Secrecy over The Bachelor NZ Tauranga visit

A screenshot of TV3's The Bachelor advertising. The identity of the 'bachelor' is meant to be a closely guarded secret.

Tauranga will feature in one of the episodes of reality romance series The Bachelor NZ when it hits television screens in March, but filming is shrouded in secrecy as the Tauranga tourism operators involved have had to sign confidentiality agreements.

Hosted by television personality Mike Puru, The Bay of Plenty Times understands the episode featuring the Bay of Plenty was filmed this month. Su-an McMahon, owner of vintage wedding venue, The Old Forest School, in Pongakawa, confirmed she had signed a confidentiality agreement with the makers of The Bachelor NZ and was not able to comment.

Aucklander Art Green is speculated to be the star of The Bacherlor New Zealand.

Kristen Dunne, head of marketing at Tourism Bay of Plenty said that a number of operators were involved but all were subject to strict confidentiality agreements until the show aired.

The Bachelor NZ journey will see single Kiwi women (the bachelorettes) compete for the heart of one man.

Last week the New Zealand Herald reported the star The Bachelor NZ is 26-year old Aucklander Art Green, chief operating officer of food business Clean Paleo.

Green is listed as a model on Auckland model agency Red Eleven, which was one of the judges in the indulge Bay Model Competition 2014. Agency owner Mandy Jacobsen, speaking to the Bay of Plenty Times from Los Angeles, said while the agency represented Green that only the television company was authorised to speak about any involvement in The Bachelor NZ.

"Nothing has been confirmed."

On the agency's website, Green is listed as 190cm/6' 2.5", with brown hair, blue-green eyes and shoe size 45.5.

It is not known yet what stage in the series Tauranga will feature but the series promotion says at the climax, the bachelor will invite a few special bachelorettes on a romantic getaway. The Bachelor NZ publicist Megan Stuart did not return calls or texts.