Now Presenting: Rose Matafeo

In the overnight hours of 16 September 2025, the TBU Reference Group and Television New Zealand (TVNZ) issued the following statement:

"At the beginning of this month, Oriini Kaipara who presented the seventeenth TiBB Music Festival with ease, was elected to the New Zealand Parliament. This however meant she could no longer present the upcoming eighteenth edition coming up next month.

We are delighted that New Zealand comedian, actress, and television presenter Rose Matafeo; best known for her work on the comedy TV shows '7 Days', 'Funny Girls', 'Squinters', 'Starstruck', her comedy speical 'Horndog', and being a contestant on 'Taskmaster', will become the new presenter of the TiBB Music Festival in Auckland this October."