Matthew Phillip "Matt" Gibb (born 15 January 1981) is a television presenter in

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, New Zealand. He is best known for presenting the children's television show ''

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'' 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

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draw, and had a stint co-presenting the

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''.

Career

Gibbs first television appearance was as the host of

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. In 2004 he was a co-host on the popular children's show ''

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'', Retrieved 17 November 2010 Gibb then worked as an on-screen producer for ''

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'' on

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''. He also presented the Telecom campaign "Tech in a Sec", and occasionally hosted the weekly

draw. In 2015 Gibb began presenting pre-recorded segments about travel and unique homes on the New Zealand lifestyle programme Kiwi Living. Later that year, he announced he would be giving up his presenting work in New Zealand to move to Sydney, Australia, after his fiancée (a reporter for

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) landed a job as an Australian correspondent. Gibb was a radio co-host on The Breakfast Club on

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, alongside Lana Searle and

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Personal life

Gibb was born and raised in

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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

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Career

Personal life

Filmography

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