Reality Trip
Season 1
June 14, 2015
7Episodes
Reality Trip is a documentary series (seven one hour episodes), which takes five young Kiwi consumers to three different countries to see where the products they buy come from – computers, bananas, costume jewellery, clothes, and tea. They’re products most New Zealanders buy without thinking about their origins and who makes them. Our five travellers will be exposed to people and situations they’ve never before encountered in their sheltered Western lives: in each country they will work and live alongside locals. This full cultural immersion may prove a life changing experience for each of them and make them think about their consumer-driven ways.
Episodes
1. Episode 1
June 14, 2015
This brand new series sees five young Kiwis go on the trip of a lifetime, travelling to Asia to see what goes into producing the products they so readily consume back home.
2. Episode 2
June 21, 2015
Reality Trip continues with the five Kiwis working on a banana and pineapple plantation in the Philippines.
3. Episode 3
June 28, 2015
In the Philippines, the five Kiwis experience what goes into the production of costume jewellery and the desperate lengths some people go to in order to survive.
4. Episode 4
July 5, 2015
The five are in Sri Lanka and about to experience their most physically challenging role so far - mining underground for gems.
5. Episode 5
July 12, 2015
An idyllic tea plantation in Sri Lanka's highlands is this week's setting however it’s anything but idyllic for the group.
6. Episode 6
July 19, 2015
The five are in Bangladesh - their mission is to immerse themselves in the cotton and garment industries.