Decade in review: The 100 NZ TV moments of the decade (40-21)

Around 2pm every day this week, The Spinoff counts down the 100 most iconic local television moments of the 2010s. Today, moments 40-21. Previously:  The 100 NZ TV moments of the decade, #100 – #81 The 100 NZ TV moments of the decade, #80 – #61 The 100 NZ TV moments of the decade, #60 … Read more

Meet the guys in LA obsessed with The Real Housewives of Auckland

Dom Corry meets Ben Mandelker and Ronnie Karam, two brave podcast hosts who make a living talking about Bravo, and asks them why they can’t get enough of Gilda, Angela, Julia and the gang. If you enjoy Bravo reality shows, you really should be listening to the ridiculously entertaining Watch What Crappens podcast. [Editor’s note: … Read more

The Champagne Lady is releasing another Christmas song… sort of

A hot new teaser clip from one of Auckland’s finest up and coming musicians.  It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, which means it’s about time Anne Batley-Burton from The Real Housewives of Auckland teased a new* Christmas song. Pairing up with long-time collaborator Vicky ‘Rock Chick’ Loach and Alan Jansson – the musical genius … Read more

Unbelievably, Real Housewife Julia Sloane is plotting a comeback from her racist infamy

She became an international pariah after uttering the worst racial slur on The Real Housewives of Auckland. Now Julia Sloane is apparently plotting a comeback with a feature-length documentary, reports Duncan Greive. Julia Sloane, the star of Real Housewives of Auckland caught up in a racism scandal, is plotting a return to the screen, The Spinoff … Read more

On the Lash with Gilda Kirkpatrick, the realest Housewife of them all

Known for over a decade as a social pages fixture and little else, Gilda Kirkpatrick blazed into sharp relief on the just-completed first season of Real Housewives of Auckland. Duncan Greive sat down and drank a bottle of wine with her for On the Lash, our interview series brought to you by Australian wine geniuses Vinomofo. Photography … Read more

The Real Podcast of Housewives – A dramatic debrief after lunch with the Housewives

Our new weekly podcast about what looks to be a tentpole reality TV series, The Real Housewives of Auckland. Your old idiot mates are back to talk about what is already indisputably the greatest reality show in New Zealand’s history. The Real Housewives of Auckland debuts on Monday – but host Jane Yee and her loyal servants … Read more