Rotorua Daily Post
  • Rotorua Daily Post home
  • Latest news
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
  • Property
  • Sport
  • Video
  • Death notices
  • Classifieds

Subscriptions

  • Herald Premium
  • Viva Premium
  • The Listener
  • BusinessDesk

Sections

  • Latest news
  • On The Up
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
    • All Lifestyle
    • Residential property listings
  • Property
    • All Property
    • Dairy farming
    • Sheep & beef farming
    • Horticulture
    • Animal health
    • Rural business
    • Rural life
    • Rural technology
  • Rural
  • Sport

Locations

  • Tauranga
  • Te Puke
  • Whakatāne
  • Rotorua
  • Tokoroa
  • Taupō & Tūrangi

Media

  • Video
  • Photo galleries
  • Today's Paper - E-Editions
  • Photo sales

Weather

  • Rotorua
  • Tauranga
  • Whakatāne
  • Tokoroa
  • Taupō

NZME Network

  • Advertise with NZME
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • BusinessDesk
  • Newstalk ZB
  • Sunlive
  • ZM
  • The Hits
  • Coast
  • Radio Hauraki
  • The Alternative Commentary Collective
  • Gold
  • Flava
  • iHeart Radio
  • Hokonui
  • Radio Wanaka
  • iHeartCountry New Zealand
  • Restaurant Hub
  • NZME Events

SubscribeSign In
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Home / Rotorua Daily Post

White Island date cut from Bachelorette NZ

By Chris Reed
Reporter·Herald on Sunday·
18 Jan, 2020 04:00 PM3 mins to read

Subscribe to listen

Access to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Subscribe now to listen.
Already a subscriber?  Sign in here

Listening to articles is free for open-access content—explore other articles or learn more about text-to-speech.
‌
Save

    Share this article

The Bachelorette NZ, Lesina Nakhid-Schuster. Photo / Supplied

The Bachelorette NZ, Lesina Nakhid-Schuster. Photo / Supplied

A date on Whakaari/White Island has been cut from the upcoming series of The Bachelorette NZ.

The segment involved bachelorette Lesina Nakhid-Schuster and one of the men vying for her affections visiting the volcanic location.

"Due to the tragic events of December 9, we will not be airing this scene," a spokeswoman for broadcaster TVNZ said.

"It would be inappropriate and insensitive to broadcast this footage and our thoughts are with the victims and all those affected by the eruption."

The "short scene" was filmed on the island late last year. The spokeswoman said a small crew was in attendance.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

"This location was one of eight filmed at during the shoot day. A robust health and safety process was followed — as with any production filming on the island."

Twenty people lost their lives when the volcano erupted on December 9, with the bodies of 40-year-old Hayden Marshall-Inman and 17-year-old Australian tourist Winona Langford yet to be recovered.

The decision to remove the scene was, the spokeswoman said, made immediately and with full agreement from TVNZ and its production partner, Warner Bros. International Television Production New Zealand.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

White Island was also used as a date location in the first season of The Bachelor NZ which starred Art Green, who now hosts The Bachelorette.

Green took Invercargill's Alysha Brown to the island in the final stages of the competition eventually won by Matilda Rice.

Matilda Rice and Art Green found love through The Bachelor NZ in 2015. Photo / Norrie Montgomery
Matilda Rice and Art Green found love through The Bachelor NZ in 2015. Photo / Norrie Montgomery

At the time, Brown told the Rotorua Daily Post: "We had a tour guide brief us on the island. We went over to the crater where the sulphur is and we went around the other side of the island where there was a gannet colony and that was quite cool because they had all their baby chicks. We had a little dip in a natural hot pool. It was a nice day trip. It was a pretty romantic trip, probably not your typical date."

Nakhid-Schuster is a 32-year-old doctor who beat more than 2000 rival applicants to star in The Bachelorette.

The American-born woman, now based in Auckland, was in a serious relationship while studying medicine at university but hasn't had much luck with dating since. She's looking for someone driven and kind who's not bad around the kitchen because she "can't cook".

"The journey to finding love can be nerve-racking and hard at times," she said, "but it is also rewarding and absolutely worth it, so I'm really looking forward to potentially meeting someone – my person."

• The Bachelorette NZ begins on TVNZ 2 on January 27.

Save

    Share this article

Latest from Rotorua Daily Post

Rotorua Daily Post

Mixed verdicts delivered for Tribesmen accused of murdering one of their own

11 Jul 05:00 AM
Rotorua Daily Post

Pair deny charges over death of Paige Johnson in alleged hit-and-run

11 Jul 12:26 AM
Rotorua Daily Post

Home-schooled students ride 755km to Parliament for equal sports access

10 Jul 11:07 PM

From early mornings to easy living

sponsored
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Latest from Rotorua Daily Post

Mixed verdicts delivered for Tribesmen accused of murdering one of their own

Mixed verdicts delivered for Tribesmen accused of murdering one of their own

11 Jul 05:00 AM

Mark 'Shark' Hohua died in June 2022 after a violent assault over money.

Pair deny charges over death of Paige Johnson in alleged hit-and-run

Pair deny charges over death of Paige Johnson in alleged hit-and-run

11 Jul 12:26 AM
Home-schooled students ride 755km to Parliament for equal sports access

Home-schooled students ride 755km to Parliament for equal sports access

10 Jul 11:07 PM
Heavy rain warning issued for Bay of Plenty, up to 140mm expected

Heavy rain warning issued for Bay of Plenty, up to 140mm expected

10 Jul 10:57 PM
Solar bat monitors uncover secrets of Auckland’s night sky
sponsored

Solar bat monitors uncover secrets of Auckland’s night sky

NZ Herald
  • About NZ Herald
  • Meet the journalists
  • Newsletters
  • Classifieds
  • Help & support
  • Contact us
  • House rules
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of use
  • Competition terms & conditions
  • Our use of AI
Subscriber Services
  • Rotorua Daily Post e-edition
  • Manage your print subscription
  • Manage your digital subscription
  • Subscribe to Herald Premium
  • Subscribe to the Rotorua Daily Post
  • Gift a subscription
  • Subscriber FAQs
  • Subscription terms & conditions
  • Promotions and subscriber benefits
NZME Network
  • Rotorua Daily Post
  • The New Zealand Herald
  • The Northland Age
  • The Northern Advocate
  • Waikato Herald
  • Bay of Plenty Times
  • Hawke's Bay Today
  • Whanganui Chronicle
  • Viva
  • NZ Listener
  • Newstalk ZB
  • BusinessDesk
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • iHeart Radio
  • Restaurant Hub
NZME
  • About NZME
  • NZME careers
  • Advertise with NZME
  • Digital self-service advertising
  • Book your classified ad
  • Photo sales
  • NZME Events
  • © Copyright 2025 NZME Publishing Limited
TOP