Reality TV star spotted in NZ

Reality TV star Kate Gosselin has been spotted in New Zealand filming her newly renamed show Kate Plus 8.

The mother of eight - two fraternal twins and sextuplets - is fronting the sixth series of her popular United States show alone, after divorcing her former co-star Jon Gosselin in December 2009. The show was called Jon & Kate Plus 8.

She was pictured at Sydney Airport en route to New Zealand earlier this week after spending New Year's on holiday in Australia with her children.

Her New Zealand visit will be a return home for Kiwi bodyguard and rumoured partner Steve Neild, whom she has employed since the divorce, the Daily Mail reports.

Ex-husband Jon lost a court battle to stop the trip last month, reports the paper.

- NZ Herald staff