Watching Stacey Morrison and Mātai Smith, the hosts of Mānawatia a Matariki, joke around during a Woman’s Day photo shoot, it’s clear the beloved broadcasters share a special bond.
“Mātai and I have a beautiful synergy,” says Stacey, 49. “It’s like we’ve got telepathy. If I drop something, he’ll pick it up and he knows it’s the same with me.”
“Basically, we’re married but not married,” quips Mātai, 46.
The pair first started working together in TVNZ’s Māori department in 1996. Mātai, then 19, recalls being starstruck by his colleague. “Stace was one of the original presenters of, which was massive at the time. They were these young people
