Wallace Chapman

Wallace Leslie Chapman (born 1969) is a New Zealand radio and television host.

Wallace Chapman
Born
Walesi Leslie Chapman

1969 (age 50–51)
Career
ShowBack Benches
Station(s)Prime TV
NetworkSky TV
Time slot10:30–11:30pm
Wednesday
ShowSunday Morning
Station(s)Radio New Zealand National
NetworkRadio New Zealand
StylePolitical commentator
CountryNew Zealand

Early life

Chapman attended Nelson College from 1982 to 1986.[1]

Career

He began his broadcasting career while a student at the University of Otago with student radio station Radio One. After moving from Dunedin to Auckland, he joined the staff of Radio 95bFM before changing to Kiwi FM where he hosted The Wallace Chapman Drive.[2]

In December 2013 it was announced that he would be the new host of Sunday Morning on Radio New Zealand National, taking over from Chris Laidlaw.[3]

He used to co-host the political television show Back Benches.

Personal life

Chapman knew and still knows David Bain, a man accused of killing his own family in 1994, but found not guilty by a jury in 2009.[4]

Chapman suffers a rare blood disease, Gaucher's disease, which has left him with weakened hip joints.[2]

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See also

References
  1. Nelson College Old Boys' Register, 1856–2006, 6th edition
  2. Matt Nippert (18 November 2006). "Wallace Chapman". New Zealand Listener. Retrieved 6 July 2009.
  3. Radio New Zealand (21 December 2013). "Wallace Chapman to host Sunday Morning". Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  4. Martin van Beynen (20 May 2009). "Bain: Close contact wound". The Press. Retrieved 6 July 2009.
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