Wow: Kiwi Living is woke now

After accusing Kiwi Living of ‘lifestyle shaming‘, Duncan Greive returns to TV One’s magazine show and finds a vision of New Zealand much closer to reality. Last year’s debut of Kiwi Living felt like a kind of television dystopia: the kind of witlessly aspirational brand-soaked programming Leigh Hart had been parodying on The Late Night Big … Read more

A Spinoff Investigation: What Does a Kiwi Living Gift Bag Say About the Lifestyle Show?

TV One’s new lifestyle show Kiwi Living begins at 7.30pm tonight, an “all-encompassing lifestyle show covering food, travel, gardening, living spaces, health and well-being, fashion and the outdoors”. It will be hosted by celebrity chef and caravan enthusiast Michael Van de Elzen and 20/20‘s Miriama Kamo, featuring many other specialist presenters. Fine. Those are words. … Read more