Mike Puru
New Zealand broadcaster
Mike Puru (born 20 August 1975) is a New Zealand television personality, radio host and weather presenter.
Puru worked at the New Zealand radio station The Edge from 1995 until 2015 and hosted the first two seasons of The Bachelor New Zealand on TV3. He co-hosted the morning television show The Cafe along with Mel Homer from 2016 until 2020.
Mike previously hosted the Flava breakfast show alongside Stacey Morrison, Azura Lane and previously Anika Moa. Before this, Puru along with Morrison and Moa hosted the afternoon show on The Hits radio station.
Since 2024 Puru has been hosting the weekday morning show for the New Zealand radio network The Breeze.
Early life
Michael Puru was born on 20 August 1975 in Gore, a town and district in the Southland region in the South Island of New Zealand. Puru was born to Wayne and Diana. His father Wayne grew up in Ōpōtiki and who is of Te Whānau-ā-Apanui and Ngāpuhi descent. Puru is the second of three children: he has an elder sister Gloria and a younger sister Kelli.
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