Kanoa Lloyd Opens Up about Stress of TV Presenting, Controversies, Backlash & The Future of TV News - Video

Kanoa Lloyd has been in the public eye for more than a decade - and it hasn’t all been easy.

From her time on Squirt and Sticky TV, to her controversial stint presenting the weather, and her eventual role hosting The Project.

We learn why she quit Mai FM, go behind the scenes of The Project and Newshub closing down, the stress and burnout that came with it, and so much more.

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0:00 Blanking Jesse Mulligan and the cancellation of The Project
5:53 Jason Gunn and starting out in children’s TV
11:11 Heavyweight with Dave Letele
16:25 Meet Kanoa (part 1)
21:01 Quitting Mai FM
25:02 Meet Kanoa (part 2)
29:10 Life as a transient child
36:15 Fronting Squirt as a teenager
43:27 From Sticky TV to Three News
47:26 Integrating Te Reo Māori into the weather
53:47 Dealing with the hate
56:20 The blow up of The Project
1:05:38 Behind the scenes of The Project
1:09:21 Cum box
1:14:08 Live TV for the Christchurch Terror Attack
1:18:22 Empathy, burnout, and reflection
1:27:09 The voice of the marginalised
1:30:33 The end of The Project
1:35:05 The future of media
1:36:50 Parenthood
1:38:44 Last words from Steve, Seamus, and Kanoa