The Tribe Cast

The Passing Of Bob The Dog, Our Four Legged Friend

Sad news today, Bob the dog who played Bob the dog in The Tribe passed away today. The news was announced on The Tribe’s Official Facebook page:

“We are so sorry to report that we have heard from HQ that Bob The Dog passed away today. He was special. A loyal and true friend of Ray and his family as well to all Tribal brothers and sisters and will be sadly missed. RIP Bob (: Click or leave a comment as a tribute. He loved the attention of all his fans”.

Raymond Thompson, who was owner of Bob said the following on his Facebook; “RIP Bob the dog. A true friend. I will miss you (:”

Bob was 16 years old. He lived his retirement out at Raymond Thompson’s winery, The Tirohana Estate at the home of Raymond Thompson’s daughter Saranne James.

Bob appeared in episode one of The Tribe as Patsy and Paul’s pet dog his last appearance in The Tribe was in episode 19, where his character died after accidently drinking some poison Ebony had planted intended for Tai-San. His funeral was held in the following episode (season 2, episode 20) and was the only animal character in The Tribe to receive a burial/funeral service.

Comments from some of the cast of The Tribe (from Facebook):

Jennyfer Jewell (Ellie – The Tribe 2-5)
“Oh no! :(”

Kelly Stevenson-Amir (Dee – The Tribe 4)
“So sorry about Bob :( Hope you and your family are ok. Pets become such lovely family members and he seemed like such a loyal member if the family x”

Lukas Hayward (Sammy – The Tribe 4-5)
“R.I.P bob!”

Ashwath Sundaresan (Dal – The Tribe 1-3)
“Oh..am so sorry to hear that :(”

Megan Alatini (Java – The Tribe 4-5)
“Hi Ray, sending love to the entire family. I know how much Bob meant to you all! So glad i had that quality time with you recently! Mwhahs
He will be missed by fans of The Tribe, those who worked with him and of course Raymond Thompson and family who he grew old with”.

Photos from Raymond Thompson/Tirohana Estate.
Screenshots of The Tribe from Tribe Leader.
YouTube video by Iconic09 (Michael).

The Last Dogs Of Winter : Teaser Trailer

The Last Dogs Of Winter - Caleb Ross trailer

A teaser trailer for the documentary film The Last Dogs Of Winter, which features Caleb Ross, has been uploaded online. Check it out below:

The footage of the polar bears with the dogs and amongst them Caleb and Brian Ladoon surviving in that environment looks amazing as well as dramatic. Definitely can’t wait to see more.

There is also a Facebook page, setup by Caleb, for you to join and stay up-to-date with the film as it develops, click here to go there now, there’s some amazing photos up there already as well as the trailer and more footage.

There was a previous article about the movie on this site here. Costa Botes answered Tribe fans about his working on The Tribe as a director and added, “Right. My views on The Tribe are neither here nor there. Working on it was overall a good experience in terms of the wonderful cast and crew. The rest I can smile about now. No offence intended. I’m the last person to poke a stick at anyone’s passion. Kia Kaha everyone!”

Onwards and upwards Mr. Botes and thanks for visiting the site :)

With thanks to Tracey & Jebrill (Tribe-Cast.com).

Meryl Cassie : Hyundai Code : Performance Videos

Meryl Cassie appeared as the entertainment of the night on Maori TV’s Hyundai Code show in New Zealand on Thursday 14th April 2011, episode 8 of season 7.

Big sis Megan Alatini was in the audience on the night as her husband, rugby player Pita Alatini, was also a main guest on the show talking about Japan and rugby.

Here’s a video fo Meryl performing a Jackson Five medley on the show:

Meryl was accompanied by dancers Anastasia Koltsova and Jia Peck for her performance. There’s also a video of Meryl opening the show with Keri Hilson & T.I’s ‘I Got Your Back Boy’ (click here) and she closed the show with a Beyonce and Rihanna medley of ‘Crazy In Love’ and ‘Only Girl In The World’ (click here). See if you can spot Megan in the vids!

According to the show Meryl will be releasing a CD later this year. In other news she has been confirmed as the next cast member of The Tribe to appear on Facebook for a chat with fans – the date and time is yet to be confirmed. Continue reading…

Damon Andrews : On Seeing The Virgin Mother

A religious apparition appeared in the Shortland Street studios in New Zealand… The Virgin Mary appeared in someone’s coffee mug!

Damon Andrews, who was The Guardian in The Tribe, and is currently a writer for Shortland Street, talked to TV reporter Alison Pough about reactions to the appearance of The Virgin Mary in a fellow Shortland Street writers coffee mug. Check him out below…

Damon Andrews appears in the video at about 1:08.

Damon in also quoted in an article online here.

With thanks to TribeUniverse for the info via Twitter :) – (This post has been back dated).

Megan & Pita Alatini Visit Tirohana Estate

There’s a cute pic of Megan Alatini (Java in The Tribe 4 & 5) with her husband Pita when they made a visit to Tirohana Estate in Martinborough. The estate and vineyards are owned by Raymond Thompson and is the home of Bob the dog.

The photo of Megan and Pita can be viewed here, you can ‘like’ the Tirohana Estate Facebook page to keep up to date with the latest goings on over there, there’s also a few pics of Bob the dog dotted!

Amelia Reynolds in Badjelly The Witch

Amelia Reynolds with James Winter as Rose & Tim in Badjelly

Amelia Reynolds has joined KidzStuff theatre, based in Wellington, and she features in their current production of Badjelly The Witch, where she plays the character Rose.

The play, set to entertain kids during their holidays has the following plot: “Tim and Rose set off to look for Lucy their cow, and meet some crazy characters along the way. Mudwiggle, Binklebonk and of course Badjelly, who wants to turn them into sausages! Can a mouse who was once a banana save them?”

The production runs from 16 April – 30 April at The KidzStuff Theatre, 4 Moncrieff St., Mt. Victoria. More details below. Continue reading…

Aidan Weekes Hannah : YouTubed

Aidan Weekes Hannah has prooved there is more to him than just Ved from The Tribe. He has been honing his acting skills since his departure from the series and has been schooled at the prestigious Toi Whakaari drama school in New Zealand.

Check out Dan’s work post-Tribe over on his YouTube channel here, subscribe too and keep up-to-date.

Here’s just one of the videos, Estranged, from 2009:

With thanks to Cat for the info, via comments on the site.

Matt Robinson : Fan-chat Transcript

On Sunday Matt Robinson, who played Slade in series 5 of The Tribe, had a chat with fans of the show on Sunday April 3rd 2011 on the Official Facebook page.

Here is the transcript for the chat.

Enjoy!

Ari Boyland : Family Planning

He lost out to Nick Oswald as New Zealand’s Cleo bachelor of the year 2011, but that hasn’t stopped our favourite bachelor Ari Boyland from dreaming up his own family plans.

In NZ Woman’s Weekly magazine Ari talks about starting his own family as well as recently becoming an uncle to Ezra, his sister Ruth’s daughter. The article appeared around March 13th in the mag.

Check the article out, there’s lovely family pics of Ari and the Boyland clan:

In the article Ari also talks about a period of uncertainty where he found it hard to find work. There’s also a mention of The Tribe, which he starred in at the age of 10 as KC, he’s 23 now, time sure has gone quick. He currently plays Brodie Kemp in Shortland Street.

With thanks to Naomi for the scans via ‘Silver Pearl’ on Throng.