Daniel Faitaua (born 11 May 1976) is a New Zealand television news reporter of
Samoa
Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa; sm, Sāmoa, and until 1997 known as Western Samoa, is a Polynesian island country consisting of two main islands ( Savai'i and Upolu); two smaller, inhabited islands ( Manono and Apolima); ...
n descent. He was the ''
1 News
''1 News'' (stylised as ''1News'') is the news division of New Zealand television network TVNZ. The service is broadcast live from TVNZ Centre in Auckland. The flagship news bulletin is the nightly 6 pm news hour, but ''1 News'' also has ...
'' Europe correspondent, based in London, from 2019 to 2022 and was previously
newsreader on ''
Breakfast'' and ''1 News At Midday''.
[Daniel Faitaua]
, ''Television New Zealand.'' Retrieved 28 February 2014.
Early and personal life
Faitaua was born in
Christchurch
Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Christchurch lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula on Pegasus Bay. The Avon Rive ...
, where he attended
Catholic Cathedral College, later graduating from the
University of Canterbury before studying at the New Zealand Broadcasting School at CPIT (now
Ara Institute of Canterbury), from which he graduated in 2009.
He is married, with three children.
Journalism and broadcast career
He worked as a reporter on
TVNZ's ''
Close Up
A close-up or closeup in filmmaking, television production, still photography, and the comic strip medium is a type of shot that tightly frames a person or object. Close-ups are one of the standard shots used regularly with medium and long ...
'' for three years, and also served as a backup host on political talk show ''
Back Benches'' before moving to the network's main news programme.
Faitaua was involved in a support campaign for people suffering stress after the
2011 Christchurch earthquake
A major earthquake occurred in Christchurch on Tuesday 22 February 2011 at 12:51 p.m. local time (23:51 UTC, 21 February). The () earthquake struck the entire of the Canterbury region in the South Island, centred south-east ...
, ''Address The Stress''.
Daniel Faitaua's message
on Addressthestress.co.nz. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
See also
* List of New Zealand television personalities
This is a list of New Zealand television personalities, including presenters and journalists. It includes those who left the profession, retired, or died.
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* Suzy Aiken – television personality and Prime News presenter
* Peter Arnett – te ...
References
People from Christchurch
Living people
New Zealand broadcasters
New Zealand people of Samoan descent
1976 births
People educated at Catholic Cathedral College
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