When Kaea Pearce started dancing it was just something to do - now it is her whole life and has led the Northlander to co-host a new show on Maori Television.
The Whangarei dancer has performed with Jennifer Lopez, danced in Justin Bieber's Sorry music video, which has been viewed 1.6 billion times on YouTube, and she has danced all around the world. She also appeared in the movie Born to Dance.
Now, the 19-year-old's latest venture is co-hosting a youth-focused Maori Television show called Grid.
"Last year one of the directors called me and said that he wanted to do a show using my dance and it didn't go to plan because I went to Europe with the Royal Family [dance crew] halfway through the year.
"At the start of this year he contacted me and it's been pretty cool," she said.