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10 Facts About Jeremy Wells

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Jeremy Wells was born on 19 January 1977 and is a New Zealand media personality who hosts the Radio Hauraki breakfast show with Manaia Stewart, Seven Sharp alongside Hilary Barry, and Taskmaster New Zealand.

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Jeremy Wells later appeared as Newsboy on Mikey Havoc's television show.

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Wells and Havoc went their separate ways when the show finished - Havoc fronting a show on TV3 and Wells hosting Eating Media Lunch on TVNZ.

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Jeremy Wells presented the satirical The Unauthorised History of New Zealand in 2005 and an episode of Intrepid Journeys in 2007.

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Jeremy Wells became notorious in November 2003 when an episode of Eating Media Lunch spoofed the current affairs programme Target, which often used hidden cameras to catch unreliable tradespersons or workers.

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Jeremy Wells spent 23 days travelling with the 108 members of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra in October 2010 and produced a documentary The Grand Tour, a product of his own interest in classical music.

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Jeremy Wells co-hosted The Saturday Special with Steve Simpson on bFM; the show continued when both hosts moved to Radio Hauraki.

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In 2014, Jeremy Wells changed shows to become a co-host of the Radio Hauraki breakfast show, alongside Matt Heath and Laura McGoldrick.

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Jeremy Wells was expelled from the exclusive Wanganui Collegiate School in his sixth-form year for giving marijuana oil to a recovering drug addict, and later attended St Paul's Collegiate in Hamilton.

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In 2005, Jeremy Wells was awarded a Bravo award by the New Zealand Skeptics for his "scathing look at the psychic and medium business, on Eating Media Lunch".