Louise Wallace is a TV presenter born in Auckland

Auckland

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, New Zealand

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 in 1959. However, she formerly lived in Australia

Australia

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, but moved back to 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...

 in 1989 and throughout the 1990s was a presenter/reporter for a number of New Zealand shows such as "60 Minutes

60 Minutes (New Zealand)

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", New Zealand's TV3 News

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, 20/20 and "Nightline

Nightline (New Zealand TV series)

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Between 1999 and 2003 she regularly appeared on New Zealand television, and in 2001 and 2002 she hosted the New Zealand version of the international quiz show The Weakest Link

The Weakest Link

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. Since 2003 Wallace has also appeared on four celebrity seasons of the popular New Zealand reality show Treasure Island

Treasure Island (show)

Treasure Island is a popular reality television game show produced in New Zealand by Eyeworks Touchdown as well as in Ireland and Australia. In the show, contestants are isolated on a remote Fijian island and compete for a cash prize...

 and in 2007 directed Celebrity Treasure Island on TVNZ.

Awards

At the 1992 Qantas Media Awards she won the Steinlager Prize for best single human relations story and in 1993 an award for best tourism story. In 1996 she was also a finalist for the Best Presenter at the NZ Film & Television Awards.
On June 28, 2010 she appeared on Shortland Street as Brooke Freeman's mother.