Simon Mercep is a

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television and radio journalist. Mercep is the son of noted architect

Ivan Mercep Ivan Mercep (22 February 1930 – 8 April 2014) was a New Zealand architect. Early life and family Born in Taumarunui in 1930 to a Croatian family, Mercep was educated at Sacred Heart College, Auckland and Auckland University College, from wh ...

, and is of mixed Croatian and Polish descent.Simon Mercep
Radio New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2016. Starting his career as a trainee journalist with

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, his early career included work in Australia Canada and the United Kingdom, as well as working as a print journalist in Cyprus. Mercep has gone on to work in both television and radio in New Zealand, acting as reporter on

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's '' One News'', ''

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'' (since 2008), and ''

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'' (2001–07), as well as Radio New Zealand's ''Morning Report'' (2010–14), and more recently '' Afternoons'' (2014–15). He left Radio New Zealand in mid 2015, but continues in his roles with Television New Zealand. Since 2015 Mercep has produced and co-hosted Crave!, a film and music review podcast and website, with Steve McCabe.About Simon
, Crave!, Retrieved 5 September 2021. Since 2021 Mercep has worked as a casual on-air reporter and story producer for TVNZ.

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Crave! home page
Living people New Zealand television presenters New Zealand radio presenters New Zealand radio journalists New Zealand television journalists New Zealand people of Croatian descent New Zealand people of Polish descent Year of birth missing (living people) {{NewZealand-tv-bio-stub

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