[3] Horan was a weather presenter for Television New Zealand's ONE News, running on a regular cycle with Karen Olsen and Natalie Crook.

He started in March 2005, and took redundancy in 2007 when former TV1 weather presenter Jim Hickey returned after nearly 4 years absence on the air.

[6] In November 2012 Horan was accused of taking money from his dying mother's bank account and spending it on gambling.

[17] In January 2014 he launched the NZ Independent Coalition,[18] which, following the general election on 20 September 2014 did not win any seats or cross the 5% party vote threshold to stay in Parliament.

[21] Also in 2016, Horan was cleared of the allegations around use of his mother's bank account, with police saying there was no evidence to support charges.