Elizabeth Puranam is an
Al Jazeera
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anchor, journalist and India correspondent.
Biography
Puranam worked at TVNZ (Television New Zealand) and the news desk at TV3 (now Three). She can read and write in Arabic
and can speak Hindi and Telugu.
Puranam was born at the Mahatma Gandhi Hospital in
Hyderabad
Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part ...
, India.
She moved to
Auckland
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with her family when she was 10, first settling in Avondale, then Glen Eden, and finally Piha (
West Auckland). Whilst living in Auckland, Puranam earned a
BA in
political science
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and media.
Personal life
On 14 August 2021, Puranam married French sports agent Alexandre Bernard who she met in
Doha
Doha ( ar, الدوحة, ad-Dawḥa or ''ad-Dōḥa'') is the capital city and main financial hub of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf coast in the east of the country, north of Al Wakrah and south of Al Khor, it is home to most of the coun ...
. Puranam gave birth to their son, Mathis Charles Puranam-Bernard on 16 June 2022.
Puranam lives with her family in south
Delhi
Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders w ...
.
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Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
People from Hyderabad, India
Indian emigrants to New Zealand
Al Jazeera people
New Zealand television journalists
New Zealand television newsreaders and news presenters
Women television journalists
1984 births
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