April Ieremia (born 31 October 1967) is a
New Zealand former
netball player and television host.
Netball career
April Ieremia was a New Zealand attacking player from
Christchurch who represented
Canterbury from 1983–1992. In 1985 she made the Young Internationals before being selected for New Zealand Under 21 in 1986 and then again in 1988 at the inaugural World Youth Cup. At 20, Ieremia represented the
Silver Ferns (New Zealand's national netball team) from 1988–1990 and again in 1992.
Sports Presenting career
In 1993, after retiring from international netball, Ieremia co-hosted the magazine sports show, ''Moro SportsExtra'' on
TVNZ
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with Greg Clark,
Stu Wilson,
Jeff Crowe and
Brent Todd. She became the main sports anchor for
ONE NEWS from 1994 until 2003. In 1994, she presented for ONE Sport hosting at the
1994 Victoria Commonwealth Games,
1996 Olympic Games
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in
Atlanta,
1998 Commonwealth Games
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in
Kuala Lumpur,
2000 Sydney Olympics
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and
2002 Commonwealth Games
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in
Manchester. Ieremia was the face of netball for ONE Sport hosting national and international netball competitions from 1995 including the
1999
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and
2003 Netball World Championships
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, the regional
National Bank Cup, Fisher and Paykel test Internationals and National Provincial Championships.
In 2002, Ieremia hosted
ASB Tennis Classic international in Auckland featuring
Anna Kournikova and the men's Heinekin Open with
Marat Safin and
Goran Ivanisevic
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. From 1994–2003, Ieremia co-hosted the Halberg Sports Awards. In 1997, Ieremia won the coveted Qantas Award for Best Presenter. She finished sports presenting in December, 2003.
General career
Ieremia hosted a number of major television specials like the 'Opening of Te Papa', 'The Big Jump' and the
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show, ''April's Angels,'' in 1997 and 1998. In 2001, Ieremia joined
The Radio Network (TRN) as a breakfast show radio host with
Mark Leishman
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on "Easy Listening i". Returning to television in 2007, she joined the
Living Channel and
Food TV
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on
Sky TV.
April hosted a television talk show on SKY TV's The Living Channel called ''
April in the Afternoon
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''. The show started on 1 April 2008. She also developed her career behind the scenes in production and sponsorship in programmes for Food TV, the Living Channel and Eyeworks NZ. In 2012, Ieremia joined the new lifestyle channel
Choice TV as a presenter and producer. Ieremia co-hosted a Choice TV daily chat show called ''
Brunch'' with
Josh Kronfeld
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in 2012. Ieremia also began working with HGTV (Home and Garden TV) in 2016.
Personal life
Born in
Apia,
Western Samoa, April moved to Christchurch with her family in 1970. In Canterbury, she developed her deep love of sport and in particular, netball which has laid the foundation for most of her career as a player, broadcaster and coach. She graduated from the
University of Canterbury
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with a
BA in History and a Diploma of Teaching at the
Christchurch College of Education
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in 1991. She taught at
Avonside Girls School
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in Christchurch before moving to Auckland for a career in television.
In 2012, Ieremia published her first book, "April Loses It" on weight loss, which went on to feature on the best seller list for 4 weeks.
See also
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List of New Zealand television personalities
References
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New Zealand netball players
New Zealand international netball players
New Zealand television personalities
Sportspeople from Apia
1967 births
Living people
People educated at Linwood College
Netball players at the 1989 World Games
Christchurch College of Education alumni