Stacey Morrison

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| name = Stacey Morrison

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| image = Stacey Morrison 2019 (cropped).jpg

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| birth_name = Stacey Larissa Pirihira Daniels

| birth_date = {{Birth based on age as of date|15|1989|05|25}}

| birth_place = Christchurch, New Zealand

| occupation = Television host, radio host, actress, MC

| years_active = 1990–present

| television = What Now, It's in the Bag, Mai Time, [https://www.whanauliving.co.nz/ Whānau Living]

| spouse = {{marriage|Scotty Morrison|2006}}

| children = 3

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Stacey Larissa Pirihira Morrison (née Daniels; born {{Birth based on age as of date|15|1989|05|25|noage=y}}) is a New Zealand television and radio host. Morrison speaks fluent te Reo Māori and is active in promoting Māori language, culture and health.{{cite web |title=Profile – Speaker Link |url=http://www.speakerlink.co.nz/ppvf.asp?pid=534&pn=STACEY-MORRISON |website=speakerlink.co.nz |access-date=6 June 2013 |archive-date=3 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203005304/http://www.speakerlink.co.nz/ppvf.asp?pid=534&pn=STACEY-MORRISON |url-status=dead }}

Biography

Morrison was born Stacey Larissa Pirihira Daniels in Christchurch in {{Birth based on age as of date|15|1989|05|25|noage=y}}, the daughter of radio broadcaster James Daniels.{{cite news |url=https://e-tangata.co.nz/korero/stacey-morrison-a-whakapapa-of-performers-on-both-sides/ |title=Stacey Morrison: a whakapapa of performers on both sides |first=Dale |last=Husband |date=5 August 2017 |work=E-Tangata |access-date=23 April 2025}}{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19890525.2.21 |title=Untitled |date=25 May 1989 |work=The Press |page=3 |access-date=23 April 2025 |via=PapersPast}}{{cite news |url=http://nz.lifestyle.yahoo.com/new-idea/star-watch/article/-/22198847/stacey-morrison-s-family-business-making-dad-proud |title=Stacey Morrison’s family business: Making Dad proud |first=Emma |last=Clifton |work=New Idea |date=28 March 2014 |access-date=21 April 2025 |archive-date=30 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330042105/http://nz.lifestyle.yahoo.com/new-idea/star-watch/article/-/22198847/stacey-morrison-s-family-business-making-dad-proud |url-status=bot: unknown }} She was educated at Aranui High School, where both she and her father served as members of the school's board of trustees.{{cite web |title=Profile – Public Speaking |url=http://www.captiveaudience.co.nz/speakers/stacey-morrison-nee-daniels |website=captiveaudience.co.nz |access-date=6 June 2013 |archive-date=6 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130206175702/http://www.captiveaudience.co.nz/speakers/stacey-morrison-nee-daniels |url-status=dead }}

When Daniels was 18 years old, she landed her first television role, on the popular New Zealand children's show What Now. She went on to be a host on the TV show Mai Time during the late 1990s.{{cite web |title=Agent – Booking Page |url=http://johnsonlaird.com/mcs-entertainers/Stacey_Morrison |website=johnsonlaird.com |access-date=6 June 2013 |archive-date=9 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130209170649/http://www.johnsonlaird.com/mcs-entertainers/Stacey_Morrison |url-status=dead }} In 2002, Daniels was nominated for her work on Mai Time in the Best Presenter category at the 2002 TV Guide New Zealand Television Awards.{{cite web |title=The TV Guide New Zealand Television Awards 2002 – finalists |url=http://www.archivesearch.co.nz/?webid=onf&articleid=7075 |publisher=Onfilm Magazine |access-date=20 June 2002 |archive-date=22 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110822205725/http://archivesearch.co.nz/?webid=ONF&articleid=7075 |url-status=dead }} She has also hosted radio shows on Mai FM, Flava and Classic Hits FM.

Daniels married Te Karere presenter Scotty Morrison in Rotorua on 7 January 2006.{{cite news |last=Blanchard K |first=Brown A |title=TV stars marry in Rotorua |url=http://www.rotoruadailypost.co.nz/news/tv-stars-marry-in-rotorua/955782/ |access-date=9 January 2006 |work=Rotorua Daily Post |archive-date=29 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329012527/http://www.rotoruadailypost.co.nz/news/tv-stars-marry-in-rotorua/955782/ |url-status=dead }} They have three children together.{{cite web |last=Bertrand |first=K |title=Stacey Morrison: Raising hope |url=http://www.nzwomansweekly.co.nz/celebrity/stacey-morrison-raising-hope/ |publisher=New Zealand Woman's Weekly |date=1 April 2013 |access-date=2 April 2013}}{{Cite web |title=Scotty Morrison |url=https://www.penguin.co.nz/authors/scotty-morrison |access-date=12 September 2021 |website=penguin.co.nz |language=en}}

In 2009, Stacey Morrison signed on to co-host a new version of the hit show It's in the Bag, with Pio Terei on Māori Television.{{cite web |title=NZonSCREEN – Official Page |url=http://www.nzonscreen.com/person/stacey-daniels-morrison |website=nzonscreen.com |access-date=6 June 2013}}

Morrison is an advocate and educator of Māori language and has co-written several Māori language books for learners.{{Cite web |title=Stacey Morrison |url=https://www.penguin.co.nz/authors/stacey-morrison |access-date=27 February 2022 |website=Penguin Books New Zealand |language=en}} Morrison learnt Māori language as an adult. In February 2020, Morrison was appointed cultural advisor for the Australian soap opera Home and Away after a Māori family joined the cast of the show.{{Cite web |title=Wairoa actor takes Māori culture to Home and Away |url=http://www.gisborneherald.co.nz/entertainment/20200207/wairoa-actor-takes-maori-culture-to-home-and-away/ |access-date=11 August 2020 |website=gisborneherald.co.nz |archive-date=12 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200212023629/http://www.gisborneherald.co.nz/entertainment/20200207/wairoa-actor-takes-maori-culture-to-home-and-away/ |url-status=dead }}

Books

Morrison, S., & Morrison, S. (2020). MAORI MADE FUN: 200+ puzzles and games to boost your reo. Raupō Publishing (New Zealand)
Morrison, S. (2019). Māori at work: The everyday guide to using te reo Māori in the workplace. Auckland, NZ: Penguin Random House New Zealand
Morrison, S., & Morrison, S. (2018). Māori made easy 2: The next step in your language-learning journey. Raupō Publishing (New Zealand)
Morrison, S., & Morrison, S. (2017). Māori at home: An everyday guide to learning the Māori language. Raupō Publishing (New Zealand)