Matched
Matched is a TV show on SBS ONE. The program has been available since 2025. A total of 16 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in May 2025.
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Writer Ankit has a way with words but will that help him in the search for a bride, while a dinner party unites some of our arranged favourites to discuss the highs and lows of their arranged marriage experience.
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42:06Neekita must convert to Islam to marry Sid, but will her family accept the decision and attend their daughter's big day? Meanwhile, Sikh Sabby and Hindu Vinny face family disapproval with their intercultural marriage.
43:23Twenty-year-old Swytha hasn't seen her fiance Roynish since their engagement a year ago and can't wait to get married. But with an estranged father, and a stepfather she doesn't see eye to eye with, who will give her away? And best friends, Ash and Ekta, are stunned when their parents decide they should marry. Will these b...
43:41Opotiki fruit contractor and hopeless romantic, Gurjeevin, prepares for his semi-arranged wedding to Brisbane-based Japjot. But how will Japjot feel about sacrificing her career, family and city life to live in small town New Zealand with a man she has met only twice? And Jilesh, a radio DJ and eligible bachelor, is ready ...
43:47Princess Virginia prepares to marry Lopeti in the grandest Tongan wedding ever to be held in New Zealand but how will Her Royal Highness cope with marriage when she has never cooked or cleaned in her life? And Kiwi-Sikh Manpreet travels back to India for his arranged wedding to a woman with his same name but will they have...
42:52Shaneil puts his absolute faith in his family to choose his life partner, but is he really ready to marry someone he has never been alone with? And Wasim commits to marrying a woman he has met only once.
42:55Hindu bride-to-be Radhika and Sikh groom-to-be Gurvinder must compromise to honour two cultures, but it's not easy mixing ancient traditions, especially when it comes to marriage. Harmeek and Sukpreet are having a fully traditional arranged marriage, but will they find love after the wedding?
44:06Season 1
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42:40It took just one picture for Karamjeet to agree to marry Jasdeep and after an engagement conducted from afar, will love blossom for this Kiwi Indian? As life after arranged marriage is explored - did their parents get it right?
44:04Muslim couple Rehana and Jansher have booked a date, but it could all come grinding to a halt if Jansher's mother doesn't give her approval when she meets the bride for the first time just days out from the wedding. And Indian bride Manpreet faces a wedding in New Zealand without the involvement of her loving parents.
43:21Johnny and Baljinder are two very Kiwi Indians who have chosen to have a Sikh arranged marriage, so which aspects of the age-old practice will they adhere to and which do they believe are outdated? And Wasim wants to find a bride, but in a culture where age is everything, has he left it too late to find his Miss Right?
41:38Betrothed Kiwi-Hindu couple Khartik and Dipshika combine modern sensibilities with long held traditions for their three-day wedding celebration, and Ethiopian refugee Remaz prepares to leave behind the grandmother who raised her when she marries a fellow refugee from Eritrea called Ahmed, a man she has never even kissed.
44:04A Christian Orthodox wedding four years in the making, but will Kahsay and Mimi be able to realise their dream of putting on the most traditional Ethiopian wedding ever seen in New Zealand? And Bride in waiting Chandni is on the hunt for Mr Perfect.
43:56Parveen prepares to leave her beloved Waikato dairy farm home to marry Ranjit in a semi-arranged wedding, but will the reality of leaving the grandparents who raised her be too much for this bride to be? Meanwhile, 33-year-old Hindu Bachelor Nitesh eagerly awaits the opportunity to finally be intimate with his bride.
43:04Wellington bachelorette Bhumika goes undercover as her parents on an arranged marriage website to find her own future husband. Meanwhile, meticulous organiser Shamiza has planned every last detail of her arranged Muslim wedding to her Fijian-Indian groom, Zayid, but will it all go to plan?
43:19Auckland doctor Shekhar Sehgal's bride Neha arrives from India for their wedding celebrations. How will Neha adapt to her new homeland, and will Shekar get a chance to impress her with his dance moves before the wedding? Wellington bachelor Bikram Singh travels back to India to meet the potential bride his parents have cho...