Dayna Vawdrey
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| known_for = Juice TV
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Dayna Vawdrey (born 17 January 1982), is a New Zealand television presenter and radio announcer perhaps best known for her role co-hosting Studio 2.
Early life
Vawdrey was born in Auckland of British (mother) and Samoan (father) descent. As a child she landed a role in a TV commercial.{{cite web |url=http://tvnz.co.nz/content/1609442 |title=Dayna Vawdrey - STUDIO 2|accessdate=27 September 2011}}
Career
Vawdrey's career really began when she secured a presenting role on Juice TV in 2003.{{cite web |url=http://www.halogenfoundation.org/speakerbio.asp?intid=2563&inttype=3 |title=Dayna Vawdrey - Studio 2 - TV Presenter |accessdate=12 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818021232/http://www.halogenfoundation.org/speakerbio.asp?intid=2563&inttype=3 |archive-date=18 August 2016 |url-status=dead }} In 2004 she was poached by TVNZ to co-host TV2's children's TV show, Studio 2.{{cite web |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv/3859377/Studio-2s-heart-and-soul |title=Studio 2's heart and soul |author=Woulfe, Catherine |date=27 June 2010 |work=Sunday News |accessdate=27 September 2011}} When the series ended in 2010, Vawdrey worked as a radio announcer for Rhema Media. In 2011 Vawdrey presented Operation Hero on TV2.{{cite web |url=http://www.gibson.co.nz/screen-projects/operation-hero-series-1 |title=Operation Hero Series 1 |accessdate=12 July 2016}}{{cite web |url=https://www.odt.co.nz/entertainment/they-can-be-heroes |title=They can be heroes ... |date=30 August 2011 |accessdate=29 August 2016}}{{cite web |url=http://www.throng.co.nz/2012/08/operation-hero/ |title=Operation Hero |accessdate=29 August 2016}} Vawdrey has also MC'd and presented for various corporate and charity clients such as Air New Zealand{{cite web |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/8306284/Tourists-win-right-to-walk-on-wild-side |title=Tourists win right to walk on wild side |author=McDougall, Nicci |date=15 February 2013 |accessdate=12 July 2016}} and World Vision.{{cite web |url=http://www.times.co.nz/news/fasting-for-charity.html |title=Fasting for charity |accessdate=12 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813091352/http://www.times.co.nz/news/fasting-for-charity.html |archive-date=13 August 2016 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503462&objectid=11354915 |title=Bay children sing for kids in Africa |author=Shanks, Amy |date=7 November 2014 |work= Hawke's Bay Today |accessdate=12 July 2016}}{{cite web |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/9021664/Choir-a-real-buzz-for-Waikato-children |title=Choir a 'real buzz' for Waikato children |author=Smallman, Elton |date=9 August 2013 |accessdate=12 July 2016}}
In 2018 Vawdrey won Best Children's Programme at the New Zealand Radio Awards and was a Bronze Radio Winner for Best Children/Young Adult Program at the New York Festivals World's Best Radio Programs for her role as a presenter on a Christmas morning children's programme on Newstalk ZB.{{cite web |title=2018 WINNERS & FINALISTS |url=https://www.radioawards.co.nz/uploads/Winner_and_Finalists_2018.pdf |website=The NZ Radio Awards |accessdate=27 June 2018}}{{cite web |title=New York Festivals - 2017 World's Best Radio Programs Winners |url=http://www.newyorkfestivals.com/worldsbestradio/2018/pieces.php?iid=534022&pid=1 |website=New York Festivals |accessdate=27 June 2018}}{{cite news |last1=Guthrie |first1=Fleur |title=Kids' presenter comes of age |work=New Zealand Woman's Weekly |date=18 February 2019 |pages=26–27}}
Personal life
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External links
- {{LinkedIn URL|https://www.linkedin.com/in/dayna-vawdrey-592018a}}
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Category:New Zealand television presenters
Category:New Zealand women television presenters
Category:New Zealand radio presenters
Category:New Zealand women radio presenters
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