April Ieremia

April Ieremia
Ieremia in 2006
Personal information
Born	31 October 1967 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 1987 Glasgow Netball 1991 Sydney Netball 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 in Auckland with her daughter, Atlanta and son, Alexander. ^[16][17]

References

1. "April Ieremia and Brent Todd". Retrieved 2 June 2008.
2. Casserly, Paul (12 March 2013). "Nude D'Audney tops legendary NZ TV moments". nzherald.co.nz (The NZ Herald). Retrieved 16 September 2015.
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4. "April Ieremia". NZ On Screen. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
5. Schouten, Hank (4 September 2012). "Kronfeld, Ieremia to host morning show". The Dominion Post NZ. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
6. Johns, Bryce (28 October 2012). "Parallel parking in tight streets tests the nerves". NZ Herald. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
7. "College Sport: The wrap". NZ Herald. 28 June 2015. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
8. "TV star April won't stay mum over cancer". Sunday News NZ. Fairfax Media NZ. 23 September 2009. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
9. Crosbie Z, Sandra (10 May 2012). "April aims to inspire". Manawatu Standard. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
10. Fannin, Jocelyn (9 May 2012). "April's weight loss struggle inspires". Manawatu Standard. Fairfax Media NZ. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
11. Foy, Sarah (24 April 2012). "Street food". Taranaki Daily News. Fairfax Media NZ. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
12. Bertrand, Kelly (12 January 2015). "April Ieremia’s weight-loss wisdom". The New Zealand Woman's Weekly. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
13. "April Ieremia’s on a mission". The New Zealand Woman's Weekly. 5 January 2015. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
14. Johnstone, Tessa; Hickland, Amie (3 May 2012). "April 'gets off her butt' to lose 30kg". The Wairarapa Times Age. NZME. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
15. "Ieremia a scale model". NZ Herald. 16 September 2006. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
16. Cook, Stephen (26 August 2006). "Wedded bliss no more for Ieremia". NZ Herald. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
17. Walsh, Rebecca (7 May 2002). "Another name for true love". NZ Herald. Retrieved 16 September 2015.