Kanoa Lloyd (born December 1986) is a television and radio presenter from

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. Lloyd was born in Gisborne to

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, and grew up in

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Biography

In 2009 Lloyd joined the presenting team on after school show '' Sticky TV''. From 2014 Lloyd was a weather presenter for

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at 6pm, where she notably introduced some te reo Māori. In February 2017 Lloyd became one of the three inaugural presenters of 7pm current affairs/entertainment show ''The Project''. Lloyd also read the news on radio's

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, from 2012 to 2014.

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