The Emmy-winner<\/a> recently starred in Tom Sainsbury\u2019s Small Town Scandal, as well as her film Stories About My Body, and says she can\u2019t wait for the audience to look inside her mind. <\/p>\n\u201cFor someone entirely uncompetitive, this is the perfect game show for me. There was no time to overthink a task at hand, so you will see right into my brain. I will come across somewhere between deranged and idiotic, so, basically normal.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Comedian Rhys Mathewson. Photo \/ TVNZ<\/p>\n
Rhys Mathewson <\/p>\n
Stand-up favourite, writer and all-round funny man, Mathewson is sure to bring chaos to the Taskmaster house. <\/p>\n
The Surblibor comedy show host says becoming part of this legendary cast meant he could tick it off his bucket list. <\/p>\n
\u201cBeing a contestant on Taskmaster was a dream come true \u2013 the greatest job in New Zealand. That said, I will never forgive Paul Williams for what he put me through.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Comedian Hoana Hotene. Photo \/ TVNZ<\/p>\n
Hoani Hotene<\/p>\n
Fresh from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the 2025 Billy T Award-winning comedian is ready to bask in Taskmaster glory.<\/p>\n
Hotene (Ng\u0101ti Hau\u0101) says he can\u2019t wait to show audiences what went on when the cameras started rolling and the timer started. <\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve never been more excited for something that, at times, makes me look so dumb.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Actor Dave Fane. Photo \/ TVNZ<\/p>\n
Dave Fane<\/p>\n
He\u2019s one of the most legendary names in the New Zealand entertainment scene, and now Fane is bringing his trademark laugh to the Taskmaster house. <\/p>\n
He got his start as a founding member of comedy group The Naked Samoan\u2019s before co-creating bro\u2019Town, starring in Our Flag Means Death, and voice acting in Moana 2 and Zootopia 2. But the actor says this experience topped them all. <\/p>\n
\u201cTaskmaster New Zealand was the best time I\u2019ve had, with the best group of contestants, led by the best hosts and we all had the best attitude to failing. <\/p>\n
\u201cAfter all, why come first when you can come last? It\u2019s all a state of mind,\u201d Fane says. <\/p>\n
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Comedian Rose Matafeo. Photo \/ TVNZ<\/p>\n
Rose Matafeo<\/p>\n
Comedian Matafeo is a familiar face to Taskmaster fans. She starred in season nine of the UK version, where she placed second behind winner Ed Gamble, and plays the Taskmaster on Junior Taskmaster UK. <\/p>\n
She\u2019s gained critical acclaim for her comedy and writing, created and starred in hit BBC series Starstruck, and the 2020 local film Baby Done. So what\u2019s prompted the star\u2019s Aotearoa homecoming? <\/p>\n
\u201cI had to pop home for a few things, so I thought I\u2019d pick up the trophy while I was down there.\u201d<\/p>\n
Taskmaster NZ premieres <\/b>September 14 at 7.30pm on TVNZ 2 and TVNZ+.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Actor Morgana O’Reilly. Photo \/ TVNZ Morgana O\u2019Reilly She\u2019s well-versed in chaos as an employee of The White…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":664251,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[265],"tags":[21995,131107,18,117,19,5826,17,218005,237979,17708,3119,280673,27017,280674,11186,280675,233310,128,14889,2046,163822,20206],"class_list":["post-664250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-back","tag-cast","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-includes","tag-ireland","tag-lotus","tag-morgana","tag-most","tag-new","tag-oreilly","tag-season","tag-seventh","tag-star","tag-starstudded","tag-taskmaster","tag-tv","tag-white","tag-with","tag-yet","tag-zealand"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=664250"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664250\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/664251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=664250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=664250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=664250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}