16 Mar 2025

Social media project reveals dating lives of Gen Z

From Culture 101, 12:47 pm on 16 March 2025

A new social media project d8talk sees a group of young Gen Z New Zealanders taking part in a frank and honest conversation dating. Over the next few months, it's being rolled out across the channels including Instagram, SnapChat, Tik Tok and consists of two parts; Tapes and Diaries. The tapes include 38 interviews from people aged between 18-24 years old and the diaries follows 8 interviewees over several months. Culture 101 spoke to director Joe Canham and producer Georgia-May Russ about the inspiration behind the series.