Mike Puru (born 20 August 1975) is a New Zealand television personality, radio host and weather presenter.

[5] Before this, Puru along with Morrison and Moa hosted the afternoon show on The Hits radio station.

[6][7] Since 2024 Puru has been hosting the weekday morning show for the New Zealand radio network The Breeze.

[8] Michael Puru was born on 20 August 1975 in Gore, a town and district in the Southland region in the South Island of New Zealand.

Puru set up an hour-long radio show for St Peter's College to present weekly events from Invercargill.

[15] During his final year at St Peter's College, Puru became head boy, and then left to pursue his career in radio and television by attending NZ Broadcasting School.

[24] In October 2012, he became one of the inaugural TV presenters on New Zealand's first, but short-lived Yesshop home shopping channel.

[25] A career highlight included interviewing Eva Longoria live on air during the Hollywood star's brief first visit to New Zealand as a guest of the shopping channel.

At the start of 2024 Puru began hosting the morning weekday radio show on The Breeze.

[37] Puru came out on air as gay in 2010, and shortly after he announced his engagement to his partner of eight years, Regan Wallis.

[44][45] In August 2023, Puru announced that he would be moving with his partner Anton to France in 2024 where they both plan to run a Bed and Breakfast and to launch a country music radio station.