Melodie Robinson doesn’t do things by halves. It was her 50th birthday last week and there was no easing quietly into the new decade for the former Black Fern. Instead, she celebrated the milestone occasion with an epic birthday bash.
“It was awesome,” says the former sports presenter and journalist, who is now TVNZ’s general manager of sports and events. “We had such a good time, but I still managed to make it to work two days later!”
Her husband, former golf pro turned coach Marcus Wheelhouse, turned 50 a couple of weeks earlier, so instead of separate parties, they had a joint “100th”, which kicked off with a series of games, dreamed up by Melodie and her best friend Nevak Rogers, TVNZ’s Acting Director of Content. TV presenter Stacey Morrison was the games master, overseeing the fiercely competitive red and blue teams, headed by Melodie and Marcus.
The evening was kicked off
