Eve Marama Morrell Palmer is a New Zealand television presenter and actress.

Biography

Palmer was born in Christchurch to television producers Tony Palmer and

Janine Morrell-Gunn Janine Rania Morrell-Gunn (née Morrell) is a children's television producer from New Zealand. She is a Māori of the Ngāti Kahungunu iwi. Biography Morrell-Gunn grew up in Christchurch and completed a Bachelor of Arts degree at the Univer ...

; her mother is a

Māori Māori or Maori can refer to: Relating to the Māori people * Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group * Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand * Māori culture * Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the C ...

of the

Ngāti Kahungunu Ngāti Kahungunu is a Māori iwi located along the eastern coast of the North Island of New Zealand. The iwi is traditionally centred in the Hawke's Bay and Wairārapa regions. The tribe is organised into six geographical and administrative ...

iwi Iwi () are the largest social units in New Zealand Māori society. In Māori roughly means "people" or "nation", and is often translated as "tribe", or "a confederation of tribes". The word is both singular and plural in the Māori language, ...

. Her sister

Grace Palmer Grace Mana Morrell Palmer (born 9 November 1994) is a New Zealand actress, best known for her role as Lucy Rickman on the prime-time soap opera ''Shortland Street''. Early life Palmer was born in Tai Tapu, New Zealand to parents Tony Palmer an ...

is also an actress. Palmer also has two half-siblings, Faith and Louis Gunn, through her mother's second marriage, to producer and presenter

Jason Gunn Jason Gunn (born 26 December 1968) is a New Zealand television and radio personality. He is known for '' The Son of a Gunn Show, What Now, Dancing with the Stars, Wheel of Fortune'', and ''The Rich List'', and also afternoon shows on radio sta ...

. Palmer's first television role was as a field reporter for '' The Erin Simpson Show''; when the programme was renamed ''The 4.30 Show'' in 2014, Palmer became the presenter. In 2016 the programme was again renamed, to ''The Adam and Eve Show'' and Palmer co-presented with Adam Percival. In 2020 she created and co-starred in the comedy web series ''Good Grief'', alongside her sister Grace.

Personal life

In 2020 Palmer married her television co-host, Adam Pervical. The couple have a daughter. As an adult, Palmer has pursued

tertiary education Tertiary education, also referred to as third-level, third-stage or post-secondary education, is the educational level following the completion of secondary education. The World Bank, for example, defines tertiary education as including univers ...

studies in her

Māori culture Māori culture () is the customs, cultural practices, and beliefs of the indigenous Māori people of New Zealand. It originated from, and is still part of, Eastern Polynesian culture. Māori culture forms a distinctive part of New Zealand cu ...

, such as completing a course in ''Te Ara Reo Māori'' (Māori Language Path) at

Te Wānanga o Aotearoa Te Wānanga o Aotearoa is an indigenous tertiary education provider with over 80 campuses throughout New Zealand. As a Māori-led organisation grounded in Māori values, Te Wānanga o Aotearoa is committed to the revitalisation of Māori cultu ...

in 2023.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Palmer, Eve New Zealand television presenters New Zealand actresses Living people Year of birth missing (living people)