Jason Gunn

Jason Gunn is one of New Zealand’s most acclaimed and versatile television entertainers.

Jason Gunn is a New Zealand television presenter, director and writer. He is best known for co-hosting hit show Dancing With The Stars, and game shows The Rich List and Wheel of Fortune.

With his wife leading TV Producer Janine Morrell-Gunn, Jason owns production and facilities company Whitebait-TV. Based in Christchurch, Whitebait-TV is the producer of the TV programmes What Now, The Erin Simpson Show, Animal Academy and commercial and corporate work. The spacious and client focussed facility features two film and TV studio's including one of the biggest in the country at 594m2 and is able to broadcast live to national and international networks. Whitebait TV offers a full range of production services including editing, audio post production and animation.

Gunn became the face of children's television in New Zealand in the 1980's and 90's. He hosted on long-running programmes After School, What Now? and the Son of a Gunn Show, often accompanied by his sidekick Thingee.

After the end of Son of a Gunn in 1995, Jason began to expand his demographic, hosting performance showcase Young Entertainers, and the show Small Talk, in which contestants guess how children will answer questions.

In the late 90s Gunn and his wife, Janine set up Whitebait-TV, Gunn has written and directed a number of productions for the company. In 2004 Whitebait-TV won the tender to take over production of the long running Sunday morning show What Now?, which Gunn had once helped host.

In 2005 he won hosting duties on the high-rating Dancing With the Stars, which paired New Zealand celebrities with professional dancers in a competition for charity. Aside from presenting alongside dancer Candy Lane, the show also showcased Gunn's skills as a singer and dancer.

Dancing With the Stars won him best presenting awards in 2007, 2008 and 2009 at the Qantas Media Awards. In 2006 through to 2010 readers of TV Guide agreed, voting Gunn the funniest  person on New Zealand television. Gunn has also hosted Wheel of Fortune, The Rich List and various television specials, including "50 years of TV".

Since early 2008 Gunn has been the Christchurch host of Classic Hit's successful Breakfast radio programme.

Jason Gunn lives with his wife Janine and four children just out of Christchurch and is "as passionate about making great telly and entertaining as I was 25 years ago".