Eve Palmer (actress)

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Eve Palmer
Born
Eve Marama Morrell Palmer

New Zealand
Occupation(s)Television presenter, actress
Spouse
Adam Percival
(m. 2020)
Children1
Parent
Relatives Grace Palmer (sister)
Jason Gunn (stepfather)

Eve Marama Morrell Palmer [1] is a New Zealand television presenter and actress. [2]

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Biography

Palmer was born in Christchurch to television producers Tony Palmer and Janine Morrell-Gunn; her mother is a Māori of the Ngāti Kahungunu iwi. Her sister Grace Palmer is also an actress. [3] Palmer also has two half-siblings, Faith and Louis Gunn, through her mother's second marriage, to producer and presenter Jason Gunn. [4]

Palmer's first television role was as a field reporter for The Erin Simpson Show ; when the programme was renamed The 4.30 Show in 2014, Palmer became the presenter. In 2016 the programme was again renamed, to The Adam and Eve Show and Palmer co-presented with Adam Percival. [2]

In 2020 she created and co-starred in the comedy web series Good Grief, alongside her sister Grace. [5]

Personal life

In 2020 Palmer married her television co-host, Adam Pervical. [6] The couple have a daughter. [4]

As an adult, Palmer has pursued tertiary education studies in her Māori culture, such as completing a course in Te Ara Reo Māori (Māori Language Path) at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa in 2023. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Te Ara Reo Māori (He Pī Ka Pao) Level 1&2". Te Waipounamu Graduation Book 2023. Te Waipounamu: Te Wānanga o Aotearoa. 2023. p. 13. Archived from the original on 18 October 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  2. 1 2 Screen, NZ On. "Eve Palmer | NZ On Screen". www.nzonscreen.com. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  3. Nealon, Sarah (30 December 2020). "Grace and Eve Palmer tackle death in new local comedy Good Grief". Stuff . Archived from the original on 9 April 2023. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  4. 1 2 Barry Hill, Rebecca (2 January 2022). "Jason Gunn on becoming a grandparent: 'I've got my joy back'" . The New Zealand Herald . Archived from the original on 9 April 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  5. Simich, Ricardo (7 November 2020). "Spy: Eve and Grace Palmer's funereal new TVNZ OnDemand comedy" . The New Zealand Herald . Archived from the original on 9 April 2023. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  6. Tailor, Leena (11 January 2021). "Grace & Eve Palmer: A Baby & A Breakdown" . Woman's Day NZ. Archived from the original on 9 April 2023. Retrieved 7 April 2023.