Dana Youngman

Named Head of the Internal Production Department at TVNZ while still in her late 20s, Dana Youngman worked her way up the producing ladder on lifestyle shows like Maggie’s Garden Show and A Taste of Home. Since then she has worked on New Zealand’s Got Talent and Whānau Living, directed animated show Tales of the Moana, and co-created a cooking show with Annabel Langbein which screened in 80+ countries. 

Dana is a producer who lives and breathes TV ... She is a natural leader who takes a concept and makes it everyone's vision. Simone McNaught, TVNZ's former Head of Lifestyle Programming