AdrianStevanon
- Journalist
- Producer
Award-winning reporter Adrian Stevanon is of Swiss and Samoan descent. Te Awamutu-raised, he first won screen time in the late 90s as a performer on McDonald’s Young Entertainers. Since studying at The NZ Broadcasting School, Stevanon has reported for One News, Tagata Pasifika and Native Affairs. En route, he interviewed the Fijian Prime Minister and produced a story on West Papua, as part of the first Kiwi TV crew to visit in decades. After two years on Māori current affairs show The Hui, Stevanon joined TVNZ's Sunday in 2018 as supervising producer. Leaving TVNZ in 2021, he became the Head of Factual at Great Southern.
Screenography
Awards
2025 New Zealand Screen Awards/Ngā Taonga Whakaata O Aotearoa
Best Reality Series: for The Restaurant That Makes Mistakes (with Ben Bayly, Sam Blackley, Philip Smith and Briar Coleman)
2024 New Zealand Television Awards / Ngā Taonga Whakaata O Aotearoa
Best Pasifika Programme (shared with Gregor Paul, Abba-Rose Vaiaoga-loasa, Phillip Smith): for Family Faith Footy: A Pasifika Rugby Story
“fHis story was a small masterpiece that combined awareness, investigation, humour and flair.”