TVNZ Breakfast reveals new host lineup for 2023

TVNZ’s Breakfast has announced another shake-up is on the way for 2023.

Current presenter Indira Stewart is leaving her role on the morning show to work as an in-depth multimedia reporter, the broadcaster revealed today.

And current sports reporter Chris Chang and US correspondent Anna Burns-Francis will join Jenny-May Clarkson and Matty McLean on the Breakfast couch when it returns to screens on January 23.

Chang will also read the midday news from Monday to Thursday, with Stewart presenting the segment on Fridays.

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News and current affairs executive editor Phil O’Sullivan said: "We’re really pleased Anna and Chris are joining Jenny-May and Matty to bring their own unique brand of smart, funny, incisive journalism to our morning news audience."

The shuffle comes after months of speculation about who would replace former Breakfast host Kamahl Santamaria on the couch.

The former Al Jazeera anchor left TVNZ after just 31 days on air, as allegations of harassment and inappropriate behaviour surfaced.

He was hired by TVNZ in April last year to replace departing host John Campbell.