OliverTukino Coddington (Olly Coddington)
- Presenter
- Producer
Olly Coddington won fame as a presenter of long-running youth show Mai Time, and its successor I AM TV. He has since taken on a range of screen roles, from producing Māori Television reality show Game of Bros and Pasifika youth show Fresh, to time as the lead creative at Whakaata Māori. Coddington is a fluent speaker of te reo Māori.
Screenography
Biography
Waikato-raised Olly Coddington was working for Māori Television when he got his break as a TV presenter.
Coddington began learning te reo while growing up in Raglan. In the sixth form at Hamilton Boys' High School, he competed in Māori speech contests. Coddington's ancestry is Māori (Te Arawa, Ngāti Tūwharetoa), Rarotongan and Pākeha. He got early screen experience as host of Making Mistakes, a 2003 educational video about marae protocol.
Awards
2020 New Zealand Television Awards
Nominated for Best Pasifika Programme (with Elizabeth Koroivulaono): Fresh
2018 Huawei Mate20 New Zealand Television Awards
Nominated for Best Pasifika Programme (with Danny Aumua, Mario Faumui and Elizabeth Koroi): Fresh 2018
“I have been working in the Aotearoa broadcasting industry since 2005 in a range of roles, behind the scenes and in front of the camera. My passion for te reo and tikanga Māori heavily influences the mahi I am involved in and the content I create.”