Radio and TV host Jim Mora began his career reporting for regional news show The South Tonight. From there, he moved on to One News and then joined Holmes when it debuted in 1989.

Mora was also involved with the creation of animated TV shows Massey Ferguson and Stains Down Drains, and is the host of the afternoon show on Radio New Zealand National.

Over the years Mora became a household name voicing and presenting popular shows including Tux Wonderdogs, Maggie’s Garden Show and the long-running Mucking In.

In this ScreenTalk, Mora talks about:

• Being daunted by his first piece to camera on The South Tonight

• Finding reporting on Holmes a demanding role

• Still not knowing if the Dennis Conner walk-off on the show was pre-planned

• How the premise of Tux Wonderdogs must have seemed odd to TVNZ commissioners

• Rolling a huge letter ‘R’ down the main street of Gore in the doco New Zild

• Wondering if there would be enough good sorts for the long-running show Mucking In

• How the gardens got more elaborate and expensive as the years went by

• Always feeling there’s more to achieve with his broadcasting career

This video is available on YouTube to embed and distribute via a Creative Commons licence.

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