Marcus Lush was born on July 1965 and is a politician and television and radio presenter in New Zealand.
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Marcus Lush made his first footsteps into television in the 1990s as a reporter co-presenting TV2's Newsnight alongside Simon Dallow and Alison Mau, but it was a 2003 episode of travel show, Intrepid Journeys, that set him on a new broadcasting path.
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In December 2008 Lush began work on a new television series, South, in which he explores Southland and Otago.
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Marcus Lush was raised largely in Auckland, the fourth son of a printer and a speech therapist.
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Marcus Lush began his long career in talkback by presenting a show on student station Radio B, where he worked alongside Eating Media Lunch co-creator Paul Casserly.
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Marcus Lush moved to Southland in 2002 to host the breakfast show on Foveaux FM, but left the station in 2004, and in 2005 began presenting an evening talkback programme on the newly established Radio Live.
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In 2014 it was announced Lush would come back to ZB and in January 2016 he started his new talkback programme, Marcus Lush Nights, broadcasting nationwide every weeknight on Newstalk ZB from 8pm to midnight.
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Television shows presented by Marcus Lush include Newsnight, Off the Rails: A Love Story, South and North.
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Marcus Lush was a candidate at a 2021 by-election for the Invercargill City Council caused by the resignation of deputy mayor Toni Biddle.
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Marcus Lush stated that he would continue Marcus Lush Nights even if elected.
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Marcus Lush won the election in a landslide, winning more than half the votes counted.
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On 10 August 2022, Marcus Lush announced he would contest the 2022 Invercargill mayoral election.
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Marcus Lush again promised to continue his radio show if elected.
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On 14 October 2022 the official declaration of results for the Invercargill City Council showed Marcus Lush placing third place in the mayoralty election whilst not seeking election to council.