Kiwi heart-throb Martin Henderson has finally found love

It's official - Kiwi heart-throb Martin Henderson is off the market.

He is seeing 47-year-old director/producer and arts patron Helen Randag. And it's love.

The notoriously private Greys Anatomy star took to Instagram to announce the news, posting a photo of the two of them simply captioned "Out with my bae - I love you darling."

Randag replied, posting "I love you too my darling."

The reaction from his 179,000 followers was mostly positive with most congratulating the pair, while a few expressed their devastation.

"It's about time - Marty needs someone in his life," posted one.

Others, however, said they were "crying".

Originally from England, Randag studied fine art in London and in 2014 wrote, directed and produced a short film Portrait of a Star.

Henderson, 42, burst onto New Zealand screens at just 17 years old, playing Stuart Neilson in Shortland Street. While that role only lasted three years, it was enough to establish him as a bona fide star.

He has since gone on to a successful career in Hollywood and is now heating up screens in the US starring as Dr Nathan Riggs in Greys Anatomy.

In an interview with the Herald last year, he said he'd love to get married and become a father.

"I've always wanted kids, but I never felt ready. I wasn't mature enough to have them earlier. It would've felt more of a burden, whereas today I'm at an age where spending time with kids or my nephews is wonderful. But I'm not going to rush out and do it for the sake of it.

"I don't think having a family is the answer to anything, but more a complement to life. I'd rather find the right woman first, but life's funny - I might find someone and they can't have kids. So I don't want to get hung up on the idea because then if I met someone who couldn't, I'd feel like I was being denied something."

Henderson will next appear in the horror movie Strangers 2 with Mad Men star Christina Hendricks, due to be released in 2018.

This article was first published on NZ Herald and is republished here with permission.