Tanya Pouwhare
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Tanya Pouwhare, is a radio and television personality. She started her radio career at Coastal FM, in Kaikoura
at the age of 15, a summer station run by independent Sounds FM. After leaving Marlborough Girls' college
she joined Marlborough's local Iwi
Radio Station Wairua FM, before moving back to the more commercially-run Sounds FM in 1991.
She moved to Energy FM in New Plymouth in 1993, one of the RadioWorks stable of provincial stations managed by Don Raine and Steven Joyce. In 1996, she moved to Palmerston North to work for The Radio Network
station Classic Hits
.
In 1999 Tanya won the Treasure Island
reality show and became the first woman in the world to win a survival reality show, winning the show mere weeks before Tina Wesson won the second season of Survivor. She then moved up to Auckland
where she worked for RadioWorks, The Edge FM, also doing stints on The Rock FM, Solid Gold FM and Radio Pacific.
Tanya then moved to Television Production, with Touchdown Television, the maker of Treasure Island
(now Eyeworks). In 2004, she became a senior television production manager at Greenstone Pictures with credits including Crash Investigation Unit
and Highway Patrol
for Australia's Channel Seven.
Tanya was also a recurring supporting role in children's comedy drama series The Amazing Extraordinary Friends. She appeared as satirical newsreader Dana Dinkley in all three series.
In 2009, Tanya moved to Sydney, Australia, and currently works for the ABC.
Kaikoura
Kaikoura is a town on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It is located on State Highway 1 180 km north of Christchurch.Kaikoura became the first local authority to reach the Green Globe tourism certification standard....
at the age of 15, a summer station run by independent Sounds FM. After leaving Marlborough Girls' college
Marlborough Girls' College
Marlborough Girls' College is a single-sex secondary school in Blenheim, New Zealand.Marlborough is a province known for its thriving viticulture industry and is commonly referred to as the wine region of New Zealand...
she joined Marlborough's local Iwi
Iwi
In New Zealand society, iwi form the largest everyday social units in Māori culture. The word iwi means "'peoples' or 'nations'. In "the work of European writers which treat iwi and hapū as parts of a hierarchical structure", it has been used to mean "tribe" , or confederation of tribes,...
Radio Station Wairua FM, before moving back to the more commercially-run Sounds FM in 1991.
She moved to Energy FM in New Plymouth in 1993, one of the RadioWorks stable of provincial stations managed by Don Raine and Steven Joyce. In 1996, she moved to Palmerston North to work for The Radio Network
The Radio Network
The Radio Network is the wholly owned New Zealand division of radio company Australian Radio Network, a partnership of Clear Channel and APN News & Media. It is the owner and operator of the Newstalk ZB News service and nationwide Newstalk ZB, Classic Hits, ZM, Coast, Hauraki, Easy Mix, Flava and...
station Classic Hits
Classic hits
Classic hits is a radio format which generally includes rock and pop music from 1964 to 1989. The term is sometimes erroneously used as a synonym for the adult hits format, but is more accurately characterized as a contemporary style of the oldies format...
.
In 1999 Tanya won the 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...
reality show and became the first woman in the world to win a survival reality show, winning the show mere weeks before Tina Wesson won the second season of Survivor. She then moved up 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...
where she worked for RadioWorks, The Edge FM, also doing stints on The Rock FM, Solid Gold FM and Radio Pacific.
Tanya then moved to Television Production, with Touchdown Television, the maker of 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...
(now Eyeworks). In 2004, she became a senior television production manager at Greenstone Pictures with credits including Crash Investigation Unit
Crash Investigation Unit
Crash Investigation Unit is an Australian factual television series on the Seven Network hosted by Damian Walshe-Howling. The series premiered on 27 August 2008....
and Highway Patrol
Highway patrol
A highway patrol is either a police unit created primarily for the purpose of overseeing and enforcing traffic safety compliance on roads and highways, or a detail within an existing local or regional police agency that is primarily concerned with such duties.Duties of highway patrols or traffic...
for Australia's Channel Seven.
Tanya was also a recurring supporting role in children's comedy drama series The Amazing Extraordinary Friends. She appeared as satirical newsreader Dana Dinkley in all three series.
In 2009, Tanya moved to Sydney, Australia, and currently works for the ABC.