Bachelorette New Zealand - Season 1 - Dr Lesina Nakhid-Schuster - Lily McManus - Media SM - Discussion - *Sleuthing Spoilers *

Lesina mentioned in her stories that she unfortunately will miss the premiere, but will be back the week after.
She took a job in Australia on short notice in an area affected by the fires. Said it felt important.
Wow!

https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv-radio/118901135/the-bachelorette-nz-scene-filmed-on-white-island-has-been-scrapped

So they are deleting the filming from White Island late last year, it's is a long way to to go from Te hihi Estate for a date? I wonder if they were down there for home visits?

So is she gagging, or does she think he's hot?  Phwoar or Urrggh?    Showing someone only from the back is very F1-ish.

Hmmmmmm..... [/quote]

@bobette I think she's laughing, looks like he's carrying white shirt so must be the stripper guy who ripped his shirt off in promo

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Bobette wrote: So is she gagging, or does she think he's hot?  Phwoar or Urrggh?    Showing someone only from the back is very F1-ish.

Hmmmmmm.....

@bobette I think she's laughing, looks like he's carrying white shirt so must be the stripper guy who ripped his shirt off in promo

@Jordan44 Marc stays topless for the rest of the night (he's wearing a robe in the group shot ). Kurt is a mad Warriors fan so I think he probably gives her a Warriors shirt or something.



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@Bobette Oh is he wearing a robe! I thought just a blazer!

@Jordan44  

Getting back to the White Island deleted scene possibly being a HTD, from the locations listed in their summary bios (here) can you tell which of the potential contenders live in that area?  I could look them up on Google Maps but feeling lazy.

@Bobette Bios state where they live but not necesserily where they're family are from, can't see matches

@Jordan44 No worries, thanks.  I'm actually wondering if it was Aaron's HTD.  He lives in Hamilton but was born in Napier and grew up in Tauranga (I may have done a little stalking research on him  :halo: ) so his family could still live there IMO.



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Begin your Whakaari/White Island adventure in Tauranga...

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Would they do something that adventurous on a HTD though?  Usually it's more about getting grilled by the families.    It's not a GD so if not a HTD then they scrapped someone's SD (need to watch for plot holes to work out who...)  

ETA: "Only a small segment" and "one of eight locations" filmed that day.  Hmmmmmm.... Maybe just a helicopter flyover?

Bachelorette Lesina Nakhid-Schuster and her date visited the volcano while filming for the TV show last year....

A reshoot hadn't been necessary as the White Island scene was a small segment - one of eight locations production filmed at during the day, she said.

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Just a quick note re: Lily.  DM are spreading the rumour that she's on BiP...

Bobette wrote:LOL Totally missed this but apparently DM wrote an article last week claiming Lily is on BiP and cited us as the source.  

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-7887561/Bachelor-Paradises-disabled-contestant-revealed-NZ-star-Lily-McManus.html

...but I'm still haven't ruled out her being a part of Bette NZ.  So many people associated with the show are following her (Lesina, Art, Matilda, Daryl the spy, even the HOUSE where they filmed - why would they start following her if she wasn't there?!).

Maybe she was involved in the group dates in a similar way to how the US show had Demi and Hannah "organise" dates on Peter's season? She's one of the show's most popular personalities IMO - I can see them wanting to feature her in some way.  

Still doesn't explain why she was absent for so long though...

Re White Island, 8 locations in one day, so perhaps they were based in Rotorua for a bit. Not much in Tauranga I would have thought, and you can helicopter from Rotorua to White Island. Matilda was in Rotorua on IG in October too

New Bette NZ IG Story - "Hidden Talents".  Lots of Jonathan, lots of Kurt.

Kurt bakes and gets a dedicated clapper shot.





Jonathan is a geeky gamer who plays with swords.  





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@Bobette saw those and like both of them more in person. Jonathan has nice warm eyes and smile, plus something ‘ soft’ ( in a good way) that draws you in. JMO