Career
He works as a reporter for the channel"s Wellington office, and is also a backup anchorperson on the channel"s nationwide breakfast and midday news. Faitaua was born in Christchurch, where he attended Catholic Cathedral College, later graduating from the University of Canterbury before studying at the New Zealand Broadcasting School, from which he graduated in 2009. He worked as a reporter on Television New Zealand"s Close Up for three years, and also served as a backup host on political talk show Back Benches before moving to the network"s main news programme.
Faitaua was involved in a support campaign for people suffering stress after the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, Address The Stress.
