FROM THE VAULT

Flatmates (2007)

NZ On Screen

Flatmates has a claim to being the first New Zealand reality series, and certainly the most authentic — just a bunch of young people flatting together in a big Auckland villa and filming their arguments over who’s going to do the big flat shop. Nearly quarter of a century later it’s a remarkable time capsule to what is starting to feel like a whole other time, and now the first five episodes are available on NZ On Screen, not just the first one. If you ever feel like going back and living in 1997 for a bit, now you can.