People have had a gutsful

A hard-hitting but hilarious new television show will shine a light on our greatest gripes and frustrations. Made by the team behind Neighbours at War, TVNZ 2’s Gutsful tackles the issues everyday Kiwis have “had a gutsful of”.

The show, which starts on Thursday night, will dig up smouldering disputes and burning issues in otherwise cosy communities.

Cases to be investigated include a dog owner hiding bags of dog poop in hedges along their walking route, freedom campers, rubbish dumpers and even a funeral home.

To mark the start of the series, some of TVNZ’s top screen talent let rip to the Herald on Sunday with a few moans of their own.

“I’ve had a gutsful of people who burp with their mouth closed and then casually release it and its associated stench into the conversation,” Terry Teo actor Millen Baird said. “It’s like tear gas.”

Veteran news reader Peter Williams is sick of Auckland’s planners and politicians.

“The Auckland Harbour Bridge was too small the day it was opened,” he said. “State Highway 20 through Onehunga and Mt Roskill is on its second widening and it’s only been open since 2009.”

And Breakfast presenter Brodie Kane has a thing about DIY giant Bunnings. “The biggest Bunnings in all of the land has just finished being built a stone’s throw from my house,” she said. “Bang smack in the middle of what I define as Auckland suburbia.

“I often gaze up at it and wonder how many apartments we could’ve built there instead.” The first episode of Gutsful screens on TVNZ 2 on Thursday at 8.30pm.