Jesse Robert Turi Mulligan is a New Zealand television and radio broadcaster and writer. From 2015 he has hosted Afternoons on RNZ National. He was a co-host for The Project on Three from 2017 to 2023. He is also the Dining out editor at the Viva lifestyle magazine published by NZME.
Jesse Mulligan | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Jesse Mulligan in 2012 | |
| Career | |
| Show | The Project |
| Station | Three |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Previous shows | |
Career
editWhile studying for a law degree from Waikato University, Mulligan hosted radio and television programmes broadcast by the Waikato Student Union. Thereafter he worked as a commercial radio host in Wellington and Auckland, as a comedian, and in public relations and corporate communications.[1][2]
Mulligan was a writer and then regular panellist on Three's comedy gameshow 7 Days.[3] In 2013, he started as one of the three hosts on TVNZ 1's new current affairs show, Seven Sharp. He left the show on 17 April 2014, after his co-hosts Ali Mau and Greg Boyed left at the end of 2013 and were replaced by Toni Street and Mike Hosking, as part of refreshing the show.[4] In 2014 and 2015, he hosted comedy show Best Bits.[5]
He succeeded Simon Mercep as the host of Afternoons on RNZ National in July 2015.[1][6] A weekly feature of Afternoons during Mulligan's tenure has been Critter of the Week with Forest & Bird chief executive and former Department of Conservation threatened species ambassador Nicola Toki.[7]
In 2017, Mulligan started co-hosting Three's new current affairs show, The Project, and continued in that role until the show was cancelled at the end of 2023.[8]
As of 2024[update] he is Dining out editor at Viva magazine[9] and was previously a food writer for Metro magazine.
Personal life
editMulligan is the son of Nick Mulligan, who was the Values Party candidate in Hamilton East at the 1975 general election.[10] Jesse Mulligan is married to psychologist Victoria Dawson-Wheeler and has four children.[2][11]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Jesse Mulligan to host Afternoons". RNZ. 17 July 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
- ^ a b "The making of Jesse Mulligan". The Spinoff. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
- ^ Jones, Bridget (18 February 2018). "The Project's Jesse Mulligan: 'I almost never have arguments with people'". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ^ Bruce, Greg (6 February 2016). "Jesse Mulligan opens up about the dark days of Seven Sharp". The New Zealand Herald. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ^ "Jesse Mulligan: 'I'm ruthless' on Best Bits". The New Zealand Herald. 26 February 2018. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ^ "Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan". RNZ. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
- ^ "Critter of the Week". RNZ. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- ^ Greive, Duncan (4 December 2023). "The last day of The Project NZ felt like the end of something else, too". The Spinoff. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
- ^ "About Viva". NZ Herald. 31 October 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
- ^ "Ngā Taonga Sound Archives: election campaign songs of the 1980 (audio clip at 9:45)". RNZ. 14 October 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
- ^ "Jesse Mulligan: 'Don't call me crazy for having four kids'". Newshub. 26 November 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2019.