Miriama Kamo is a 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 presenter, host and producer. She previously hosted the current affairs programme, 20/20 on TVNZ.

Early life

Kamo was born in Christchurch

Christchurch

Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...

 in 1973. She attended Aranui High School. She graduated from the University of Canterbury

University of Canterbury

The University of Canterbury , New Zealand's second-oldest university, operates its main campus in the suburb of Ilam in the city of Christchurch, New Zealand...

 with a Bachelor of Arts in English in 1995.

Early career

Kamo began her journalism career as a radio announcer and producer at National Radio. She then moved into television in the late 1990s, working for three years as an onscreen journalist and director for the issues and arts programme, Backchat.

TVNZ

Kamo joined 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) becoming a reporter for TVNZ's affairs programme, Sunday

Sunday (TVNZ programme)

Sunday is a current affairs programme broadcast on TV ONE in New Zealand on Sunday nights at . Presented by Miriama Kamo with a team of New Zealand reporters, the program began when TV ONE did not renew its rights to 60 Minutes which had aired previously in time slot...

. She also worked as a backup presenter for ONE News, and Breakfast

Breakfast (New Zealand Television Programme)

Breakfast , is a New Zealand morning news and talk show airing weekday mornings on TV ONE, produced by ONE News. Debuting on 11 August 1997, it was the first of its genre in New Zealand. Originally a two hour show, it has expanded to include a Saturday edition...

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Current career

Kamo currently hosts TVNZ's current affairs show 20/20

20/20 (New Zealand show)

20/20 is a current affairs television series made in New Zealand and hosted by Sonya Wilson. 20/20 was originally screened on TV3 between 1993 and 2003 but the format was picked up by TVNZ in 2005. It was hosted by Miriama Kamo at that time. While some of the content is locally produced much of...

, and is a weekend co-anchor for TVNZ 7's TVNZ News @ 8.
In 2010, Kamo and fellow presenter Rawdon Christie

Rawdon Christie

Rawdon Christie is an English New Zealand news reporter.Christie was born in London. He attended Marlborough College, and then Edinburgh University, where he gained a Bachelor of Music degree....

 anchored the live coverage of the aftermath of the 2010 Canterbury earthquake

2010 Canterbury earthquake

The 2010 Canterbury earthquake was a 7.1 magnitude earthquake, which struck the South Island of New Zealand at 4:35 am on local time ....

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