ScreenTalk: Stacey Daniels Morrison
Stacey Daniels Morrison began her television career as a part-timer on What Now?, presenting a cooking segment each week while still at high school.
After moving to Auckland and missing out on a role at Ice TV to Petra Bagust, she took a job on the Maori affairs series Marae, which took her on a professional and personal journey as she discovered her Maori heritage.
From Marae she moved to fledgling music show Mai Time, where she found herself at the forefront of a change to the way Maori culture was portrayed on screen.
Morrison has moved between presenting and working behind-the-scenes, with a diverse range of shows under her belt, everything from Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner to Sports Cafe.
In this ScreenTalk interview, Morrison reveals:
- How theatresports at school got her her first gig
- How Peter Hayden helped correct her Maori pronunciation
- Why Mai Time came along at the right time
- Why she finds the buzz of live TV so addictive
- And that she can’t believe she gets paid for making It’s in the Bag
This video is available on YouTube to embed and distribute via a Creative Commons licence.
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