Daniel Faitaua

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Daniel Faitaua
Born (1976-05-11) 11 May 1976 (age 45)
EducationUniversity of Canterbury
Occupation
  • Reporter
  • Anchor
EmployerTVNZ
Television
Websitetvnz.co.nz/close-up/daniel-faitaua-2369247

Daniel Faitaua (born 11 May 1976) is a New Zealand television news reporter of Samoan descent. He is currently the 1 News Europe correspondent, based in London, and was previously newsreader on Breakfast and 1 News At Midday.[1][2]

Faitaua was born in Christchurch, where he attended Catholic Cathedral College, later graduating from the University of Canterbury before studying at the New Zealand Broadcasting School at CPIT (now Ara Institute of Canterbury),[3] from which he graduated in 2009. He worked as a reporter on TVNZ's Close Up for three years, and also served as a backup host on political talk show Back Benches before moving to the network's main news programme.[1]

Faitaua was involved in a support campaign for people suffering stress after the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, Address The Stress.[4]

He is married, with three children.[citation needed]

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  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Daniel Faitaua", Television New Zealand. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Presenter Daniel Faitaua to leave Breakfast, take over as 1 NEWS' Europe correspondent". 1newsnow.co.nz. 25 June 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Daniel Faitaua – TVNZ Breakfast news reader". New Zealand Broadcasting School. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  4. ^ Daniel Faitaua's message Archived 28 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine on Addressthestress.co.nz. Retrieved 28 February 2014.


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