Matthew Phillip "Matt" Gibb (born 15 January 1981) is a television presenter in
Auckland
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, New Zealand. He is best known for presenting the children's television show ''
Studio 2'' from 2004 until 2010.
In 2015 Gibb was also a regular presenter for a segment on ''Kiwi Living'', a New Zealand lifestyle television programme. He also fronted the
Telecom campaign "Tech in a Sec" and has been known to host the weekly
Lotto
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draw, and had a stint co-presenting the
breakfast television
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programme ''
Good Morning
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* ''Good Morning!!!'' (Australian show), a children's show
* ''Good Morning'' (New Zealand show), a daytime talk show
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''.
Career
Gibbs first television appearance was as the host of
Squirt. In 2004 he was a co-host on the popular children's show ''
Studio 2'' until the series ended in October 2010.
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''Television New Zealand
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'', Retrieved 17 November 2010
Gibb then worked as an on-screen producer for ''
U Live'' on
TVNZ U
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.
Meet Matt , TVNZ U
/ref> Gibb also worked as the fill-in host and contributor on the breakfast
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show ''Good Morning
"Good morning" is a common greeting in the English language. It may also refer to:
Television
* ''Good Morning!!!'' (Australian show), a children's show
* ''Good Morning'' (New Zealand show), a daytime talk show
* ''Good Morning'' (Russian ...
''. He also presented the Telecom campaign "Tech in a Sec", and occasionally hosted the weekly Lotto
Lotto may refer to:
* Lotto, original, 15th century name of the Italian lottery
* Lotto America, one of many U.S. lottery games called Lotto
* Lotto (Milan Metro), a railway station in Milan, Italy
* Lotto carpet, a carpet having a lacy arabesq ...
draw.
In 2015 Gibb began presenting pre-recorded segments about travel and unique homes on the New Zealand lifestyle programme Kiwi Living.1News
1News is the news service of the New Zealand television network TVNZ. Its flagship programme is the daily evening newscast ''1News at Six''; other programmes include morning news-talk show ''Breakfast'', '' Te Karere'', '' Seven Sharp'', and ...
) landed a job as an Australian correspondent.Gary McCormick
Gary McCormick is a New Zealand poet, radio and television personality, debater and raconteur.
McCormick began writing poetry in 1968. His published volumes are Gypsies (with Jon Benson, 1974), Naked and Nameless (1976), Poems for the Red Engi ...
.
Personal life
Gibb was born and raised in Christchurch
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, New Zealand. He attended Burnside High School. He lived with his parents as a young adult, working for Family Planning as part of the youth education team and performing in the improvisation comedy '' Scared Scriptless''.
Filmography
See also
* List of New Zealand television personalities
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* Suzy Aiken – television personality and Prime News presenter
* Peter Arnett – t ...
References
New Zealand television presenters
Living people
1981 births
People educated at Burnside High School
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