Game of Bros - First Episode

Bros meets The Bachelor in this hit Māori Television reality show, which was billed as a "hunt for the ultimate Polynesian warrior". The contestants' muscles might look good, but do the personal trainers and dancers have their ancestors’ skills? This first episode tests the 12 entrants in spear throwing, waka portage and hakamoa (Hawaiian wrestling). The show swapped po-faced reality TV conventions for Polynesian humour: dropped lavalavas and tattooed torsos are slathered with innuendo by hosts Pani and Pani (Goretti Chadwick and Anapela Polataivao).

You will be challenged mentally, physically… and sexually.

– Advertising for Game of Bros

Key Cast & Crew

Goretti Chadwick

Presenter, Creator

Stallone Vaiaoga-Ioasa (SQS)

Director, Editor, Camera

Anapela Polataivao

Presenter, Creator

Mana Epiha

Writer, Research

Ben Mayer

Sound Mix

David Green

Sound Recordist