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Anne Hegerty as The Governess on the set of The Chase NZ (Photo: TVNZ)

‘They’re toast’: The Governess on how (not) to win The Chase NZ

The Chase's stern star offers some tips for local quizzers – including the tactic not enough contestants use.
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By Tara Ward | 31st October, 2025
Staff writer
It’s Ali Mau’s life in TV (Photo: Sky / Design: Tina Tiller)

‘I should have walked out’: The live Breakfast moment Ali Mau regrets to this day

The journalist, broadcaster and author takes us through her life in television, including the Succession moment she witnessed first hand. 
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By My Life in TV | 5th April, 2025
Guest writer
The Traitors NZ Power Rankings: A sickening finale indeed

The Traitors NZ Power Rankings: A sickening finale indeed

Less like a jubilant celebration, more like a slow descent into the bowels of hell. 
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By Alex Casey | 6th August, 2024
Senior writer
Design: Tina Tiller

The Traitors NZ power rankings: Smells like a shitshow

Spirits are low, the missions have become terrifying and Paul Henry’s dogs seem to be multiplying every time he arrives for breakfast.
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By Tara Ward | 30th July, 2024
Staff writer
Photo: SPP / Design: Tina Tiller

‘What a privilege’:  Whitney from The Traitors NZ on life as a funeral director

The funeral director and star of The Traitors NZ discusses her two favourite topics: death and reality television. 
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By My Life in TV | 27th July, 2024
Guest writer
The Traitors NZ Power Rankings: Are you not entertained?!

The Traitors NZ Power Rankings: Are you not entertained?!

Who got flushed this week, and who remains circling the drain. 
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By Alex Casey | 23rd July, 2024
Senior writer
The Traitors NZ power rankings: Sucks to be you

The Traitors NZ power rankings: Sucks to be you

The prize fund continues to grow, but so does the faithful's deathly sense of despair.
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By Tara Ward | 16th July, 2024
Staff writer
The Traitors NZ Power Rankings: A grave mistake

The Traitors NZ Power Rankings: A grave mistake

Hell hath no fury like a woman with a wedding to plan.
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By Alex Casey | 9th July, 2024
Senior writer
The Traitors NZ power rankings: A hard act to swallow

The Traitors NZ power rankings: A hard act to swallow

Nobody wants to be the first sent home, especially when you went to all the trouble of finding a missing eyeball in a room full of haunted dolls.
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By Tara Ward | 2nd July, 2024
Staff writer
‘A nightmare waiting to happen’: Our roundtable review of The Traitors NZ

‘A nightmare waiting to happen’: Our roundtable review of The Traitors NZ

The Spinoff faithfuls deliver their verdict on episode one of The Traitors NZ. 
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By Group Think | 1st July, 2024
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Who is it, underneath the mask? Paul Henry and some mysterious people (Photo: SPP)

Who’s under the cloak? Meet the cast of The Traitors NZ

A wrestler, a clairvoyant and a funeral director walk into a castle... As season two approaches, let us introduce the brave souls about to blag and backstab their way to $100,000.
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By Tara Ward | 16th June, 2024
Staff writer
Who goes there?

‘Let the mind games begin’: What we know about the new season of The Traitors NZ

It's back, baby... and this time there's not a celebrity in sight.
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By Tara Ward | 13th June, 2024
Staff writer
The Traitors NZ power rankings, week five: A disgustingly satisfying finale

The Traitors NZ power rankings: A disgustingly satisfying finale

Eyeballs were eaten, heads were shaved and a winner was crowned.
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By Alex Casey | 5th September, 2023
Senior writer
Image: Archi Banal

The Traitors NZ just made its most savage move yet

'Something truly terrible has happened…'
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By Alex Casey | 22nd August, 2023
Senior writer
Image by Archi Banal

The Traitors NZ power rankings: Have we broken the show already? 

What is happening at Paul Henry's lodge?!
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By Alex Casey | 15th August, 2023
Senior writer
Image: Tina Tiller

The Traitors NZ power rankings: Gather round, chickadees

One week in and we’ve already had a wig reveal, a bestie backstabbing and a psychic who did not sense her own murder.
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By Alex Casey | 8th August, 2023
Senior writer
The Traitors NZ is captivating television (Image: Supplied, design Tina Tiller)

The Traitors NZ proves the real hero is the format

It promises twists, turns and murderous celebrities. But how does it measure up?
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By Stewart Sowman-Lund | 7th August, 2023
The Bulletin editor
Paul Henry hosts The Traitors NZ (Image: Tina Tiller)

Everything you need to know about The Traitors NZ

Traitors, faithfuls, banishment, roundtables, Paul Henry wearing a fedora... What's going on?
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By Stewart Sowman-Lund | 11th July, 2023
The Bulletin editor
Traitors, faithfuls and Paul Henry: Meet the cast of The Traitors NZ

Traitors, faithfuls and Paul Henry: Meet the cast of The Traitors NZ

Celebrities, normies and psychics, oh my!
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By Alex Casey
Senior writer
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 & Tara Ward | 9th July, 2023
Staff writer
Ingrid Hipkiss (Image: Supplied, additional design: Tina Tiller)

For the first time in 20 years, Ingrid Hipkiss is the ‘new girl’

She’s maybe best known for her stint presenting the weather – but Morning Report’s new co-host says she’ll always be a political reporter first.
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By Stewart Sowman-Lund | 15th April, 2023
The Bulletin editor

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