Background
Street was born in New Plymouth, a twin with brother Lance, who died of leukaemia when they were both 18 months old. She grew up in Taranaki, and attended New Plymouth Girls" High School, and was head girl in her last year.
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Toni Street
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Toni attended Lincoln University on a sports scholarship.
Career
She is best known for co-hosting the New Zealand current affairs programme Seven Sharp alongside Mike Hosking, as well as presenting morning shows and sports reporting for One News. Street initially joined Television New Zealand (Television New Zealand) in 2006 on a six-month internship. She was presenter for Television New Zealand"s coverage of Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Championship and international netball.
She assumed the reins from the Television New Zealand duo of Lavina Good and Brendan Telfer, who both stood down after the completion of National Bank Cup netball in 2007.
Street was part of Television New Zealand"s commentary team for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. During this she received widespread criticism for a trackside interview with Irish sprinter Paul Hession.
She was to be part of Television New Zealand"s commentary team for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, but dropped out when she discovered she was pregnant. In 2010, Television New Zealand lost the rights for netball coverage and Street moved into a senior role with One News, as a head sports reporter and substitute presenter for the sports bulletin.
In September 2011, Television New Zealand established Saturday Breakfast, a weekend version of Breakfast, and Street was appointed co-presenter alongside Rawdon Christie and later alongside Tamati Coffey.
She was also a backup presenter for the weekday Breakfast. In September 2012, Street took maternity leave, and was replaced by finance presenter Nadine Chalmers-Ross for two months until the show was cancelled. In 2013, Street replaced Petra Bagust as permanent co-host of the weekday Breakfast, alongside her former Saturday Breakfast co-host Rawdon Christie.
In 2014, she and Mike Hosking joined Jesse Mulligan on the Seven Sharp panel.
