COURTNEY'S NEW CONFIDENCE 'I'M HAPPIER THAN I'VE EVER BEEN!'

The former Silver Fern is now her own boss and enjoying an unexpected relationship

- Kelly Bertrand

Sometimes it can be hard to see how things will work out. Six months ago, Courtney Tairi was certainly in that exact boat. A victim of the shrinking New Zealand media industry, she was facing 2025 without a full-time job and no idea where her life would go.

But today, as the former Silver Fern chats to Woman's Day, she's a new woman who, in her own words, has never been happier than she is right now.

She's running her own business, Coco Media, has landed incredible presenting gigs at TVNZ and Fox Sport Australia, and hosts her own podcast Sharpen Up, which chats about all things sport with a Māori lens.

"I just feel like I'm living in this new, untouched world," beams Courtney, 36. "I'm so, so happy. I feel the most 'me' than I ever have and I feel everything has led to this. This is where I've always wanted to be and I'm finally at the point where things have just fallen into place.

"Sometimes everything needs to fall apart for it to come back together better. It certainly did for me!"

Indeed, Courtney, or Coco to her friends, can't wipe the smile off her face as she lists off a busy work schedule that's seen her morph from employee to boss - a welcome change for the broadcaster who, up until last year, dominated our screens as a Sky Sport presenter.