Matt Gibb

Matt Gibb has spent over 24-years as a broadcaster. You name it, he's probably done it! As one of New Zealand's most experienced television presenters, Matt has clocked up thousands of hours of live telly.

Matt is currently hosting TV1’s Country House Hunters, a role which sees him travelling the country helping kiwi couples find their dream home. With two successful seasons already playing around the world - in countries such as Canada, Australia, and the USA - the third season is scheduled for early 2025.

Matt’s also a familiar face in the mornings, as a roving reporter on TVNZ’s Breakfast. The role sees him regularly beaming in live from not only around Aotearoa and the globe - with recent live cross locations including Mexico City, Honolulu, Tahiti and a cruise in the middle of the Pacific Ocean!

Fans of reality TV will recognise Matt from his stint on Celebrity Treasure Island in 2023, battling it out in the name of charity and raising $10,000 for the New Zealand Cancer Society.

For three years he was the face of the country's biggest telecommunications company Spark, presenting Tech in a Sec, a series of helpful tech tips. He spent two years fronting New Zealand's national Lotto broadcast, was a regular host on TV1's Good Morning, had co-hosting duties on Seven Sharp and hosted segments on TVNZ's weekly lifestyle show Kiwi Living.

Matt started broadcasting as a teenager, presenting the kids’ television show Squirt before moving on to Studio 2 Live. In late 2010, Matt helped launch Television New Zealand's first interactive music television channel, TVNZ U. As Senior Producer for U Live, Matt created, produced and presented content from all over the country.

In 2015 Matt relocated to Sydney and spent five years as a senior producer for The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, helping create new formats and selling content to many international broadcasters. Matt was at the helm for ABC’s New Year’s Eve Family Entertainment Show in 2019, producing a special viewed by well over 1,000,000 Australians.

No stranger to standing up in front of a crowd Matt has MC’d events right across New Zealand - from corporate dinners, to solo-hosting in front of over 100,000 people at Auckland’s Christmas in the Park. He has had regular MC'ing work with both Tourism New Zealand and Air New Zealand across the ditch in Sydney.

An experienced voice-over artist, Matt has lent his voice to major brand TVCs and radio ads, including Spark, Coca-Cola, Ford, Air New Zealand, Mastercard and many more.

Matt loves meeting new people, telling stories and sharing ideas - he’s looking forward to new opportunities to do that!