Mike Puru
Mike Puru | |
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Born |
Gore, New Zealand | 20 August 1975
Station(s) | The Edge |
Time slot | Weekday mornings |
Style | Program host |
Country | New Zealand |
Website | The Edge |
Mike Puru (born 20 August 1975 in Gore, New Zealand) is a New Zealand Radio DJ/Presenter who spent two decades working at station The Edge. He also competed on 2006 New Zealand reality show Sing Like a Superstar and in the early 2000s he was Co-host of Flipside. Mike has also hosted 2 years of the Rockquest TV show as well as a local documentary called Rumba with Jane Yee. Mike was the head boy of St. Peters College in hometown Gore.
Mike came out on air as gay in 2010, and shortly after announced his engagement to his partner of eight years, Regan Wallis. This was followed by a lavish party in the Auckland Viaduct with PM John Key among the guest list. In May 2012 Mike confirmed the relationship was over.
In October 2012 Mike became one of the inaugural TV presenters on the short-lived The Shopping Channel (New Zealand), New Zealand's first and only home shopping channel.[1] A career highlight included interviewing Eva Longoria live on air during the Hollywood star's brief first visit to New Zealand as a guest of The Shopping Channel.[2][3]
On 7 December 2015 Mike announced he was leaving The Edge. On the 11 December, Mike officially left The Edge and was replaced by Clinton Randell, renaming the station's breakfast show The Jay-Jay, Dom & Randell Show.
References
- ↑ Shopping for new channel hosts The New Zealand Herald 2012-07-01
- ↑ It's a big day for mike and Dom The Edge Radio News 2012-10-01
- ↑ Video: Eva Longoria on The Shopping Channel Throng.co.nz 2012-10-05
External links
- Check him out on The Edge FM
- http://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/getting+lowdown+how+get+help
- http://www.radiochick.co.nz/TheEdge/
- http://www.goldguitars.co.nz/news.html