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Spy: Late night Breakfast party for TVNZ host's engagement

Ricardo Simich
By Ricardo Simich
Society Insider editor·Herald online·
14 Oct, 2015 03:15 AM2 mins to read

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Nadine Chalmers-Ross and her fiance Dan Higgins

Nadine Chalmers-Ross and her fiance Dan Higgins

Past and present Breakfast stars reunited to celebrate the engagement of new host Nadine Chalmers-Ross on Friday night, skipping out on TVNZ's official launch party for My Kitchen Rules NZ.

The party was organised by the presenter's romantic fiance, film and television producer Dan Higgins. Six months earlier, he
had popped the question, having first created an intimate ' proposal zone' at their home, complete with fairy lights, flowers, candles and a love seat.

This time he went one better organizing a party filled with the couple's friends and family on the rooftop of Chancery Towers at the Chancery in Auckland's CBD.

Chalmers-Ross, 29, told Spy: "We had a lovely night celebrating our engagement with family and friends. It was a fantastic party organised entirely by my fiance. He did such a brilliant job, I think I'd better marry him!"

Higgins was pretty chuffed with his bride-to-be, who looked elegant in a forest green, dress by Australian designer Shona Joy.

With Higgins organizing the event, the pressure of navigating which famous TVNZ stars to invite was taken off Chalmers-Ross. Among colleagues to make the party, were

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co-host Rawdon Christie and their sidekick Sam 'the roving weatherman' Wallace.

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star Toni Street was there alongside her best friend Renee Wright, posting a photo of herself and the old Breakfast crew to Facebook.

Wallace, whose Facebook profile picture still sentimentally features Street, Christie and himself, took things one step further, Photoshopping in absent friends, including former Breakfast producer Alex Hazlehurst, who hit headlines this year after she wrote about the difficulties of life in London.

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Meanwhile, down at Baduzzi in Wynyard Quarter, fellow TVNZers marked the launch of My Kitchen Rules NZ at a sumptuous cocktail event, complete with magnums of Moet and Chandon.

Emma Fenton, Mike Edward and Siobhan Page from Filthy Rich attend the My Kitchen Rules NZ, season 2 launch at Baduzzi Restaurant, Auckland. Photo / Norrie Montgomery
Siobhan Page and Emma Fenton from Filthy Rich attend the My Kitchen Rules NZ, season 2 launch at Baduzzi Restaurant, Auckland. Photo / Norrie Montgomery
Cathy Qin and Hannah George attend the My Kitchen Rules NZ, season 2 launch at Baduzzi Restaurant, Auckland. Photo / Norrie Montgomery
Harriet Beattie and Charlotte Hadlow attend the My Kitchen Rules NZ, season 2 launch at Baduzzi Restaurant, Auckland. Photo / Norrie Montgomery
Jay Wanakore and Sarah Chase attend the My Kitchen Rules NZ, season 2 launch at Baduzzi Restaurant, Auckland. Photo / Norrie Montgomery
Konrad Kasiske and Joanna Hunkin attend the My Kitchen Rules NZ, season 2 launch at Baduzzi Restaurant, Auckland. Photo / Norrie Montgomery
Emily Robins and Jason Antill attend the My Kitchen Rules NZ, season 2 launch at Baduzzi Restaurant, Auckland. Photo / Norrie Montgomery
Emma Henaghan, Ben Partington, Marisa Vodanovich and Brook Millbank attend the My Kitchen Rules NZ, season 2 launch at Baduzzi Restaurant, Auckland. Photo / Norrie Montgomery
Te Kohe Tuhaka, Pheonix and Larissa Dyke attend the My Kitchen Rules NZ, season 2 launch at Baduzzi Restaurant, Auckland. Photo / Norrie Montgomery
Willa Oliver and Hannah Paterson attend the My Kitchen Rules NZ, season 2 launch at Baduzzi Restaurant, Auckland. Photo / Norrie Montgomery
Roxy Faithful and Angela Stewart attend the My Kitchen Rules NZ, season 2 launch at Baduzzi Restaurant, Auckland. Photo / Norrie Montgomery
Suzy Stichbury and Juliet Bartholomew attend the My Kitchen Rules NZ, season 2 launch at Baduzzi Restaurant, Auckland. Photo / Norrie Montgomery
Imogen Johnson and Emilt Robins attend the My Kitchen Rules NZ, season 2 launch at Baduzzi Restaurant, Auckland. Photo / Norrie Montgomery
Liz Egan and Robert Oliver attend the My Kitchen Rules NZ, season 2 launch at Baduzzi Restaurant, Auckland. Photo / Norrie Montgomery
Ben Humphrey and Mel Homer attend the My Kitchen Rules NZ, season 2 launch at Baduzzi Restaurant, Auckland. Photo / Norrie Montgomery
Ben Bayly and Gareth Stewart attend the My Kitchen Rules NZ, season 2 launch at Baduzzi Restaurant, Auckland. Photo / Norrie Montgomery
Ben Bayly, Gareth Stewart, Liz Egan and Robert Oliver attend the My Kitchen Rules NZ, season 2 launch at Baduzzi Restaurant, Auckland. Photo / Norrie Montgomery
Cara and Ben Bayly attend the My Kitchen Rules NZ, season 2 launch at Baduzzi Restaurant, Auckland. Photo / Norrie Montgomery
Monique and Henry attend the My Kitchen Rules NZ, season 2 launch at Baduzzi Restaurant, Auckland. Photo / Norrie Montgomery
Beatrice Faumuina and Carla Hofler attend the My Kitchen Rules NZ, season 2 launch at Baduzzi Restaurant, Auckland. Photo / Norrie Montgomery
Katrina Dunlop and Natasha Gorrie attend the My Kitchen Rules NZ, season 2 launch at Baduzzi Restaurant, Auckland. Photo / Norrie Montgomery
Travis Thomson and Jeremy Aldworth attend the My Kitchen Rules NZ, season 2 launch at Baduzzi Restaurant, Auckland. Photo / Norrie Montgomery
William Lockie and Zoe Ellwood attend the My Kitchen Rules NZ, season 2 launch at Baduzzi Restaurant, Auckland. Photo / Norrie Montgomery
Brooke and Kimberley McIntyre attend the My Kitchen Rules NZ, season 2 launch at Baduzzi Restaurant, Auckland. Photo / Norrie Montgomery
Angela and Gareth Stewart attend the My Kitchen Rules NZ, season 2 launch at Baduzzi Restaurant, Auckland. Photo / Norrie Montgomery
Te Kohe Tuhaka and Larissa Dyke attend the My Kitchen Rules NZ, season 2 launch at Baduzzi Restaurant, Auckland. Photo / Norrie Montgomery

Image 1 of 26: Emma Fenton, Mike Edward and Siobhan Page from Filthy Rich attend the My Kitchen Rules NZ, season 2 launch at Baduzzi Restaurant, Auckland. Photo / Norrie Montgomery

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