A Tauranga woman taking part in The Amazing Race is "stoked" to be representing the Bay.
Ten New Zealanders are racing Australians around the world in a bid to win $250,000 and reality TV stardom.
The Amazing Race pits five New Zealand teams of two head-to-head with their Australian counterparts through six continents and 10 countries, across almost 90,000km.
It is the first time the popular reality TV show has pitted two countries against each other.