''Celebrity Treasure Island 2022'' is the sixth celebrity edition and the 12th season overall of the New Zealand reality-television series ''

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'' which returned to Ngātaki, Northland,

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

. This season premiered on 5 September, and aired weekly, Monday to Wednesday, at 7:30 PM on

TVNZ 2 TVNZ 2 ( mi, Te Reo Tātaki Rua) is the second New Zealand television channel owned and operated by the state-owned broadcaster Television New Zealand (TVNZ). It targets a younger audience than its sister channel, TVNZ 1. TVNZ 2's line up consi ...

and

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; hosted by

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and Bree Tomasel. One of the twenty-one celebrities won a grand prize of $100,000 for their chosen charity. Jesse Tuke won the treasure hunt on Day 27 and took $100,000 for

Live Ocean Live Ocean is a New Zealand registered ocean conservation charity founded by Olympic gold and silver medalists Peter Burling and Blair Tuke. Live Ocean's mission is ocean action in New Zealand. Live Ocean partners with people and projects on ma ...

. Courtney Louise and Elvis Lopeti were the other two finalists. This season raised $205,000 across 14 various charities across

Castaways

Eighteen celebrities were initially separated into three tribes with te reo Māori names based on

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and

fauna of New Zealand The animals of New Zealand, part of its biota, have an unusual history because, before the arrival of humans, less than 900 years ago, the country was mostly free of mammals, except those that could swim there (seals, sea lions, and, off-shore, ...

Kauri ''Agathis'', commonly known as kauri or dammara, is a genus of 22 species of evergreen tree. The genus is part of the ancient conifer family Araucariaceae, a group once widespread during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, but now largely res ...

(Agathis australis),

Kuaka The bar-tailed godwit (''Limosa lapponica'') is a large and strongly migratory wader in the family Scolopacidae, which feeds on bristle-worms and shellfish on coastal mudflats and estuaries. It has distinctive red breeding plumage, long legs, an ...

(Bar-tailed godwit) and Mangō (Great white shark), including the merged tribe as Toroa (a Southern royal albatross). This season was the first not to incorporate the show's pirate theme tradition in the game-play and introduced three celebrities ( Dame Susan Devoy, Mike King and

Ron Cribb Ronald Te Huia Cribb (born 7 July 1976) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. A loose forward, the 1.94 m, 110 kg Cribb is a former All Black, and mainly played number eight. Early life Cribb was born in Whanganui, but was raised ...

) entered the competition subsequently as intruders on Day 2, Day 4 and Day 7 respectively. On Day 1, the twenty-second contestant was honoured as part of the cast. Former

All Black The New Zealand national rugby union team, commonly known as the All Blacks ( mi, Ōpango), represents New Zealand in men's international rugby union, which is considered the country's national sport. The team won the Rugby World Cup in 1987, ...

Va'aiga 'Inga' Tuigamala travelled to the filming location with the rest of the cast but left for health reasons and subsequently died. His chosen charity was awarded $5,000. On Day 9,

won the individual charity challenge and announced that he competed for two charities instead of one; (Stand for Children) & former

All Blacks The New Zealand national rugby union team, commonly known as the All Blacks ( mi, Ōpango), represents New Zealand in men's international rugby union, which is considered the country's national sport. The team won the Rugby World Cup in 1987 ...

Inga ''Inga'' is a genus of small tropical, tough-leaved, nitrogen-fixing treesElkan, Daniel. "Slash-and-burn farming has become a major threat to the world's rainforest" ''The Guardian'' 21 April 2004 and shrubs, subfamily Mimosoideae. ''Inga''s l ...

's charity (Alliance Health Plus).

Challenges

: The contestant was eliminated after their first time in the elimination challenge. : The contestant was eliminated after their second time in the elimination challenge. : The contestant was eliminated after their third time in the elimination challenge. : The contestant was eliminated after the fourth or more time in the elimination challenge.

References

External links

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