Mel Homer
{{Short description|New Zealand television and radio presenter}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Mel Homer
| image = Mel Homer - 2020.jpg
| image_upright =
| caption = Homer in 2020
| birth_name = Melanie Homer
| birth_date = {{Birth based on age as of date|52|2022|September|3}}
| occupation =
| years_active = 2015–present
| spouse = Andy Pilcher
| children = 3
}}
Melanie Homer (born {{Birth based on age as of date|52|2022|September|3}}{{Cite web |date=19 September 2023 |title=Activist to TV star: Tāme Iti joins Celebrity Treasure Island cast |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/celebrity-treasure-island-meet-the-cast-of-tvnzs-most-star-studded-season-yet/IME2CPWPIFF4DBMKX2R62RBPLE/ |access-date=18 September 2023 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}} is a New Zealand radio presenter, television presenter, writer and master of ceremonies.
She was previously the host the New Zealand Radio show, Sunday Cafe that aired on the now defunct network Today FM.{{Cite web |title=Sunday Café With Mel Homer {{!}} Today FM |url=https://www.todayfm.co.nz/home/our-shows/sunday-cafe.html |access-date=20 July 2022 |website=todayfm.co.nz |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Mel Homer |url=https://www.todayfm.co.nz/home/authors/mel-homer.html |access-date=20 July 2022 |website=todayfm.co.nz |language=en}} She previously hosted Three's morning show The Café with Mike Puru and Carly Flynn from 2016 until 2020.{{Cite web|title=The Cafe Thursday 10 December 2020 {{!}} REALITY {{!}} ThreeNow|url=https://www.threenow.co.nz/shows/the-cafe/thursday-10-december-2020/125743/M42176-399|access-date=10 December 2020|website=www.threenow.co.nz}}{{Cite web|url=http://spy.nzherald.co.nz/spy-news/mike-purus-heaven-is-another-mans-hell/|title=Mike Puru's heaven is another man's hell|last=Henderson|first=Calum|website=spy.nzherald.co.nz|access-date=21 April 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160601021821/http://spy.nzherald.co.nz/spy-news/mike-purus-heaven-is-another-mans-hell/|archivedate=1 June 2016}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv-radio/77773181/tv3s-new-show-the-cafe-will-fill-the-void-left-by-loss-of-good-morning|title=TV3's new morning show|website=Stuff|access-date=21 April 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505153028/http://www.newshub.co.nz/entertainment/new-tv3-lifestyle-show-the-caf-to-air-in-april-2016031015|archivedate=5 May 2016}}
She also previously presented the morning radio show on Mix 98.2. Homer began her career as a producer for Breakfast Radio at Classic Hits (now known as The Hits) in the late 1990s.{{Cite news|url=http://www.nowtolove.co.nz/celebrity/celeb-news/mel-homer-sometimes-you-have-to-get-used-to-talking-to-yourself-1798|title=Mel Homer: 'Sometimes you have to get used to talking to yourself'|work=Now To Love|access-date=26 July 2017|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505153028/http://www.newshub.co.nz/entertainment/new-tv3-lifestyle-show-the-caf-to-air-in-april-2016031015|archivedate=5 May 2016}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.scout.co.nz/VIDEO-Meet-the-hosts-of-The-Cafe-which-debuts-today/tabid/3538/articleID/13212/Default.aspx|title=VIDEO: Meet the hosts of The Cafe, which debuts today|website=www.scout.co.nz|access-date=21 April 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413175145/http://www.scout.co.nz/VIDEO-Meet-the-hosts-of-The-Cafe-which-debuts-today/tabid/3538/articleID/13212/Default.aspx|archivedate=13 April 2016}}{{Cite web|url=http://m.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11603381|title=TV3 announces new morning show|last=Herald|first=New Zealand|website=m.nzherald.co.nz|access-date=21 April 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505153028/http://www.newshub.co.nz/entertainment/new-tv3-lifestyle-show-the-caf-to-air-in-april-2016031015|archivedate=5 May 2016}}
Homer has also previously worked in Hong Kong at Radio Television Hong Kong (RTKH) from 1998 to 2004. In 2023 Homer appeared on Celebrity Treasure Island.{{Cite web |title=New lineup for Celebrity Treasure Island revealed |url=https://www.1news.co.nz/2023/09/03/new-lineup-for-celebrity-treasure-island-revealed/ |access-date=18 September 2023 |website=1 News |language=en}}
Homer is currently a chief reporter for the radio network Mediaworks in New Zealand.
Career
=Radio=
Homer has previously been the morning radio host for New Zealand's Mix98.{{Cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/motoring/news/article.cfm?c_id=9&objectid=11327725|title=Me and my car: Mel Homer|last=McIntyre|first=Donna|date=22 September 2014|newspaper=New Zealand Herald|language=en-NZ|issn=1170-0777|access-date=21 April 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505153028/http://www.newshub.co.nz/entertainment/new-tv3-lifestyle-show-the-caf-to-air-in-april-2016031015|archivedate=5 May 2016}}{{Cite web|url=https://nz.lifestyle.yahoo.com/new-idea/star-watch/article/-/24323198/the-new-face-of-radio-mel-s-in-the-mix/|title=The new face of radio: Mel's in the mix!|website=nz.lifestyle.yahoo.com|access-date=21 April 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505153028/http://www.newshub.co.nz/entertainment/new-tv3-lifestyle-show-the-caf-to-air-in-april-2016031015|archivedate=5 May 2016}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/trn-launches-auckland-only-station-aimed-40-54-demographic-md-158102|title=TRN launches Auckland-only station aimed at 40–54 demographic|website=The National Business Review|access-date=22 April 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505153028/http://www.newshub.co.nz/entertainment/new-tv3-lifestyle-show-the-caf-to-air-in-april-2016031015|archivedate=5 May 2016}} Before this, she previously worked for The Hits, Newstalk ZB and Radio Hauraki And Magic Talk.
Homer hosted the New Zealand Radio Show, Sunday Cafe on Today FM. The station shut down on 30 March 2023.{{Cite web |last=Clark-Dow |first=James Halpin and Emma |date=30 March 2023 |title='This station is no longer Today FM': MediaWorks radio station transmits last words |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv-radio/300842932/this-station-is-no-longer-today-fm-mediaworks-radio-station-transmits-last-words |access-date=18 September 2023 |website=Stuff |language=en}}
=Television=
File:Mike and Mel TheCafe.png in 2016 for The Cafe]]
In 2015 Homer was the host for a show on eden (previously known as Choice TV) called My Dream Room.{{Cite web|url=http://www.2tuiproductions.co.nz/#!our-shoes/c1ger|title=2 Tui Television Production|website=2 Tui Television Production|access-date=21 April 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322085455/http://www.2tuiproductions.co.nz/#!our-shoes/c1ger|archivedate=22 March 2016}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv-radio/69188769/mel-homer-discusses-my-dream-room|title=Turning kids' dreams into reality|website=Stuff|access-date=21 April 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505153028/http://www.newshub.co.nz/entertainment/new-tv3-lifestyle-show-the-caf-to-air-in-april-2016031015|archivedate=5 May 2016}} From the start of April 2016, Homer began hosting the Three morning show The Café originally with Mike Puru until May 2020 to then with Carly Flynn from June 2020. The series finished at the end of 2020.{{Cite web|url=http://www.mixonline.co.nz/mix982-auckland/mel-to-host-new-tv-show-the-cafe/|title=Mel To Host New TV Show 'The Cafe'|last=Mix|website=Mix|access-date=21 April 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822132436/http://www.mixonline.co.nz/mix982-auckland/mel-to-host-new-tv-show-the-cafe/|archivedate=22 August 2017}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.tv3.co.nz/Shows/TheCafe.aspx|title=The Cafe|website=www.tv3.co.nz|access-date=21 April 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422175524/http://www.tv3.co.nz/Shows/TheCafe.aspx|archivedate=22 April 2016}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.newshub.co.nz/entertainment/new-tv3-lifestyle-show-the-caf-to-air-in-april-2016031015#axzz46Qf09xRb|title=New TV3 lifestyle show The Café to air in April|website=Newshub|access-date=21 April 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505153028/http://www.newshub.co.nz/entertainment/new-tv3-lifestyle-show-the-caf-to-air-in-april-2016031015#axzz46Qf09xRb|archive-date=5 May 2016}}
In 2023 Homer appeared on the 2023 series of Celebrity Treasure Island. She was the 12th person eliminated from the season.{{Cite web |date=25 October 2023 |title='I'm pretty angry': Mel Homer calls out Treasure Island castmate |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/celebrity-treasure-island-ep-14-mel-homer-sent-home-after-tense-run-in-with-turia-schmidt-peke/EMT27YDN4FH3PHJRHZ6RA2CWFA/ |access-date=24 October 2023 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}
Personal life
Homer spent six years in Hong Kong, from 1998 to 2004. She worked at Radio Television Hong Kong during this period.
She has three boys, Jesse, Finn and Tom. One of whom was born in Hong Kong.{{Cite web |title=Mel Homer: 'Sometimes you have to get used to talking to yourself' |url=https://www.nowtolove.co.nz/celebrity/celeb-news/mel-homer-sometimes-you-have-to-get-used-to-talking-to-yourself-1798 |access-date=24 October 2023 |website=Now To Love |language=en}}
She is married to New Zealand sailmaker Andy Pilcher.{{Cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/homed/houses/100030789/on-holiday-with-mel-homer|title=On holiday with... Mel Homer|website=Stuff|language=en|access-date=21 February 2018}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=11989488|title=What Nigella thinks of Doritos' quiet chips for women|date=6 February 2018|work=NZ Herald|access-date=21 February 2018|language=en-NZ|issn=1170-0777}} They both have regularly been involved with Yacht races with their boat, the 'Kaimai Flyer'.{{Cite web|url=https://www.yachtingnz.org.nz/boat/kaimai-flyer|title=KAIMAI FLYER|website=www.yachtingnz.org.nz|language=en|access-date=21 February 2018}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.racetrack.org.nz/boat.php?boatid=98|title=RaceTrack|website=www.racetrack.org.nz|access-date=21 February 2018}}
Homer family history traces back to Ireland.{{Cite web |date=19 September 2023 |title=Mel Homer finds family roots in a field in Ireland |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/mel-homer-finds-family-roots-in-a-field-in-ireland/TH627AJ4LTJLBNDSLMOUDG75UQ/ |access-date=18 September 2023 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}} In 2019 she began to trace her family from Ireland to revisiting again in 2022.{{Cite web |date=2 December 2022 |title=New Zealand Broadcaster Mel Homer Traces Her Irish Roots |url=https://www.hospitalityireland.com/general-industry/new-zealand-broadcaster-mel-homer-traces-her-irish-roots-195084 |access-date=18 September 2023 |website=Hospitality Ireland |language=en}}
References
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