Matai Smith is a Māori television presenter on the Māori Television

Maori Television

Māori Television is a New Zealand TV station broadcasting programmes that make a significant contribution to the revitalisation of the Māori language and culture . Funded by the New Zealand Government, the station started broadcasting on 28 March 2004 from a base in Newmarket.Te Reo is the...

, TV3

TV3 (New Zealand)

TV3 is a New Zealand commercial television network, owned by MediaWorks New Zealand. Launched on 26 November 1989, the first private television network in New Zealand...

 and TVNZ networks. He currently co-host the children's show Pukana, an educational/variety show in the Māori language

Maori language

Māori or te reo Māori , commonly te reo , is the language of the indigenous population of New Zealand, the Māori. It has the status of an official language in New Zealand...

, hosts the show Whanau, a drama series that teaches the Maori language, and presents the weekly Maori language lesson on Good Morning

Good Morning (New Zealand show)

Good Morning is a New Zealand morning television magazine lifestyle show. It airs weekday mornings from 9am - 12pm on TV ONE. The show began in 1996 and is hosted by Jeanette Thomas and Rod Chesseman...

 and currently present Korero Mai with Gabriella Piringatai.

He is of Rongowhakaata

Rongowhakaata

-See also:*List of Māori iwi*Official Iwi Website:...

, Ngai Taamanuhiri and Ngāti Kahungunu

Ngati Kahungunu

Ngāti Kahungunu is a Māori iwi located along the eastern coast of the North Island of New Zealand. The iwi is traditionally centred in the Hawke’s Bay and Tararua and Wairārapa regions....

 descent.

He has won the Best Reo Māori Television Presenter (Male) at the Māori Media Awards.