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NZ On Air 30th Birthday - What Now?
Web (Full Length) – 2019
I would have been 21, and it was absolutely unequivocally everything I dreamed it would be. I remember my first day I was petrified, simply paralysed with fear, but when the camera went on you sort of just grow a limb...– Former What Now? presenter Simon Barnett, on working on the iconic series
Of everything I’ve done, I still would stand here and say What Now? is the thing that seems to have impacted people the most.– Former What Now? presenter Simon Barnett on still being remembered for the show
...seeing my brother on TV doing a good job gave me the inspiration to have a crack at being a news reporter as well…– Kris Faafoi, Minister of Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media, on watching his brother Jason present What Now?
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