Reality TV

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A frame-by-frame analysis of Stephen from The Apprentice Aotearoa’s intense coffee ad

George Clooney is shaking in his boots.

Image: Archi Banal

28th June, 2022

Hear me out: Let us watch Love Island at the pub, you cowards

Please give us this one fun thing in a cruel, cruel world.

Big Brother Australia is going back to the future

Big Brother is going back to the future

Some legendary housemates have been summoned back to the diary room – but the Big Brother house is a very different place in 2022.

Lego Masters NZ brickmaster Robin Sathers (Photo: TVNZ)

Tales of a professional Lego brickmaster

The only person on Lego Masters NZ who isn’t bricking it.

The cast of Down for Love (Image: TVNZ/Tina Tiller)

Down For Love is transforming reality romance

Love love? You’ll love this.

The ultimate Dancing with the Stars NZ bingo card

The ultimate Dancing with the Stars NZ bingo card

Someone pretends their partner's leg is a guitar? That's bingo.

Image: Netflix (additional design by Archi Banal)

18th March, 2022

Review: Byron Baes is a buzzy trip to wellness influencer purgatory

The climax of the series happens at a launch for fake tan.

Image: Archi Banal

1st March, 2022

Why would a Real Housewife of Auckland go to the parliament protest?

A third of the Real Housewives have now attended the parliament occupation in Wellington.

Image: Tina Tiller

25th February, 2022

What the breakfasts on MAFS Australia tell us about the couples

The real relationship science? Breakfast foods.

A few of New Zealand’s celebrity real estate agents: From left, Sally Ridge, Paula Bennett, Shane Cortese, Angela Bloomfield, Jayne Kiely and Rawdon Christie (Image: Tina Tiller)

4th February, 2022

Which celeb real estate agents would star in a NZ version of Selling Sunset?

'It’s basically just a ridiculous soap opera,' says estate agent Angela Bloomfield, who should know.

Below Deck: Mediterranean is the best reality show on the seven seas

28th January, 2022

Below Deck: Mediterranean is the best reality show on the seven seas

Now is the time to haul anchor.

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21st January, 2022

Love reality TV about intergenerational friendships? Start one yourself

Time to get off the couch and goss with a granny.

Chris Parker did it all, felt it all and won (image: Tina Tiller)

29th December, 2021

‘The greatest improv of my life’: Chris Parker on his unlikely and emotional Celebrity Treasure Island victory

The comedian dishes on his enduring bromance with Lance, why he adores Edna and how this show changed his life.

By The Real Pod

Chris Parker did it all, felt it all and won (image: Tina Tiller)

4th November, 2021

‘The greatest improv of my life’: Chris Parker on his unlikely and emotional Celebrity Treasure Island victory

The comedian dishes on his enduring bromance with Lance, why he adores Edna and how this show changed his life.

By The Real Pod

Celebrity Treasure Island power rankings: The dissolution of the Awesome Foursome

27th October, 2021

Celebrity Treasure Island power rankings: The dissolution of the Awesome Foursome

No alliance, yes a Lance.

By Duncan Greive and Jane Yee

Celebrity Treasure Island power rankings: My kingdom for Art Green’s pants

20th October, 2021

Celebrity Treasure Island power rankings: My kingdom for Art Green’s pants

Nobody is sleeping, everyone hates rice, and there's only one pair of Art Green's shorts to go around.

Clarke Gayford is stuck in trucking hell

9th October, 2021

Clarke Gayford is stuck in trucking hell

He's known for many things, but the first man and fish fan shows off a secret passion in his new show, Moving Houses.

By Chris Schulz

Auckland councillor Fa’anana Efeso Collins and the show that prompted his tweet, Police Ten 7 (Image: Tina Tiller/supplied)

30th September, 2021

How one tweet changed the future of Police Ten 7

'There’s a feeling that people have had a gutsful of some police practices and that it’s time to shift.'

By Justin Latif

Local Democracy Reporter, South Auckland

Celebrity Treasure Island power rankings: Nothing breaks like an Art

22nd September, 2021

Celebrity Treasure Island power rankings: Nothing breaks like an Art

It’s a shocking week in paradise, as our favourite celebrities continue to battle it out to raise money for charity.

You are cordially invited to play Celebrity Treasure Island bingo

13th September, 2021

You are cordially invited to play Celebrity Treasure Island bingo

Excessive excitement over a pantry staple? BINGO.

By The Real Pod