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The Chase star Shaun Wallace announces extra date in New Zealand charity quiz tour

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from left, stars of "The Chase" Shaun Wallace, Paul Sinha, host Bradley Walsh, Anne Hegerty and Mark Labbett. Photo / ITV

from left, stars of "The Chase" Shaun Wallace, Paul Sinha, host Bradley Walsh, Anne Hegerty and Mark Labbett. Photo / ITV

Do you think you have what it takes to beat one of the world’s top quiz players? Test your general knowledge against The Chase star Shaun Wallace when he returns to Aotearoa in July.

Last month, Shaun Wallace - one of the six “Chasers” from the hit British television quiz show The Chase - announced a partnership with Sky’s trivia and quiz company Believe It Or Not (Bion) to deliver a series of charity events throughout Aotearoa.

Set to visit, Queenstown, Dunedin, New Plymouth, Hamilton, and Kerikeri, it has now been confirmed the quiz star is adding an extra date to visit his Auckland fans.

Wallace is keen to share his love for New Zealand once more. He first travelled to New Zealand in 2019 to host the Sky New Zealand Pub Quiz Championship.

His most recent announcement comes on the back of yet another successful visit last year, when the barrister, part-time lecturer and TV personality raised $80,000 for local charities from Kiwis looking for the ultimate quiz night out.

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Speaking to the Herald when he visited in 2023, Wallace said Aotearoa is “a country I have great affection for”, which his quick return to our shores proves.

Bion is a Sky-owned trivia and quiz company that operates as Aotearoa’s largest provider of pub quizzes, trivia and quiz nights for charity and corporate companies.

Together, Wallace and Bion will be hosting an event called An Evening with Shaun Wallace.

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One hundred per cent of the profits made from these events will be donated to local charity organisations chosen by the wider region.

Chosen charities include The Louise Davie Charitable Trust, I am Hope, Gumboot Friday and Hospice Mid Northland.

Shaun Wallace sold out his toitoi fundraiser quiz event last year within weeks of tickets going on sale. Photo / Paul Taylor
Shaun Wallace sold out his toitoi fundraiser quiz event last year within weeks of tickets going on sale. Photo / Paul Taylor

Brendan Lochead, the founder of Bion, said in a statement about Wallace’s visit: “Shaun loves New Zealand, loves quizzing, loves raising money for charity, and also loves the All Blacks! It’s no coincidence that he will be here for the two tests supporting the boys in black against his home country, England. Shaun will be at both test matches, in Auckland and Dunedin.”

An Evening with Shaun Wallace events:

  • Friday, July 5 – Memorial Hall, Queenstown
  • Sunday, July 7 – Town Hall, Dunedin
  • Monday, July 8 – Plymouth International, New Plymouth
  • Wednesday, July 10 – Sky City, Hamilton
  • Friday, July 12 – Turner Centre, Kerikeri
  • Sunday, July 14 – Sky City, Auckland

Further details of the event can be found at believeitornot.co.nz

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