Simon Mercep
Simon Mercep | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1961 |
| Nationality | New Zealand |
| Occupation(s) | Television and radio journalist |
| Father | Ivan Mercep |
Simon Mercep (born 1960)[1] is a New Zealand television and radio journalist. After a long career at Radio New Zealand and other news outlets,[1] he was reporting for 1News in 2024.[2]
Biography
[edit]Mercep is the son of noted architect Ivan Mercep, and is of mixed Croatian and Polish descent.[3]
Starting his career in 1983[4] as a trainee journalist with Radio New Zealand, his early career included reporting in Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom.[1] He also worked as a print journalist in Cyprus.[3][5]
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).[3] In his last year on Morning Report while reporting with Geoff Robinson, the program won a 2014 New Zealand Radio Award for best weekly or daily feature.[6]
He left RNZ in July 2015, and he said he intended to take some time off before announcing future plans.[7] After leaving Radio New Zealand in mid 2015, but continued in his roles with Television New Zealand.[8][9]
Since 2015 Mercep has produced and co-hosted Crave!, a film and music review podcast and website, with Steve McCabe.[10]
Since 2021 Mercep has worked as a casual on-air reporter and story producer for TVNZ.[11] He was reporting for 1News in April 2024.[2][12]
Personal life
[edit]As of 2011, he lived in Auckland with his partner Sharon Harvey and daughter.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Mercep rejects copycat role for his radio 'homecoming', Stuff NZ, 20 January 2011
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: year (link) - ^ a b Three NZ Arab doctors joining Kia Ora Gaza humanitarian aid mission, Asia Pacific Report, 4 April 2024
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: year (link) - ^ a b c Simon Mercep, Radio New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
- ^ Simon Mercep named as new Morning Report host, New Zealand Herald, 1 November 2010
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: year (link) - ^ Johnston, K., and Small, V., "TVNZ reporter gets Morning Report job, stuff.co.nz, 2 November 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
- ^ Mercep to depart from RNZ, 8 July 2015
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: year (link) - ^ Afternoons host Simon Mercep leaving RNZ, Stuff NZ, 7 July 2015
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: year (link) - ^ "The host of Radio New Zealand's well-known Afternoons show, Simon Mercep, is leaving", TVNZ, 8 July 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
- ^ Drinnan, J., "Mercep to leave RNZ's afternoon show," The New Zealand Herald, 24 June 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
- ^ "About Simon", Crave!, Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ "LinkedIn".
- ^ Missing Marokopa children: Calls to negotiate with Tom Phillips, 1News, 17 November 2024
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External links
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