Weeks later, Henderson brought Mendez home to New Zealand, where they were in MIQ at the five-star Pullman Hotel in Auckland. Afterwards, the couple visited Kaikōura, where marine-lover Mendez enjoyed getting up close and personal with baby seals.
In February, Mendez appeared to return to Mexico and has filled her social media with the ocean-loving life she adores. Henderson stayed in Godzone visiting an array of locations until late May.
While here, he also did a stint on Lucy Lawless' new show, My Life is Murder, filmed in Auckland, which starts on TVNZ 1 after the Tokyo Olympics.
Since then Henderson has done US media duties for the third season of Virgin River and celebrated it reaching No 1 on Netflix.