Matt Lauer Addresses Legal Battle in New Zealand in First Interview Since Scandal

Matt Lauer Addresses Legal Battle in New Zealand in First Interview Since Scandal
Host Matt Lauer at NBC's "Today" show at Rockefeller Center in New York, on May 3, 2013. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo
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Disgraced former NBC anchor Matt Lauer has spoken out about another controversy he has become embroiled in—on the other side of the world.

The former Today Show host purchased a $9 million long-term lease for Hunter Valley Station, a 26,000-acre parcel of land that runs along Lake Hāwea, near Queenstown on New Zealand’s South Island, in 2017.