From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Brendon Pongia
Brendon Pongia
Brendon Pongia Television career
Born 27 June 1969 (1969-06-27) Pongia has been a contestant in Dancing With The Stars
Greymouth
in 2007, with dance partner Hayley Holt. The couple was
Occupation Television presenter eliminated in the penultimate episode.
former Tall Black
Spouse Michelle Pongia References
Brendon Pongia (born 27 June 1969) is a New Zealand [1] Glucina, Rachel (20 March 2009). "Brendon Pongia
television presenter and basketball player, formerly for to wed today". The New Zealand Herald.
the national team, the Tall Blacks. He co-hosted Good http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/
Morning alongside Sarah Bradley from 2006-2011. He has article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10562633.
also appeared on the Māori Television show Iwi All-Stars Retrieved 1 March 2010.
and Code. [2] Egan, Brendon (6 July 2009). "Brendon Pongia puts
Pongia grew up in Greymouth and is of Māori de- in sparkling display". The Southland Times.
scent. He has a degree in marketing. http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/basketball/2566962/
He married human resources manager Michelle Kirk- Brendon-Pongia-puts-in-sparkling-display.
land in Hawke’s Bay on 20 March 2009.[1] The couple are Retrieved 1 March 2010.
now based in Wellington. Persondata
Name Pongia, Brendon
Sports career Alternative names
Pongia played basketball with the Tall Blacks for nearly a Short description
decade, before going on to work as a sports presenter, re- Date of birth 27 June 1969
porter and commentator, and radio host. Place of birth Greymouth
Playing in the National Basketball League for sixteen
Date of death
years through the 1990s, Pongia earned greatest recog-
nition in 2001 as a member of the Tall Black squad that Place of death
defeated Australia to qualify for the 2002 world cham-
pionships. Although he saw little actual court time, he
was front and centre in the pre-match build-ups as leader
of the haka. He captured an NBL title with the Waikato
Titans in 2002,[2] but lost his place in the national side.
Pongia attended the world tournament in Indianapolis as
a spectator and enjoyed a high profile in TV coverage,
leading the supporters’ haka. He was subsequently of-
fered a presenter’s role with TVNZ and, later, Sky TV in
2003.
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• Living people
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