Simon Dallow

{{Short description|New Zealand journalist, news anchor and former barrister}}

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| alma_mater = University of Auckland

| occupation = Broadcast journalist, barrister

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| relatives = Ross Dallow (father)
Graeme Dallow (uncle)
Matthew Dallow (brother)

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| URL = https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/reporter/simon-dallow

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Simon Dallow (born 18 June 1964) is a New Zealand journalist, former barrister and television personality.{{Cite web |last=Screen |first=NZ On |title=Simon Dallow {{!}} NZ On Screen |url=https://www.nzonscreen.com/profile/simon-dallow/screenography |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=nzonscreen.com}}

Early years

Simon Dallow, who is the son of Ross Dallow,[http://www.stuff.co.nz/ipad-homepage/9127133/Wendt-awarded-top-New-Zealand-honour "Wendt awarded top New Zealand honour", Stuff News, 5 September 2013.] (Retrieved 5 September 2013) was educated at Liston College and St Peter's College. He completed his tertiary education at Auckland University, where he studied law. After completing his legal studies, Dallow practised as a litigation and insurance lawyer in Auckland, New Zealand.{{cite web|url=http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411249/433097|title=Simon Dallow|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312073115/http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411249/433097|archivedate=12 March 2007}}

He discovered he had whakapapa Māori links aged 20.{{Cite web |last=Husband |first=Dale |date=2016-06-11 |title=Simon Dallow and his family’s once-secret Māori connections |url=https://e-tangata.co.nz/korero/simon-dallow-and-his-familys-once-secret-maori-connections/ |access-date=2024-06-16 |website=E-Tangata |language=en-NZ}}

Whilst on his overseas experience, the 1987 stock market crash occurred, causing him to change careers, as a future in bankruptcy law was unappealing. Dallow then spent the next six years as a Contiki Tours tour director in Europe, where he met future wife Alison Mau. Both returned to New Zealand in 1993, and began working for TVNZ.

Dallow married Mau in 1996, the couple had two children. They separated in 2009.{{cite web|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10624652&pnum=0|title=Revealed: Ali Mau's new lady love romance|last=Glucina|first=Rachel |date=7 February 2010|work=The New Zealand Herald|accessdate=8 January 2024}}

Career

Dallow has been employed by TVNZ since 1993, initially as a presenter for TV2's Newsnight, alongside then-partner Alison Mau and Marcus Lush.{{cite web |url=http://www.liveupdater.com/speakers/livearticle.asp?ArtID=-973174997 |title = Speakers New Zealand website}}{{cite news |title=Marcus Lush to host Newstalk ZB's night show|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/media-publishing-industry/news/article.cfm?c_id=&objectid=11372797|accessdate=17 November 2018 |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=11 December 2014}} From 1995, he and Mau presented the mid-evening edition of One Network News; the couple moved to the weekend bulletins in 1998.{{cite news |title=Broadcaster Angela D'Audney has died|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=888629|accessdate=17 November 2018 |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=6 February 2002}} Since 2006, he has presented 1 News at Six. The role was done alongside Wendy Petrie until 2020. The programme is normally broadcast live from an Auckland city studio; however, Dallow often broadcasts live on location for breaking news stories. From 2005 to 2007, Dallow also presented the mid-morning slot on Mix, then known as Viva FM.{{cite news |title=Simon Dallow's unscripted bulletin |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10400311 |accessdate=5 October 2018 |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=8 September 2006}}{{cite news |title=The Diary: 'Paul's still got a way to go': Wife|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10812280|accessdate=17 November 2018 |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=12 June 2012}}

In 2023 a fake video of Dallow, generated with artificial intelligence, was used to advertise gambling websites.{{Cite web |last=Sommerville |first=Troels |date=2023-08-25 |title=TVNZ 'concerned' after fake video of presenter promoting gambling game app circulates |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv-radio/300957949/tvnz-concerned-after-fake-video-of-presenter-promoting-gambling-game-app-circulates |access-date=2024-01-08 |website=Stuff}}