About… This blog follows the careers of the cast of Cloud 9's teen drama series The Tribe. The series was filmed in New Zealand in 1998 to 2004 and had a spin-off series The New Tomorrow. More info about this blog can be found here.
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Back in March, New Zealand’s Woman’s Day magazine did a feature about Megan Alatini (The Tribe’s Java/Meryl & Monique Cassies older sister). It is a lovely article, truly inspirational, as Megan talks about the ups and downs in her relationship with husband Pita Alatini and how they renewed their wedding vows after 10 years of marriage.
The lovely Mary M, has sent in scans of the article, there’s some pretty gorgeous pictures of the couple in there! As well as a transcript of the article, you can read it below…
Some key quotes:
“When I first met Pita he was a shy skinny little Tongan boy from Otara, both of us 13 years old”, Megan Alatini.
“I am so blessed that you are my wife, best friend and companion and may this continue for at least another 20 years”, Pita Alatini.
“We are such a close and tight family, so it means quite a lot to do something special like this. It’s special for all of us”, Tonica Alatini (Pita and Megan’s eldest daughter).
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Antonia Prebble, along with fellow Outrageous Fortune stars Tammy Davis and Antony Starr, features on the cover of New Zealand’s Rip It Up magazine.
The latest Rip It Up issue [June/July 2010 : No. 335] features new pics and interviews with the Outrageous Fortune cast members. Antonia Prebble is definitely looking amazing! Check out Antonia on the cover image here.
If you are a New Zealand resident, you lucky buggers have the chance to win copies of the magazine signed by Tammy Davies (OF’s Munter), click here for more info – there’s 50 up for grabs! Just register to site and leave your details there. [Hey, if you win, forward it to me ;D]
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A recent article featured in New Zealand’s New Idea Magazine where Shortland Street (and The Tribe!) hotty Beth Allen spoke exclusively about her engagement to fellow thespian Charlie McDermott. |
You can read the article by clicking the images above (or here for the big/original sized pic : page 1 : page 2 : page 3). In the featurette Beth talks at length about her love for Charlie, how they got engaged, her custom made engagement ring, her parents reactions, her recent travelling trips with Charlie… Oh there’s allot there to read about in the article. Starting with her sparkling blue eyes…
Without a doubt her wedding in 2011 will be fabulous, I’m sure. Will BFF Antonia Prebble be bridesmaid? We hope so! *fingers crossed we get some pics in the goss mags*… Though 2011 is still a long way off, major congrats and best wishes to Beth and Charlie. She’s definitely got herself a hottie (so’s he!).
Major thanks to Emma H for providing the info about the article and the awesome scans – you rule! Article also appeared on BethAllen.Webs (a full transcript will appear there at a later date).
 There’s a cool interview with Beth Allen in New Zealand’s New Idea magazine. In the article she and other Shortland Street ladies get glammed up into 1950′s Summerwear. where she talks about Summer, dressing-up, Christmas and acting… There’s also a wee mention of The Tribe in there too…
What’s the craziest dress-up costume you’ve ever worn?
I wore some pretty crazy stuff when I was on The Tribe as a teenager….calfskin suits, huge combat boots and lots of feathers.
Too read the full article pop over to BethAllen.Webs, also check out the site’s cool new look! Images from Shortland Street. This post has been back dated.

The cool peeps at No Magazine have sent us their interview with Tom Hern and Gareth Reeves. It was featured in Issue 07 of the magazine.
Tom Hern starred in The Tribe series 4 and 5 as Ram, he produced the movie I’m Not Harry Jenson (written and directed by fellow Tribe star James Napier). Gareth Reeves starred in the movie I’m Not Harry Jenson, he also had a mini appearance in series 2 of The Tribe as the Demon Dog Hunga. Read on for their interview about Harry Jenson… Continue reading…

The awesome peeps at No Magazine have sent us the interview they did with Jacob Tomuri (Issue 07 – 2009). It is a brilliant insight into the guy who featured internationally in The Tribe series as Lieutenant Luke, became a local household name in New Zealand for his role as Norman Hanson in Shortland Street and is currently developing a stunt career, having already worked on some major US TV and films…
In the interview topics discussed include Shortland Street, Lord of The Rings, Avatar to Spartacus and his current future plans… Read on to find out how Jacob incorporated the role of stuntman into his acting career. Continue reading…
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Feast your eyes on the gorgeous ladies Beth Allen (The Tribe’s Amber / Shortland Streets Brooke Freeman) and Antonia Prebble (Trudy in The Tribe / Loretta West in Outrageous Fortune) in these pics from their photo-shoot with the awesome New Zealand Woman’s Weekly. Also attached is a scan of the original article, as featured in the magazine.
With thanks to Emma H, in New Zealand, for allowing the use of her scanning on the site. |
They definitely are two of the most prettiest BFF’s around!
You can also read the article about their friendship here.
If you’re on Meryl’s facebook you’ll notice the sexy Tribe star is featured as the girl of the week on the website Get Frank, a New Zealand Men’s lifestyle magazine. You can check the article out here or below.
Key quote from article:
There is no going back for Meryl cassie,whom is rehearsing for Christmas in the park 08 and is hoping to release her own music material in the near future…….Both here in New Zealand and abroad…
Let’s hope someone puts her performance on youTube.
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In the yearly list by New Zealand’s Woman’s Magazine, Miriama Smith came up top trumps to win the title of best dressed female.
In the magazine, “David Hartnell presents his infamous best and worst dressed list and reveals the Kiwi celebs whose style impressed, perplexed or horrified him most in 2008″. (Quote from Women’s Weekly online). According to online articles Hartnell says actress-turned-dancer Smith looks better the less she wears.
Antonia Prebble dons some frocks and gives an interview to New Zealand’s Women’s Weekly magazine.
Pretty much Outrageous Fortune related.
Check the interview out online, exclusively at AntoniaPrebble.org
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New Tomorrow 
"Saaay whaaaat?"... The Tribe spin-off series The New Tomorrow is currently showing on channel Five in the UK around 5:00am in the morning!
Check out: TVguide.co.uk.
DVD Deal… Miriama Smith (The Tribe's Moz), Tom Hern and James Napier (Tecno boy's Ram and Jay) have lead roles in Dino Thunder. The series also guest stars Dwayne Cameron (Bray) and Antonia Prebble (Trudy). Own the complete series now in this 7 disk DVD set!
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