John James Chanel Mora is a

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media personality. Mora was born in

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. He attended

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from 1967 to 1971. His broadcasting career began on radio in

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, where he had studied at the

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. During his time at university, Mora had been editor of the university's newspaper, '' Critic''. From the mid-1990s Mora was a reporter on the television current affairs series ''

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'', and has since presented several light entertainment shows, notably lifestyle TV shows such as ''

Mucking In ''Mucking In'' is a New Zealand "reality" television programme that airs on Television One. It is hosted by Jim Mora. He is assisted by gardener Tony Murrell. The show features a very similar premise to the show '' Ground Force'', in which a t ...

''. He is currently hosts the Sunday morning programme on Radio New Zealand. In early 2019 he exchanged shows with

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who hosts a weekday afternoon show "the Panel", until 2015 he was also host of the RNZ show ''Afternoons''. He lives in

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with his partner Mary Lambie.

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Jim Mora profile at Radio NZ
New Zealand television presenters Mass media people from Dunedin Living people Year of birth missing (living people) RNZ National People educated at Otago Boys' High School University of Otago alumni New Zealand radio presenters {{NewZealand-tv-bio-stub

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