 27 February 2010.
  4. Web site: Taxis and booze cut as TVNZ wields axe . Francis. Clio. 20 March 2009. The Dominion Post . 27 February 2010.
  5. Web site: McConnell . Glenn . 2020-07-11 . Newsreader Neil Waka is returning to television after 10 years off-screen . 2023-12-27 . Stuff . en.
  6. Web site: 2023-12-27 . TV news show cut - Neil Waka's farewell; Braunias: The 5 best books to read this summer . 2023-12-27 . NZ Herald . en-NZ.