Melanie 'Mel' Homer (born is a

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radio presenter and television presenter. She was previously the host the New Zealand Radio show, ''Sunday Cafe'' that aired on

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. She previously hosted

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's morning show '' The Café'' with

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and

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from 2016 until 2020. She also previously presented the morning radio show on Mix 98.2. Homer began her career as a producer for ''Breakfast Radio'' at Classic Hits (now known as

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) in the late 1990s. Homer has also previously worked in Hong Kong at Radio Television Hong Kong (RTKH) from 1998 to 2004. In 2023 Homer appeared on ''

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''.

Career

Radio

Homer has previously been the morning radio host for New Zealand's Mix98. Before this, she previously worked for The Hits, Newstalk ZB and Radio Hauraki And Magic Talk. Homer hosted the New Zealand Radio Show, ''Sunday Cafe'' on

. Today FM shut down on 30 March 2023.

Television

In 2015 Homer was the host for a show on

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called ''My Dream Room''. From the start of April 2016, Homer began hosting the Three morning show '' The Café'' originally with

until May 2020 to then with

from June 2020. The series finished at the end of 2020. In 2023 Homer appeared on the 2023 series of ''

''.

Personal life

Homer spent six years in Hong Kong, from 1998 to 2004. She worked at

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during this period. She has three children, one of whom was born in Hong Kong. She is married to New Zealand

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Andy Pilcher. They both have regularly been involved with Yacht races with their boat, the 'Kaimai Flyer'. Homer family history traces back to Ireland. In 2019 she began to trace her family from Ireland to revisiting again in 2022.

References

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