Lana Coc-Kroft
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Lana Coc-Kroft is a New Zealand television and radio personality, and was Miss Universe New Zealand in 1988.
Coc-Kroft began her television career appearing in Sale of the Century
, and in 1991 on the New Zealand version of Wheel of Fortune as the co-host with Phillip Leishman, later Simon Barnett
. She continued in this role until the show ended in 1996. In 1994 she fronted the extreme sports show On The Edge for five years, where she went diving with sharks, parachuting, caving and extreme rafting in New Zealand and around the world. During the late 1990s she hosted 91ZM
breakfast radio with Marcus Lush
, leaving in 2002. In 1999 she co-hosted the "The Lipstick Lunch" on ZM, which was networked nationwide in 2000. The show did not rate well despite winning Top Non Breakfast Award at the New Zealand Radio Awards in 2002 and as a result show was concluded.
Over the next few years Coc-Kroft hosted a series of shows and documentaries including Can You Hackett, Make or Break, DIY Dads, On the Road, and Test the Nation. While filming Celebrity Treasure Island during April 2004 in Fiji, Coc-Kroft became very ill due to a coral cut, and was flown by helicopter to Auckland City Hospital
with potentially fatal Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome. She spent nine days in a coma and five weeks in critical care. After six-seven months of rehabilitation she had made an almost complete recovery.
Coc-Kroft has appeared in various New Zealand television advertisements, including one in 2003 advertising to switch off the microwave as the clock consumes a large amount of power. She has been national ambassador and spokesperson for several high profile campaigns including World Vision
, Persil
Dirt is Good, Healtheries
, and the National Water competency programme.
From 1996 to 2005, Coc-Kroft was a host on the television show SportsCafe
, and returned with the show in July 2008 for another season.
During the 2005 celebrity drug case involving former rugby players Marc Ellis
and Brent Todd
(called Project Aqua by the police), the Auckland District Court heard a bugged conversation of Todd alleging Coc-Kroft wanted to buy cocaine and pills. As part of the case Coc-Kroft was granted name suppression, which she later let lapse, and she went to the police to explain her relationship with the men involved, but was not charged.
In 2009, Coc-Kroft co-hosted the show Who Dares Wins with former SportsCafe presenter Marc Ellis.
Her parents ran a dairy in Te Papapa
, and she went to Auckland Girls' Grammar School
. She lives in Auckland
with husband Steve Gleye, a property-manager, they have three children.
Coc-Kroft began her television career appearing in Sale of the Century
Sale of the Century
Sale of the Century is a television game show format that has been screened in several countries in various incarnations since 1969. The show found its biggest success in Australia, where it aired weeknights from 1980 to 2001...
, and in 1991 on the New Zealand version of Wheel of Fortune as the co-host with Phillip Leishman, later Simon Barnett
Simon Barnett
Simon Barnett is a radio and television host and presenter in New Zealand.Barnett currently co-hosts the morning show on Christchurch radio station 92 More FM with Gary McCormick, and previously with Phil Gifford...
. She continued in this role until the show ended in 1996. In 1994 she fronted the extreme sports show On The Edge for five years, where she went diving with sharks, parachuting, caving and extreme rafting in New Zealand and around the world. During the late 1990s she hosted 91ZM
ZM (New Zealand)
ZM is a New Zealand contemporary hit radio network owned by The Radio Network. It broadcasts 19 markets throughout mainland New Zealand via terrestrial FM, and worldwide via the Internet. The network targets the 15–39 demographic specialises in a chart-music playlist of pop, rock, hip hop and dance...
breakfast radio 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...
, leaving in 2002. In 1999 she co-hosted the "The Lipstick Lunch" on ZM, which was networked nationwide in 2000. The show did not rate well despite winning Top Non Breakfast Award at the New Zealand Radio Awards in 2002 and as a result show was concluded.
Over the next few years Coc-Kroft hosted a series of shows and documentaries including Can You Hackett, Make or Break, DIY Dads, On the Road, and Test the Nation. While filming Celebrity Treasure Island during April 2004 in Fiji, Coc-Kroft became very ill due to a coral cut, and was flown by helicopter to Auckland City Hospital
Auckland City Hospital
The Auckland City Hospital is Auckland's main hospital and the largest hospital in New Zealand, as well as one of the oldest medical facilities of the country. It is a publicly funded hospital, run by the Auckland District Health Board since 2001...
with potentially fatal Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome. She spent nine days in a coma and five weeks in critical care. After six-seven months of rehabilitation she had made an almost complete recovery.
Coc-Kroft has appeared in various New Zealand television advertisements, including one in 2003 advertising to switch off the microwave as the clock consumes a large amount of power. She has been national ambassador and spokesperson for several high profile campaigns including World Vision
World Vision
World Vision, founded in the USA in 1950, is an evangelical relief and development organization whose stated goal is "to follow our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ in working with the poor and oppressed to promote human transformation, seek justice and bear witness to the good news of the Kingdom of...
, Persil
Persil
Persil is a brand of laundry detergent currently and originally made by Henkel & Cie; but which is now also licensed for manufacture, distribution, and marketing in several countries by the Unilever Corporation. Henkel and Unilever both manufacture their own formulations...
Dirt is Good, Healtheries
Healtheries
Healtheries is a New Zealand based health-food and supplement manufacturer. The company is based in Auckland, New Zealand and has over 200 staff nationwide....
, and the National Water competency programme.
From 1996 to 2005, Coc-Kroft was a host on the television show SportsCafe
SportsCafe
SportsCafe is a New Zealand Sports TV show. The shows original run was hosted by Lana Coc-Kroft, Marc Ellis, Leigh Hart, Graeme Hill, Ric Salizzo and reporter Eva Evguenieva...
, and returned with the show in July 2008 for another season.
During the 2005 celebrity drug case involving former rugby players Marc Ellis
Marc Ellis (rugby)
Marc Christopher Gwynne Ellis is a New Zealand businessman and television presenter, and former rugby league and rugby union player. A graduate of the University of Otago, his primary business interests are in Charlie's, a juice company...
and Brent Todd
Brent Todd
Brent Trevor Todd is a New Zealand former rugby league footballer. Todd represented his country and played at prop forward.-Early years:...
(called Project Aqua by the police), the Auckland District Court heard a bugged conversation of Todd alleging Coc-Kroft wanted to buy cocaine and pills. As part of the case Coc-Kroft was granted name suppression, which she later let lapse, and she went to the police to explain her relationship with the men involved, but was not charged.
In 2009, Coc-Kroft co-hosted the show Who Dares Wins with former SportsCafe presenter Marc Ellis.
Her parents ran a dairy in Te Papapa
Te Papapa
- to the north-east - to the east - to the south - to the south-west - to the west - to the north-west Penrose Mount Wellington Southdown Favona Mangere Bridge Onehunga...
, and she went to Auckland Girls' Grammar School
Auckland Girls' Grammar School
Auckland Girls' Grammar School is a New Zealand secondary school for girls located in Newton, in the Auckland central business district. Established in 1888, it is one of the oldest secondary institutions in the country...
. She lives in Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
with husband Steve Gleye, a property-manager, they have three children.