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Dayna Vawdrey
Born (1982-01-17) 17 January 1982 (age 42)
Auckland, New Zealand
OccupationTelevision presenter
Known forJuice TV
Studio 2
SpouseCallum Galloway

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.

Career

Vawdrey's career really began when she secured a presenting role on Juice TV in 2003. In 2004 she was poached by TVNZ to co-host TV2's children's TV show, Studio 2. When the series ended in 2010, Vawdrey worked as a radio announcer for Rhema Media. In 2011 Vawdrey presented Operation Hero on TV2. Vawdrey has also MC'd and presented for various corporate and charity clients such as Air New Zealand and World Vision.

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.

Personal life

Dayna married Callum Galloway in 2014 and the couple have one son, born in 2017, and a daughter, born November 2020.

See also

References

  1. "Dayna Vawdrey - STUDIO 2". Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  2. "Dayna Vawdrey - Studio 2 - TV Presenter". Archived from the original on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  3. Woulfe, Catherine (27 June 2010). "Studio 2's heart and soul". Sunday News. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  4. "Operation Hero Series 1". Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  5. "They can be heroes ..." 30 August 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  6. "Operation Hero". Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  7. McDougall, Nicci (15 February 2013). "Tourists win right to walk on wild side". Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  8. "Fasting for charity". Archived from the original on 13 August 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  9. Shanks, Amy (7 November 2014). "Bay children sing for kids in Africa". Hawke's Bay Today. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  10. Smallman, Elton (9 August 2013). "Choir a 'real buzz' for Waikato children". Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  11. "2018 WINNERS & FINALISTS" (PDF). The NZ Radio Awards. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  12. "New York Festivals - 2017 World's Best Radio Programs Winners". New York Festivals. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  13. ^ Guthrie, Fleur (18 February 2019). "Kids' presenter comes of age". New Zealand Woman's Weekly. pp. 26–27.

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