 When she was three years old, her family moved to the United Kingdom, settling in Dorset.She is of European and Polynesian descent and has three brothers.Burnett currently freelances as a weather presenter and news reporter for all the UK nations and regions, most commonly BBC London News, BBC Scotland, BBC Cymru Wales, BBC Northern Ireland, BBC South East Today, BBC Look East, and BBC South Today, and also presents the weather for a number of BBC regional radio stations.