Chris Chang (born ) is a New Zealand television presenter, who hosts the morning news programme ''

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''.

Early life and education

Chang was born in Wellington. Chang's father was a Chinese Malaysian. From Wellington, Chang moved to Asia at age six, where he spent one and a half years in Singapore and the rest of time in Thailand, mostly in

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. At age 12 he moved back to Wellington. At

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, Chang studied English and law. Afterwards, he undertook a post-graduate journalism diploma at

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, which led to an internship at

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Career

In October 2019 Chang replaced

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as ''

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'''s weekend sport presenter after Clarkson became the newsreader of the morning news programme ''

''. In January 2023 Chang became a co-host of ''Breakfast'', joining Matty McLean,

and

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. Chang had previously been a ''Breakfast'' reporter and producer. Chang was the newsreader of ''1 News At Midday'' until it was cancelled in 2024.

References

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