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What international reality franchises should NZ adopt next?
2018 is going to be a big year for local reality franchises from Dancing With the Stars to Project Runway, but what’s still missing? Calum Henderson fills in the gaps. It’s never too late to pick up a...
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Does Country Calendar have the best TV theme ever written?
Calum Henderson is on a valiant quest to find New Zealand’s greatest TV theme. His search for answers begins with a look at the origins of the rollicking Country Calendar theme.Country Calendar is the...
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What can Jeremy Wells’ back catalogue tell us about the new Seven Sharp?
Calum Henderson looks back at the best of Jeremy Wells and makes some predictions for what he will bring to the Seven Sharp desk. When Jeremy Wells takes his seat next to Hilary Barry at the Seven...
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Ranking New Zealand’s greatest celebrity animals
With his death going viral, Nigel the Mana Island gannet joins a proud tradition of New Zealand celebrity animals. Calum Henderson pays tribute to the creatures we’ve loved and lost. A dead gannet is...
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Bring It Back: Heroes with Philip Alpers
Bringing back an awesome show from 20 or 30 years ago may seem like the answer to all our modern TV problems, but is it really? We begin by exploring the case for bringing back Heroes with Philip...
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Jordan Luck’s real estate video is proof we need a New Zealand version of Cribs
Throw the man a dolphin and buy his $1.9m Point Chevalier house.When we think of ‘public service journalism’ we usually think of holding the government to account and filing lots of OIAs. But public...
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An actor, a reality star, a politician: Predicting the rest of the 2018...
David Seymour and Gilda Kirkpatrick are confirmed. Now the Spinoff’s Dancing With the Stars pundit attempts to predict the remainder of this year’s celebrity line-up.Watching Australian celebrities...
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Is The Wall going to destroy the golden summer of The Chase?
Calum Henderson watches The Wall, the new extravagant quiz show that might just outrun The Chase. This is the summer of The Chase. An episode in the morning, another in the afternoon, a Celebrity Chase...
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Throwback Thursday: Did Dave Dobbyn write the greatest New Zealand TV theme...
What is the greatest New Zealand TV theme song ever written? Our search continues with a long forgotten Dave Dobbyn masterpiece from 1989.Previously in our search for New Zealand’s greatest TV theme...
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Australian Spartan is the people’s obstacle course show
It may not be as flash as its counterparts, but TVNZ 2’s latest obstacle course show more than makes up for it in pure heart. The giant obstacle course could be about to topple the commercial-grade...
View ArticleNew Zealand’s greatest one hit wonders (and their second-biggest songs)
Thursday Throwbacker Calum Henderson dives deep into the New Zealand music archives to discover our greatest one-hit wonders.What exactly is a one hit wonder? Everybody knows the term, but it seems...
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The Edyssey: In search of Sheeran-mania in Dunedin
An exclusive walking tour reveals the true extent of a city’s obsession with visiting pop star Ed Sheeran.Contrary to what an out-of-towner might believe, Ed Sheeran is not the first international pop...
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Bring It Back: Bungay On Crime
Bringing back an awesome show from 20 or 30 years ago may seem like the answer to all our modern TV problems, but is it really? Today, Calum Henderson examines the case for bringing back a true crime...
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Chris Harris on Dancing With the Stars is the greatest thing to ever happen...
Look at him. Just look at him. This is amazing.Former New Zealand cricket player Chris Zinzan Harris is going to be on Dancing With the Stars. To me, an avowed fan of both the legendary all-rounder and...
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The real star of Coast New Zealand isn’t the coast
It might be called Coast New Zealand but, after three seasons, it should really be called Neil Oliver New Zealand, writes Calum Henderson.After three seasons of Coast New Zealand, most reasonable TV...
View ArticleWhat will a New Zealand version of Gogglebox be like?
The hugely popular British show about people watching telly is finally getting a New Zealand version. And Calum Henderson, for one, can’t wait. Good news: TV’s not dead. There are still people out...
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The Great Kiwi Bake Off: Our preliminary power rankings
Who can bake good, and who will be baking bad? Our first look at the #GKBO contestants offers some valuable clues. Calum Hendersons ranks them.Good news everybody: life is finally about to get better....
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Wake up, New Zealand: sandwich bread may be on the verge of extinction
A huge-if-true newspaper report this week has raised the possibility that sandwich bread could soon be a thing of the past. Calum Henderson investigates.It’s the New Zealand food story of the year, and...
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Certified classic TV guaranteed to save your family Christmas
Follow Calum Henderson’s advice on how to occupy the annual family Christmas chasm between lunch and dinner with these guaranteed crowd-pleasers on Freeview.Ah, the classic Kiwi Christmas: pohutukawa...
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Summer Reissue: A definitive ranking of every Blackcaps ODI shirt from best...
Someone had to do it. First published 13 January 2018. In 2015, around the time of the World Cup, the New Zealand Cricket Museum started selling this stunningly attractive poster. Designed by Into the...
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