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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? 

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VideoFebruary 18, 2025

Bryn & Ku’s Singles Club: What we learnt about love at the Hunt Ball

brynley stent and kura forrester in the middle of a frosty field shrouded in fog
Photo: Bryn & Ku’s Singles Club

In the second episode, Brynley Stent and Kura Forrester unearth some truths about dating on a dance floor in South Canterbury.  

Bryn & Ku’s Singles Club is a brand 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 explore the realities of dating and relationships in modern day Aotearoa, and learn more about themselves along the way. 

In episode two, the pair open up about the realities of wanting to have kids while also being single, and Kura shares the decision-making behind freezing her eggs. With the biological clock ticking, the next activity on their romantic calendar is the Hunt Ball in South Canterbury, where they stalk rich farmers and meet a woman who describes herself as a “non-breeding ewe”. 

Visiting Brynley’s dad and her Oma at home in Ōtautahi, they sit down to a home cooked meal and some home truths about relationships, including what it takes to sustain a healthy marriage over six decades, and what it is like to remarry. They then hit the streets and join a Christchurch social run club, taking the plunge into new experiences in more ways than one. 

Bryn & Ku’s Singles Club is made with the support of NZ On Air. New episodes weekly.