The Real Pod assembles to dissect the week in reality television and real life, with special thanks to Nando’s.

We’re back and we’re tired and we’re sorry. There’s too much real news to keep up with, what with all the big media announcements, MAFSNZ break-ups and the return of New Zealand’s greatest comedy show. Plus, Jane has a Halloween fair to organise, Alex has an appointment and Duncan, you guessed it, has a meeting.

Nevertheless, we persist. The rubber hit the road on My Restaurant Rules NZ this week, and when we say rubber we mean plastic tractor tyres and when we say road we mean paté. Tyson made gods sigh, Daniel went full Daniel and Raf continued to win over our hearts. Oh, and NZNTM is cancelled but that’s not going to stop us recapping episode two.

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