Alison Mau
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Alison "Ali" Mau is an Australia
n-born New Zealand
television journalist
and presenter. she is employed at Television New Zealand
(TVNZ) as permanent backup host for the Breakfast programme and co-host of TVNZ show Fair Go
.
, Taiwan
(CTS Network
) and New Zealand (TV3
, TVNZ and Prime
).
In 1992 Mau presented Newsnight on TV2 with Marcus Lush
. Her first television appearance for TVNZ was in 1994's Eyewitness programme, from there she went on to present TV2's Newsnight before becoming part of the ONE News reporting team.
Mau began presenting the Breakfast programme with Mike Hosking
, but after a year she returned to a ONE News presenting role due to the birth of her second child. She and husband Dallow presented the weekend news from 1999 to 2003. After TVNZ changed ONE News to a single presenter format in 2004, she returned to Breakfast but left at the end of that year to join Prime Television
. She was later made redundant from Prime after the station was taken over by Sky
in early 2006.
In 2008 she returned to TVNZ as a backup host for the Breakfast programme and has also appeared in other news and current affairs shows. In her time at TVNZ she has also presented other non-news television programmes such as home and lifestyle show Home Front.
between 1996 and 2009, they have two children. In 2010, following rumors of a same-sex relationship, she stated publicly that she is bisexual.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n-born New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
television journalist
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
and presenter. she is employed at Television New Zealand
Television New Zealand
Television New Zealand, more commonly referred to, and stylized as TVNZ, is a government-owned corporation television network broadcasting in New Zealand and parts of the Pacific. It operates TV1, TV2, TVNZ7, TVNZ Heartland, TVNZ U and new media services....
(TVNZ) as permanent backup host for the Breakfast programme and co-host of TVNZ show Fair Go
Fair Go
Fair Go is a New Zealand consumer affairs television program now co-hosted by Gordon Harcourt and Alison Mau. First aired in 1977, it is one of New Zealand's longest-running and highest-rated programmes, frequently placed high in the New Zealand TV Guide list of most viewed programs.Fair Go...
.
Career
Mau's first reporting job was for the Warracknabeal Herald in northern Victoria at age 18. In 1984 she was hired by the Melbourne Herald. In her journalism career she has worked for various news organisations in the United KingdomUnited Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
(CTS Network
Chinese Television System
Chinese Television System is a broadcast television station in Republic of China .-History:Founded on October 31, 1971, CTS started off as a joint venture between the ROC's Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Education. At the time of its establishment, CTS was the only VHF-supported...
) and New Zealand (TV3
TV3 (New Zealand)
TV3 is a New Zealand commercial television network, owned by MediaWorks New Zealand. Launched on 26 November 1989, the first private television network in New Zealand...
, TVNZ and Prime
Prime Television New Zealand
Prime is the seventh national free-to-air television station in New Zealand. The station airs a mixed group of programmes, largely imported from Australia, the UK and the United States, as well as free-to-air rugby union, cricket and rugby league matches....
).
In 1992 Mau presented Newsnight on TV2 with Marcus Lush
Marcus Lush
Marcus Lush is a television and radio presenter in New Zealand.He made his first forays into television in the 1990s as a reporter co-presenting TV2's Newsnight alongside Simon Dallow and Alison Mau, but it was a 2003 episode of travel show, Intrepid Journeys, that set him on a new broadcasting path...
. Her first television appearance for TVNZ was in 1994's Eyewitness programme, from there she went on to present TV2's Newsnight before becoming part of the ONE News reporting team.
Mau began presenting the Breakfast programme with Mike Hosking
Mike Hosking
Mike Hosking is a New Zealand television and radio journalist and presenter. He currently works as the weekly Breakfast host on radio station Newstalk ZB.He has lived and worked as a broadcaster in Wellington, Christchurch and currently, Auckland...
, but after a year she returned to a ONE News presenting role due to the birth of her second child. She and husband Dallow presented the weekend news from 1999 to 2003. After TVNZ changed ONE News to a single presenter format in 2004, she returned to Breakfast but left at the end of that year to join Prime Television
Prime Television New Zealand
Prime is the seventh national free-to-air television station in New Zealand. The station airs a mixed group of programmes, largely imported from Australia, the UK and the United States, as well as free-to-air rugby union, cricket and rugby league matches....
. She was later made redundant from Prime after the station was taken over by Sky
SKY Network Television
Sky Network Television Limited , , is a New Zealand pay television service. On 30 June 2011, Sky had 829,421 subscribers, which comprises:*808,617 digital subscribers*20,840 other subscribers...
in early 2006.
In 2008 she returned to TVNZ as a backup host for the Breakfast programme and has also appeared in other news and current affairs shows. In her time at TVNZ she has also presented other non-news television programmes such as home and lifestyle show Home Front.
Personal life
Mau was married to fellow TVNZ news presenter Simon DallowSimon Dallow
Simon Dallow is a New Zealand journalist, Barrister and a television personality.-Early Years:Dallow was educated at Liston College and St Peter's College. He completed his tertiary education at Auckland University, where he studied law...
between 1996 and 2009, they have two children. In 2010, following rumors of a same-sex relationship, she stated publicly that she is bisexual.
External links
- Alison Mau at TVNZ