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Rivals: Adapting a 'bonkbuster' for a 21st-century TV audience
The bonkbuster receded into the background of popular culture in the 21st century. So why is it having a cultural moment in 2024? Video
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What happens to the leftover facts from QI?
20 Nov 2024Ten years ago, four self-described dorks gathered around a microphone to share interesting facts that they had learnt that week. Audio
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What happened to the wife of former councillor Peter Beckett?
12 Nov 2024His wife drowned in Canada in 2010, and he maintains he tried to save her. A year later he was charged with her murder.
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How Gina Chick deals with the grief of losing her three-year-old daughter
8 Nov 2024The winner of series Alone talks to Anika Moa about going through breast cancer and chemo while pregnant, and the heartbreak of losing her daughter, Blaise, to…
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Dawson's Creek actor James Van Der Beek reveals cancer diagnosis
In a statement provided to US media outlet People magazine, the 47-year-old said he had been "privately dealing with this diagnosis".
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The Diplomat is back, here's what you need to know
The first season of The Diplomat was a smash hit - and with the US presidential election around the corner, it's never been a better time to watch. Video
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Jack and Michael Whitehall: 'We push each other's buttons'
The Travels With My Father stars say they often undermine each other, but "it's all underpinned by a great love and affection". Video, Audio
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Actor Craig Parker to enjoy 'amazing cosplays' at Armageddon
26 Oct 2024NZ actor Craig Parker has spent his career playing villains with great hair, lycans, gladiators, and even the greatest lover in the French court. Audio
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The Office Australia is out today - how does it stack up?
More than 20 years after the original, we've given it a crack Down Under.
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Reality break: You are not big or clever for hating on reality TV
19 Oct 2024Opinion - The reality is that reality TV does not rot your brain. It's the opposite.
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Celebrity Treasure Island winner's secret is out of the bag
17 Oct 2024JP Foliaki gathered his friends and whānau together for a finale viewing party. "It's like a surreal feeling ... reliving it through watching the episode last night."
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The tragic real life story behind Sweet Bobby: My Catfish Nightmare
17 Oct 2024Kirat Assi's world came crashing down after learning that a man she had been in a relationship with for eight years never really existed. Video
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Celebrity Treasure Island: Record breaking dig finally leads to a winner
17 Oct 2024After the longest ever final battle to find the buried treasure, one wet, tired celebrity bagged $100,000 for their charity.
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Bluey stage show coming to New Zealand
16 Oct 2024Bluey's Big Play The Stage Show, a theatrical adaptation of the animated show, will hit the road in April 2025. Audio
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What is the new boss of The Office Australia like?
14 Oct 2024Felicity Ward, who plays the character, describes her as "a baby goat on ice". Video, Audio
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How a home invasion changed Celebrity Treasure Island host's life
13 Oct 2024Originally hailing from Queensland, Bree Tomasel is best known on this side of the ditch as the co-host of Celebrity Treasure Island and a radio host on ZM. Audio
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TV drama centred on Polkinghorne trial in the works
10 Oct 2024No cast have been announced, The Mysterious Death of Pauline Hanna, but the production company is in talks with a major NZ writer and a local tv network has backed the project.
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The Office actor now 'cancer free' after surgery and chemo
The actor says she had undergone surgery, chemotherapy and radiation for stage 1 triple positive breast cancer after a diagnosis last year.
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South Korean celebrities' Auckland pop-up proves a hit
7 Oct 2024An Auckland restaurant's dish, exported to a Seoul pop-up store for a reality TV show, has been popular among Koreans. Video
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Alone star Gina Chick: 'We're connected to something so vast'
5 Oct 2024Video - The reality show winner has been through some "pretty massive things", she opens up to RNZ about her journey. Audio
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Sepuloni has 'no regrets' after elimination from reality show
1 Oct 2024"I tried my hardest not to be the type of person that I might be embarrassed about later on when I was watching it back," the Labour MP for Kelston says.
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Dai Henwood: 'Optimism won't cure me, but pessimism will kill me'
30 Sep 2024The comedian likens the brutal regime of chemotherapy he has undergone to "keeping a classic car on the road".
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Ellen DeGeneres sets out to prove she's sorry. But is it enough?
Opinion - How sorry do we need her to be? Evidently, more sorry than this. But should she be sorry at all?
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Judy Bailey on being 'Mother of the Nation'
28 Sep 2024Almost 20 years after her final TVNZ news bulletin, the beloved broadcaster writes about the "minefield" of healthy ageing in her new book, Evolving.
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What popular TV shows get wrong about forensic science
Ask a forensic scientist to recommend a crime show that accurately portrays their work and they'll probably tell you they can't. Video, Audio
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Fans left disappointed by Detroit 'Bridgerton Ball'
26 Sep 2024Sparse plastic flowers, a stripper, a lone violinist and not enough food - fans were not happy with what promised to be a glamorous event.
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CTI star Spankie Jackzon forced out by injury, how is she now?
25 Sep 2024"I might be a 6ft 4 man but like, I'm a delicate peach."
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Is there a Polkinghorne documentary coming?
25 Sep 2024With a not-guilty verdict still reverberating around the country, at least one film crew is working on a documentary. Is that a good thing?
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