{"id":310776,"date":"2026-03-03T09:54:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T09:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/310776\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T09:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T09:54:08","slug":"zm-host-bree-tomasel-announces-engagement-to-partner-sophia-gould","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/310776\/","title":{"rendered":"ZM host Bree Tomasel announces engagement to partner Sophia Gould"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"NxxoOInEdsczGtg\" style=\"display:none\">Tomasel\u2019s friends and colleagues piled into the comments expressing delight at the news.<\/p>\n<p class=\"NxxoOInEdsczGtg\" style=\"display:none\">Madeleine Sami said, \u201cCongratssss legends!\u201d while Toni Street said, \u201cI was listening to this live&#8230; congratulations you two\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"NxxoOInEdsczGtg\" style=\"display:none\">The Hits Breakfast host Ben Boyce said, \u201cOh this is the best news ever! Like the Warriors it\u2019s your year! Much love to you both\u201d, while Tomasel\u2019s co-host Clint Roberts said, \u201cWHAT?!?\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"NxxoOInEdsczGtg\" style=\"display:none\">The couple met in 2018 on a dating app and they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/entertainment\/treasure-islands-bree-tomasel-weve-found-our-pawfect-match\/JXJMGVUMJFGGVKGAK5O3XUAMAY\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/entertainment\/treasure-islands-bree-tomasel-weve-found-our-pawfect-match\/JXJMGVUMJFGGVKGAK5O3XUAMAY\/\">told Woman\u2019s Day in 2023<\/a> the romance began with Tomasel asking, \u201cAre you good at maths?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"NxxoOInEdsczGtg\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cShe always makes fun of my first line I wrote on the app. But it clearly worked,\u201d Tomasel said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"NxxoOInEdsczGtg\" style=\"display:none\">The pair\u2019s conversation led to a first date at a bar on Auckland\u2019s Karangahape Rd, with Tomasel telling Woman\u2019s Day the romance was \u201ca slow burn\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"NxxoOInEdsczGtg\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cWe didn\u2019t rush into anything. We were both a bit guarded as we didn\u2019t want to get hurt. But after that, we ended up hanging out pretty constantly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"NxxoOInEdsczGtg\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cSophia\u2019s one of the most loyal people I\u2019ve ever met. We all go through some s***ty situations, hard relationships, break-ups or whatever, but I\u2019ve never felt like Sophia would ever do something like that to me, which is something so rare.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"NxxoOInEdsczGtg\" style=\"display:none\">Gould described Tomasel to Woman\u2019s Day as \u201csuper-loving and generous\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"NxxoOInEdsczGtg\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cShe\u2019s so giving to everyone, not just me. And obviously she\u2019s hilarious. Whenever I\u2019m sad, she does a dance!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"NxxoOInEdsczGtg\" style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/the-daily-h-your-fast-smart-guide-to-the-days-biggest-headlines\/VQR5CULLQRECZP2ORSWPGDORBU\/?utm_source=nzherald&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_id=nz_cta\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/the-daily-h-your-fast-smart-guide-to-the-days-biggest-headlines\/VQR5CULLQRECZP2ORSWPGDORBU\/?utm_source=nzherald&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_id=nz_cta\">Sign up to The Daily H<\/a>, a free newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tomasel\u2019s friends and colleagues piled into the comments expressing delight at the news. 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