Brooke Howard-Smith

Brooke Howard-Smith
Brooke Howard-Smith
Born	Brooke Howard-Smith; 6 October 1972 (age 51); Auckland, New Zealand
Occupation	Tv Presenter / Entrepreneur
Years active	1999–present
Spouse	Amber Peebles (m. 2009)
Children	0

Brooke Howard-Smith (born 6 October 1972) is an entrepreneur, New Zealand broadcaster, television presenter and artist having most recently exhibited at 42 Below's space in Auckland.^[1]

Action sports

At age 21 Brooke and

Matt Hoffman and Tony Hawk. In 1996 he was featured in the finale of the closing ceremony of the Atlanta Olympics with Hawk, Hoffman and a small group of action sport heroes.^[2]^[3]

Howard-Smith won the bronze medal at the X Games Rhode Island in 1995.[4]

TV and radio

Brooke is a New Zealand television personality, well known for his role presenting

Māori Television

's Rise Up Christchurch telethon.

Brooke was a judge for a challenge on the New Zealand television show The Block in September 2012 and in 2014, he hosted the reality show, Cadbury Dream Factory.

Philanthropy

Brooke organised Rise up Christchurch in 2011 for the Christchurch earthquake. The event raised $2.7 million for the Prime Minister's Fund. Brooke and Jesse Griffin produced Comedy for Cure Kids for TV3. as a part of the 2012 event he created the charity single "Feel Inside (And Stuff Like That)" with the Flight of the Conchords. The song won the 2012 Tui for highest selling single.

The team returned in 2015 to produce a charity supporters song for the

All Blacks titled "Team Ball Player Thing

". The song reached number 1 and has over a million views on Facebook and YouTube.

In 2022 he led a team at Non Fungible Labs to raise $1.1 million for Auckland City Mission.^[5]

Brooke is co-founder of the Futureverse Foundation alongside artist Alexandra Grant and actor Keanu Reeves. The foundation aims to invest in underrepresented artists, creatives and communities in order to build more diverse, equitable, and inclusive spaces in both the real world and the metaverse.^[6]

Business

Brooke has co-founded over 20 businesses including Senate Industries, England Clothing, Poynter Footwear, Holistic purpose focused talent agency WeAreTENZING, Social campaign software platform Otterfish and Metaverse creation leader Non Fungible Labs

Personal life

Brooke is married to former

Miss New Zealand and actress/television presenter, Amber Peebles

. Between 2005 and 2010 he owned and ran the Auckland nightclub The Pony Club.

External links

One Blade Mag 15 Minutes with Brooke Howard Smith

References

^ Saunders, Bridget (13 June 2008). "Bridget Saunders: Babbling about Brooke". Stuff. Retrieved 13 June 2008.
^ "PRINT: 15 MINUTES with Brooke Howard-Smith". One. 12 May 2008. Retrieved 12 May 2008.
^ "Havenskate.com »". Retrieved 5 January 2017.
^ "1995 X Games Aggressive Inline Results". Retrieved 5 January 2017.
^ Clark-Dow, Emma (21 January 2022). "Kiwi company's Snoop Dogg-themed NFTs raise $1m for Auckland City Mission". Stuff.
^ "Keanu Reeves and Partner Alexandra Grant Want to Make NFTS — and the Metaverse Itself — More Inclusive". The Hollywood Reporter. 22 June 2022.

[1] Saunders, Bridget (13 June 2008). "Bridget Saunders: Babbling about Brooke". Stuff. Retrieved 13 June 2008.

[2] "PRINT: 15 MINUTES with Brooke Howard-Smith". One. 12 May 2008. Retrieved 12 May 2008.

[3] "Havenskate.com »". Retrieved 5 January 2017.

[4] "1995 X Games Aggressive Inline Results". Retrieved 5 January 2017.

[5] Clark-Dow, Emma (21 January 2022). "Kiwi company's Snoop Dogg-themed NFTs raise $1m for Auckland City Mission". Stuff.

[6] "Keanu Reeves and Partner Alexandra Grant Want to Make NFTS — and the Metaverse Itself — More Inclusive". The Hollywood Reporter. 22 June 2022.

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