TeRadar
- Presenter
Te Radar — also known as Andrew Lumsden — is a writer and presenter, who brings a comic touch to documentaries and reality shows. Since starting as a stand-up comedian, his work has spanned everything from travel to Kiwi history. His sustainable living hits Radar's Patch and Global Radar have both won local awards for Best Information Series.
Screenography
Biography
The impressive sideburns of Te Radar — aka Andrew J Lumsden — occupy a special niche among New Zealand's television presenters. Diving cheerfully into challenging topics like sustainable living, Lumsden has hosted a run of TV shows whose educational value is sweetened by his distinctively down to earth comic style.
Awards
2017 New Zealand Television Awards
Nominated for Best Presenter: for Te Radar's Chequered Past
Nominated for Best Factual Series: Te Radar's Chequered Past
2012 New Zealand Television Awards
Best Information Series: Global Radar
Best Factual Series: Radar Across the Pacific
Nominated for Best Presenter - Entertainment/Factual: for Global Radar
“I still consider myself the worst television gardener in the history of New Zealand television. I wear it as a badge of honour.”