Oprah Winfrey is currently on an energetic speaking tour across Australia and New Zealand, yet she’s also making the most of her time by soaking up the sights and staying active.

The 71-year-old talk show icon, who has shed approximately 50 pounds recently, posted a photo on Instagram showcasing her impressively fit figure while enjoying a boardwalk view of Auckland.

Winfrey was stylishly outfitted in form-fitting athletic pants paired with a snug gray top, complemented by an oversized jacket and a chic hat to shield her eyes from the sun.

‘Last stop on my speaking tour: Auckland, New Zealand! See you tomorrow night,’ she wrote in the caption on Friday. 

As part of her Oprah in Conversation tour in the region, Winfrey engages in intimate, moderated discussions with local journalist Melissa Doyle, sharing personal stories and insights.

These conversations revolve around themes of authenticity, resilience, and personal growth, emphasizing the belief that anything is achievable in life.

Oprah Winfrey, 71, shared a picture on Instagram that displayed her amazingly fit physique on a boardwalk overlooking the city of Auckland, New Zealand

The TV talk show veteran has been on her Conversations with Oprah speaking tour in Australia and New Zealand; pictured greeting the audience at the tour’s opening show on December 4 in Sydney, Australia

This is Winfrey’s first time to Australia and New Zealand in 10 years and needless to say she’s been squeezing in a lot of workouts, including a Pilates class during a stop in Melbourne.

In a previous Instagram post, the TV titan wrote, ‘The first time I came to Melbourne back in 2010, I stopped by @jewelchic’s house for tequila and dancing. This time around, we changed it up and took a Pilates class at her son’s @joyfulpilates.

‘It was joyful… and challenging!’ Winfrey added. ‘So if you see me and @melissadoyleofficial taking our time getting to the stage tonight, you’ll know why—our hamstrings are on fire!’

Winfrey has been open about her weight loss journey and her struggles with yo-yo dieting, but she’s managed to get a firm handle on it at long last.

Knee surgery, medication, and a healthy mindset have turned her life around for the better.

‘After knee surgery, I started hiking and setting new distance goals each week. I could eventually hike three to five miles every day. I felt stronger, more fit and more alive than I’d felt in years,’ Winfrey told People in 2023.

She told the publication that medication – whose name she has not disclosed – helped her to manage weight fluctuations, calling it a ‘relief.’

‘The fact that there’s a medically approved prescription for managing weight and staying healthier, in my lifetime, feels like relief, like redemption, like a gift, and not something to hide behind and once again be ridiculed for,’ she said. 

Oprah has been open about her weight loss journey but she’s managed to get a handle on it, lose 50 pounds and keep it off after knee surgery, medication and a new mindset; pictured at the Emmy Awards in 2008

The media mogul squeezed in a challenging Pilates class during a stop in Melbourne, Australia this week

Oprah said the workout was ‘joyful… and challenging!’ and added her hamstrings were ‘on fire’

The TV titan took time out for an invigorating walk while in Sydney

Oprah has been enjoying the local cuisine and eating everything in moderation no doubt

Her approach to food includes healthy, wholesome choices and the occasional indulgence in a mindful way

Aussie actress Teresa Palmer and her mum met up with the media mogul and wrote on Instagram, ‘Never in my childhood Oprah-watching days with Mum did I imagine we’d one day meet the queen herself’

The Oprah in Conversation tour Down Under features moderated, intimate chats between the media mogul and local journalist Melissa Doyle as they discuss personal stories and insights; Oprah is pictured in Sydney on December 4 as Melissa looks on

‘I’m absolutely done with the shaming from other people and particularly myself.’ 

Winfrey spoke about her different mindsight on the Today show in August 2024, telling Al Roker: ‘There is a sense of knowing that there isn’t as much time left and I am at peace with that knowing. There’s a sense of urgency for me about living well.’

‘I had been becoming more and more debilitated to the point where it was hard to walk down even two steps just to get into the car,’ she said.

But the double knee replacement surgery spurred her to get up and move, calling it ‘the best thing’ she had done.

‘I really felt like I’ve had a new opportunity to live inside my body in a way that I hadn’t been able to for years because being overweight, and being overweight causing the knees to be even worse,’ Winfrey shared.

Winfrey now feels better than she has done in many years.

The TV icon – who hosted The Oprah Winfrey Show for 25 years – explained: ‘I think I have just aged into a form of myself that is wiser, that is certainly stronger, that is more vibrant and aware and conscious than I’ve ever been. I don’t feel that my edges are softening.’