Recap: The Bachelorette NZ reaches new levels of cheese

Bachelor superfans Jane Yee and Tara Ward launch themselves into the highs and lows of the second week of The Bachelorette NZ. Subscribe to The Real Pod on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or your favourite podcast platform for more The Bachelorette NZ chat. Tara Ward: After three nights of dates, mates and moley updates, I have one … Read more

The Bachelorette NZ Power Rankings: Send in the intruders

Alex Casey delivers her seventh power rankings for The Bachelorette NZ, where a group of intruders have herniated the competition’s intestines forever. Click here for previous instalments.  Welcome back to The Bachelorette NZ, where everything is made up and every man is suddenly named Mike. Intruders! Five of them! A whole boy-band’s worth! Mike! Micheal! … Read more

‘Why stand and stare up at a stage?’ Bachelorette’s Annabel Alpers on reimagining the live music experience

Gareth Shute talks to Annabel Alpers about retiring her Bachelorette moniker and finding a new way to play live. From her very first EP as Bachelorette in 2005, Annabel Alpers was lauded by local music critics. Her first album, Isolation Loops, prompted Gary Steel to write in Metro: “Alpers’ imagination makes most songwriters seem like … Read more