Simon Mercep

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Simon Mercep is a New Zealand television and radio journalist.

Mercep is the son of noted architect Ivan Mercep, and is of mixed Croatian and Polish descent.[1] Starting his career as a trainee journalist with Radio New Zealand, his early career included work in Australia Canada and the United Kingdom, as well as working as a print journalist in Cyprus.[1][2]

Mercep has gone on to work in both television and radio in New Zealand, acting as reporter on TVNZ's One News, Holmes, Sunday (since 2008), and Fair Go (2001–07), as well as Radio New Zealand's Morning Report (2010–14), and more recently Afternoons (2014–15).[1] He left Radio New Zealand in mid 2015, but continues in his roles with Television New Zealand.[3][4] Since 2015 Mercep has produced and co-hosted Crave!, a film and music review podcast and website, with Steve McCabe.[5]

Since 2021 Mercep has worked as a casual on-air reporter and story producer for TVNZ.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Simon Mercep, Radio New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  2. ^ Johnston, K., and Small, V., "TVNZ reporter gets Morning Report job, stuff.co.nz, 2 November 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  3. ^ "The host of Radio New Zealand's well-known Afternoons show, Simon Mercep, is leaving", TVNZ, 8 July 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  4. ^ Drinnan, J., "Mercep to leave RNZ's afternoon show," The New Zealand Herald, 24 June 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  5. ^ "About Simon", Crave!, Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  6. ^ "LinkedIn".

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