Jesse Mulligan
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Jesse Mulligan in 2012
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| Show | The Project |
| Station | Three |
| Country | New Zealand |
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Jesse Robert Turi Mulligan is a New Zealand television and radio broadcaster. He currently works as an afternoon presenter on RNZ National, and a writer for The New Zealand Herald's Viva Magazine.[1]
He was formerly a co-host for The ProjectonThree, until its final episode on 1 December 2023.
Mulligan began his television career as a writer and then regular panellist on Three's comedy gameshow 7 Days.[2] In 2013, he started as one of the three hosts on TVNZ 1's new current affairs show, Seven Sharp. He left the show on 17 April 2014, after his co-hosts Ali Mau and Greg Boyed left at the end of 2013 and were replaced by Toni Street and Mike Hosking, as part of refreshing the show.[3] In 2014 and 2015, he hosted comedy show Best Bits.[4]
In 2017, he started hosting Three's new current affairs show, The Project.
As part of his program Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan with RNZ National,[5] he presents the weekly radio show Critter of the Week with the Department of Conservation threatened species ambassador Nicola Toki.[6]
Mulligan is the son of Nick Mulligan, who was the Values Party candidate in Hamilton East at the 1975 general election.[7] Jesse Mulligan is married to psychologist Victoria Dawson-Wheeler and has four children.[1][8]
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