I’ve always been someone who marches to the beat of my own drum.
I started my career in radio over 15 years ago by emailing every radio station in Auckland. After getting my foot in the door at news and talk back station Radio Live I never looked back.
My career has taken me from building radio shows from the ground up, steering the ship as chief reporter in a radio newsroom to investigating social issues.
I broadened my skills as a trusted advisor to politicians and business executives.
I’ve enjoyed working as an executive producer on several shows including the wildly successful Sex.Life and Hope is Real with Jazz Thornton.
In collaboration with the charity Look Good Feel Better and Dry July, I’ve had the pleasure of hosting and producing the podcast series Cancer Conversations.
My experiences taught me people want connection, they want to feel part of the story.
And then everything changed.
In 2018 I was diagnosed with aggressive breast cancer at the age of 37. Cancer is a life-altering experience and I struggled to make sense of what had happened.
When the pandemic hit in 2020 the rest of New Zealand spent lockdown making bread. I can’t make bread so I made a podcast. I launched The C Word Radio and within a year I was the finalist in the New Zealand Radio Awards.
I thought I was just making a podcast, what happened is I found my voice and soul purpose. HK Productions is the by-product of choosing to live with no regrets or 'what ifs'.
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