April Ieremia

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April Ieremia
File:Aprilieremia2006.jpg
Ieremia in 2006
Personal information
Born (1967-10-31) 31 October 1967 (age 57)
Apia, Western Samoa
University University of Canterbury
Occupation Television broadcaster
Children 2
Netball career
Playing position(s): GA
Medal record
Representing  New Zealand
Netball World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1987 Glasgow Netball
Silver medal – second place 1991 Sydney Netball
Silver medal – second place 1995 Birmingham Netball
Last updated: 30 March 2010

April Ieremia (born 31 October 1967)[1] is a New Zealand former netball player and television host.

Netball career

April Ieremia was a New Zealand goal-attack player, playing provincial netball for Canterbury from 1983-92. At age 20, Ieremia represented the Silver Ferns (New Zealand's national netball team) at the 1987 Netball World Championships, remaining with the team until her retirement in 1996. Ieremia also contested the 1991 and 1995 Netball World Championships and as many international test series. Ieremia gained 52 caps for the Silver Ferns and captained the side for a test series against Wales in 1992.

Sports Presenting career

After retiring from international netball, Ieremia became the sports anchor for ONE NEWS from 1994 until 2003.[2] In 1994, she began presenting for ONE Sport hosting at the 1994 Victoria Commonwealth Games, 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, 2000 Sydney Olympics and 2003 Commonwealth Games in Manchester. Ieremia was the face of netball for ONE Sport hosting national and international netball competitions from 1995 including the National Bank Cup, Fisher and Paykel Internationals and the World Netball Championships. In 2002, Ieremia hosted ASB Classic international tennis championship in Auckland featuring Anna Kourikova and the men's Heinekin Open with Marat Safin and Goran Ivanisevic. For 10 year"s, Ieremia co-hosted the Halberg Sports Awards from 1994 - 2003. In 1997, Ieremia won the coveted Qantas Award for Best Presenter. She retired from sports presenting in December, 2003.

General career

Ieremia also hosted television specials like the 'Opening of Te Papa', 'The Big Jump' and TV2's show, April's Angels on TV2 in 1997 and 1998.[3] In 2001, Ieremia joined TRN as a breakfast show radio host with Mark Leishman on "Easy Listening i". Returning to television in 2007, she joined the Living Channel and Food TV on Sky TV.[4]

April hosted a television talk show on SKY Television's Living called April in the afternoon. The show started on 1 April 2008. Over the next 5 years, she developed her career behind the scenes in production and sponsorship. In 2012, Ieremia joined the new Lifestyle channel Choice TV as a presenter and producer Freeview 12 and Sky TV 024. Ieremia co-hosted a Choice TV daily chat show called Brunch with Josh Kronfeld in 2012.[5][6]

Personal life

Born in Apia, Western Samoa, April moved to Christchurch with her family in 1970. In Canterbury, she developed her deep love of sport and in particular, netball which has laid the foundation for most of her career as a player, broadcaster and coach.[7][8] Graduating from the University of Canterbury with a BA in History, she went on to complete a Diploma of Teaching at the Christchurch College of Education in 1991 and taught for a year at Avonside Girls School in Christchurch before moving to Auckland and a career in television.

In 1993, April moved to Auckland to host television sports show, MORO SPORTS EXTRA with Greg Clark, Stu Wilson, Jeff Crowe and Brett Todd, the first magazine sport's show in New Zealand. In 2012, Ieremia published her first book, "April Loses It" about her weight loss achievements and it went on to feature on the best seller list for 4 weeks.[9][10][11][12]

[13][14][15] April now lives on Auckland's North Shore with her daughter Atlanta (12) and son Alexander (10).[16][17]

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