Toni Street (born 8 September 1983) is a New Zealand

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and

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. She is best known for co-hosting the New Zealand current affairs programme ''

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'' alongside

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, as well as presenting morning shows and sports reporting for One News.

Personal life

Street was born in

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, a

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with brother Lance, who died of leukaemia when they were both 18 months old. She grew up in

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, and attended Highlands Intermediate School and also New Plymouth Girls' High School, and was head girl in her last year. Toni attended Lincoln University on a sports scholarship, and studied commerce. In 2005 she studied for a postgraduate diploma in journalism at the

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. Street married North Harbour rugby halfback Matt France, in December 2009. They have two daughters. After six years of poor health, and the removal of her gallbladder, she was diagnosed with

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in 2015.

Television career

Street initially joined

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(TVNZ) in 2006 on a six-month internship. She was presenter for TVNZ's coverage of

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and international netball. She assumed the reins from the TVNZ duo of Lavina Good and Brendan Telfer, who both stood down after the completion of

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netball in 2007. Street was part of TVNZ's commentary team for the

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in Beijing. She was to be part of TVNZ's commentary team for the

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in London, but dropped out when she discovered she was pregnant. In 2010, TVNZ lost the rights for netball coverage and Street moved into a senior role with One News, as a head sports reporter and substitute presenter for the sports bulletin. In September 2011, TVNZ established ''

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'', a weekend version of ''

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'', and Street was appointed co-presenter alongside

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and later alongside

Tāmati Coffey Tāmati Gerald Coffey (born 19 September 1979) is a New Zealand broadcaster, politician, and former Member of Parliament. As a broadcaster, Coffey presented television programmes such as ''What Now'', ''Breakfast'', and ''New Zealand's Got Tal ...

. She was also a backup presenter for the weekday ''Breakfast''. In September 2012, Street took maternity leave, and was replaced by finance presenter Nadine Chalmers-Ross for two months until the show was cancelled. In 2013, Street replaced

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as permanent co-host of the weekday ''Breakfast'', alongside her former ''Saturday Breakfast'' co-host Rawdon Christie. In 2014, she and

joined Jesse Mulligan on the ''

'' panel. In 2016, she hosted the

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television series '' Spellbound''.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Street, Toni 1983 births Living people New Zealand television presenters New Zealand women television presenters New Zealand twins Lincoln University (New Zealand) alumni University of Canterbury alumni People educated at New Plymouth Girls' High School Sports commentators 21st-century New Zealand women

Personal life

Television career

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