Australian Women’s Weekly NZ

Wish upon a STAR

Kanoa Lloyd Calm

For presenter Kanoa Lloyd, someone who describes herself as being “a little Grinchy”, the holiday period is less about Christmas and more about the break that comes with it. “Throughout my 20s, I worked evenings and weekends, so it feels pretty magical to be a grown-up and have a Monday to Friday job, with a Christmas holiday at the end of the year,” she laughs. The past 12 months have been some of the busiest in Kanoa’s life – her nightly work on TV3’s , hosting her new show , raising money for the Graeme Dingle Foundation with a trip to Vietnam. And then there has been her own self-work. “2019 has been a real year of me learning how to talk things through with my husband in a calm, co-operative way,” Kanoa says of her relationship

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