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American talk show host Stephen Colbert’s Late show will broadcast a special edition dedicated to New Zealand on Saturday afternoon.
The show, titled “Return to New Zealand: A Magical Land Where Hugging Still Happens,” was intended to air in March, but Colbert said it was suspended due to the development of the Covid-19 situation.
It will air on Friday night in the US, starting at 5:35 pm on Saturday (New Zealand time).
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American talk show host Stephen Colbert of The Late Show told viewers that they aired a New Zealand special on Friday.
“We had intended to show this in the spring, but Covid was right and we thought it was not the right time to do so. Then this week, we said, ‘yeah, this is the right time to do it,’ ”he joked.
Colbert visited New Zealand last year. That trip was the subject of a week-long series that aired The late show in November 2019. During “New Zealand Week”, a clip, each about 10 minutes long, was broadcast every night.
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Stephen Colbert said Friday night’s New Zealand special will include new interviews and a behind-the-scenes video of his trip here last year.
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During his trip, he met Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her partner Clarke Gayford, filmmaker Peter Jackson, singer Lorde, and others.
In Wellington, Bret McKenzie and Lucy Lawless taught him how to “blend in” like a kiwi, while Colbert kept the gag on trying to become a New Zealand citizen. He visited him after Ardern appeared on his show in the US twice, and both times he invited him to come to New Zealand. At the beginning of New Zealand Week, the prime minister picked him up at the airport.
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Stephen Colbert meets Bret McKenzie and Lucy Lawless on Wellington’s waterfront.
He also caught up with Piri Weepu, DJ Forbes and Laura McGoldrick, for another segment on rugby.
Colbert said Friday night’s New Zealand special would include interviews, segments and a behind-the-scenes look at the New Zealand Week run.
The trip cost New Zealand taxpayers $ 104,000. New Zealand tourism said The late showBroadcaster CBS paid for most of the trip, but the government agency covered accommodation for the 15-person crew.
