Treasure Island 2023


Treasure Island 2023 was the seventh regular edition and the 13th season overall of the New Zealand reality-television series Treasure Island which returned to Mamanuca Islands, Fiji since the COVID-19 pandemic. This season premiered on 30 January 2023, and aired weekly, Monday to Wednesday, at 7:30 PM on TVNZ 2 and TVNZ+; hosted by Bree Tomasel and a new co-host Jayden Daniels. This season was the first season to include former seasons contestants and a winner since Superstars of [Treasure Island] in 2005, competed in charity challenges and a chance to win $50,000.
Matty McLean won the treasure hunt on Day 15 and took $50,000 for Zeal NZ. Lana Searle and Dame Susan Devoy were the other two finalists. This season raised $120,000 across nine various charities across New Zealand.

Castaways

Eight fans went head to head with eight celebrities from previous seasons, all looking for redemption and hungry for the win. The 16 castaways were initially separated into two tribes with Fijian names based on fauna of Fiji: Vai Vealoni and Beka Beka.
Team Vai consisted of "The Fans" and Team Beka were "The Faves" of the show.
  • Day 1 – Josh Oakley revealed to the cast that he was Dame Susan Devoy's son.
  • Day 5 – Matty McLean won the captain's test and chose Alex King to switch tribes.
  • Day 7 – Both tribes merged and became the most castaways within the camp in the show's history.
  • Day 8 – The face-off winner, Art Green, chose three castaways for a double-elimination challenge in the show's history.
  • Day 14 – Matty McLean won the final reward challenge, which included $10,000 for his charity.