Recap: There’s something fishy going on with The Bachelorette NZ

Bachelor superfans Jane Yee and Tara Ward recap the highs and lows of week four of The Bachelorette NZ. Hear more from Team Jack on this week’s episode of The Real Pod. Get it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you normally listen to podcasts. Tara Ward: Jane, I wanted to make a good impression on … Read more

Recap: The Bachelorette makes a detour to Pash City

Longtime Bachelor fans Jane Yee and Tara Ward strip down the highs and lows of the third week of The Bachelorette NZ.  Tune into this week’s The Real Pod for more The Bachelorette NZ chat. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or anywhere else you listen to pods. Tara Ward: Jane, we’ve finally reached the next destination … Read more

The Bachelorette Week One recap: Suzy Cato, cheese slices and cat poo coffee

Long-time fans Jane Yee and Tara Ward discuss the love, life and laughs of the first two episodes of The Bachelorette NZ.  Tara Ward: Meet me on the red carpet of your wildest dreams Jane Yee, because it’s time to recap the new season of The Bachelorette NZ, New Zealand’s most pashiest reality series. I’m … Read more

The Aotearoa Spinoff Time Capsule 2020: Culture on a USB stick

As part of the Spinoff Aotearoa Time Capsule of 2020 project, Sam Brooks fills up a USB with everything our descendants will need to understand the crapshoot that is life in 2020. Earlier this week, as I was in the midst of reviewing the biggest game of the year, Spinoff editor Toby Manhire assigned me … Read more

Emily Writes: Introducing the boys of The Bachelorette NZ!

Emily Writes got to meet the contestants in the new Bachelorette NZ show, and boy were their teeth shiny. The Bachelorette NZ airs at the end of this month, so it’s definitely time to find out more about the men who will feature in this show that you will complain about on Twitter but definitely … Read more

Here’s all the great TV you’ll be watching in 2020

Another year, another avalanche of television to keep track of. Sam Brooks rounds up all the shows you’ll want to watch this year – new, returning, and local. New Shows Normal People What is it? A BBC/Hulu adaptation of that Sally Rooney book you read for book club because everybody loved it and you could … Read more

The Real Pod: The Great Kiwi Bake Off and the truth about toilet plume

The Real Pod assembles to dissect the week in reality television and real life, with special thanks to Nando’s. Another week, another new reality show to pour into our gullets like a jug of mirror glaze over a too-warm cake. The Great Kiwi Bake Off is back for another season, returning to the original 90-minute format … Read more

Compelling: I think Lily McManus will be on The Bachelorette NZ

Could beloved reality star Lily McManus be joining The Bachelorette NZ? Alex Casey assesses the evidence.  UPDATE 30/1/2020: After last night’s tease that a mysterious second woman will be joining The Bachelorette NZ, an eagle-eyed viewer sent in this compelling side-by-side knee tattoo comparison.  It’s a hard time to be a lover of reality romance … Read more

The Real Pod: The fiery return of Gizzy Hard to The Block NZ

The Real Pod assembles to dissect the week in reality television and real life, with special thanks to Nando’s. There’s a lot of Real News to get through this week as bakeries around the country lose their marbles completely. From the shouty pie women in the south and skimpy ham sammies in the north, our team … Read more

The Real Pod: is NZ Survivor actually any good? What about Nigel Latta?

Jane Yee, Duncan Greive and special guest Joseph Harper gather around the oval table to talk about the latest happenings in New Zealand television and real life in New Zealand. Alex has gone to Wellywood, so Jane and Duncan convinced her mere male Joey Harper to join the pod and give us a glimpse into life … Read more

The Real Pod: Sir John Key finally gets a Lady Bronagh

Jane Yee, Duncan Greive and Alex Casey gather around the oval table to talk about the latest happenings in New Zealand television and real life in New Zealand. This week on The Real Pod, the gang travel back to the ancient land of 2017, when knights, dames and maidens roamed the Earth. That’s right, the Queen’s Birthday … Read more