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brynley stent and kura forrester laughing at sunset on stewart island
Photo: Bryn & Ku’s Singles Club

VideoMarch 4, 2025

How hard is it to find love on Rakiura?

brynley stent and kura forrester laughing at sunset on stewart island
Photo: Bryn & Ku’s Singles Club

In the fourth episode of Bryn & Ku’s Singles Club, the pair meet some young locals looking for love in one of our most remote communities. 

Bryn & Ku’s Singles Club is a new documentary series for The Spinoff following award-winning comedians and friends Brynley Stent and Kura Forrester as they embark on a cross-country quest to find love. Meeting people from all walks of life and relationship statuses, they will explore the realities of dating and relationships in modern day Aotearoa, and learn more about themselves along the way. 

Episode four sees the pair head to Rakiura/Stewart Island to go fishing for romantic connections and meet the young locals looking for love in one of our most isolated communities. Sky is the bartender at the local pub, and has to deal with both endless chat-up lines and falling for people who aren’t sticking around. Harry is a single DOC worker who believes that Rakiura is a place that attracts loners, but also heightens romance. 

Returning to the mainland, Bryn and Ku reflect on their feelings around rejection, and how it relates to both their jobs in entertainment and their own relationships. Could it be that their dating lives feel like a constant audition? 

Made with the support of NZ On Air.

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brynley and kura laughing on a couch in a sparsely decorated student flat. behind them is a poster for a drum and bass gig
Photo: Bryn & Ku’s Singles Club

VideoFebruary 25, 2025

What’s the student dating scene like in 2025?

brynley and kura laughing on a couch in a sparsely decorated student flat. behind them is a poster for a drum and bass gig
Photo: Bryn & Ku’s Singles Club

In the third episode of Bryn & Ku’s Singles Club, the pair head into the heart of Ōtepoti’s student quarter to find out how young singletons are faring. 

Bryn & Ku’s Singles Club is a new documentary series for The Spinoff following award-winning comedians and friends Brynley Stent and Kura Forrester as they embark on a cross-country quest to find love. Meeting people from all walks of life and relationship statuses, they will explore the realities of dating and relationships in modern day Aotearoa, and learn more about themselves along the way. 

Heading into the heart of Ōtepoti’s flat party scene, Bryn and Ku meet some single students to find out more about what the dating scene and hook-up culture is like for young people in 2025. Sharing a few beverages with some 18-year-olds at the Horn Palace, Brynley opens up about leaving her long term relationship and Kura gets her Tinder profile assessed by someone half her age. 

Are young people still looking for serious relationships? Does proper heartbreak still happen in the age of apps and social media? And just how many beer funnels can Bryn and Ku do before it’s time to call it a night? 

Made with the support of NZ On Air.