Simon Mercep

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Simon Mercep
Born1960
Nationality New Zealand
Occupation(s)Television and radio journalist
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Simon Mercep (born 1960) [1] is a New Zealand television and radio journalist. After a long career at Radio New Zealand and other news outlets, [1] he was reporting for 1News in 2024. [2]

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Biography

Mercep is the son of noted architect Ivan Mercep, and is of mixed Croatian and Polish descent. [3]

Starting his career in 1983 [4] as a trainee journalist with Radio New Zealand, his early career included reporting in Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom. [1] He also worked as a print journalist in Cyprus. [3] [5]

In 1989 Mercep returned to New Zealand to take on producing and reporting roles with TVNZ. In the 1990's he reported for One Network News and Holmes. Among his assignments were the 1994 Los Angeles earthquake and the 1995 Ruapehu eruptions. After another spell in London with the BBC in the late 1990s he returned to TVNZ, to spend a decade as a reporter for consumer affairs programme Fair Go, and for Sunday. In 2011 Mercep joined Radio New Zealand's Morning Report as a co-host with Geoff Robinson, and in 2014 moved to the presenter job on Afternoons. In his last year on Morning Report while reporting with Geoff Robinson, the programme won a 2014 New Zealand Radio Award for best weekly or daily feature. [6]

He left RNZ in July 2015, and took a break from daily news journalism.

In 2016 Mercep produced and co-hosted Crave!, a film and music review podcast and website, with Steve McCabe. [7]

In 2022 he returned to a reporter role with 1News in Auckland. web |title=LinkedIn |url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-mercep-25944b90/}}</ref> He was reporting for 1News in April 2024. [2] [8]

Personal life

He is married to Maree Mercep, who is also known as Maree Davies, an academic at the University of Auckland.


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References

  1. 1 2 3 Mercep rejects copycat role for his radio 'homecoming', Stuff NZ, 20 January 2011{{citation}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
  2. 1 2 Three NZ Arab doctors joining Kia Ora Gaza humanitarian aid mission, Asia Pacific Report, 4 April 2024{{citation}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
  3. 1 2 Simon Mercep, Radio New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  4. ↑ Simon Mercep named as new Morning Report host, New Zealand Herald, 1 November 2010{{citation}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
  5. ↑ Johnston, K., and Small, V., "TVNZ reporter gets Morning Report job, stuff.co.nz , 2 November 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  6. ↑ Mercep to depart from RNZ, 8 July 2015{{citation}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
  7. ↑ "About Simon", Crave!, Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  8. ↑ Missing Marokopa children: Calls to negotiate with Tom Phillips, 1News, 17 November 2024{{citation}}: CS1 maint: year (link)


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