"Humility is a beautiful thing, but humility is also recognizing your ambitions. Its being self-aware and confident"- Eleisha Foon award-winning international journalist.

Eleisha has over eight years of experience in television, online and radio. As a broadcasting professional she takes on many roles such as a reporter, writer, presenter and even as a film-maker - having directed and co-produced the The Gift of Life documentary.

Starting out as an intern at NewsHub NZ, Eleisha has certainly paid her dues & shown her skills by swiftly taking on bigger and bigger roles. Moving from intern to an assignments editor assistant, then a reporter on The AM Show, next standing as the NZ Correspondent via RNZ for BBC News, and as a journalist for RNZ covering general news as well as being the first South Island based RNZ Pacific J ...