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TRIBE WORLD-Series 1

Name

Amber / Eagle

Series

Series 1, 3, 4 and 5

 

 

Tribe

Mallrats

An attractive, fiery, intelligent girl who initially assumes control of the group through her natural leadership qualities. Amber has had to become streetwise the hard way, though her background is middle-class, private school education. She's fiercely moral and determined that something positive will come out of their predicament. This leads her to sometimes be too hard on everyone, herself in particular. In reality, a sensitive, caring soul, Amber has a great longing for love deep inside her, which she keeps hidden, fearing that to reveal it will make her weak.

Cast Member

Name

Elizabeth (Beth) Allen

Birthday

28th May 1984

Interests

"Reading, movies, the beach, building on the strong relationship with my bed".

Biography

Beth was 14 years old in Series I - she has been acting since 1993. She was a member of the PAS Children's Theatre and appeared in Pinnochio and Hairy Maclary at Auckland's Aotea Centre.

She has been in several television commercials, had a guest role as Eva in the television drama Riding High and played Young Julie in the feature film The Ugly.

Beth was a core cast member in Cloud 9's The Legend of William Tell, in which she played Princess Vara.

This was followed by a lead role in William Shatner's A Twist in the Tail - The Green Dress.

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Name

Bray

Series

Series 1, 2, 3

 

 

Tribe

The Mallrats

 

Biography

 


A handsome, confidently cool, enigmatic young man. A natural loner, content with his own company, Bray is an experienced eco-warrior and activist.

He distrusts all leaders and initially refused to assume his natural role within the group. On the surface very sure of himself, inside he's a turmoil of emtions about his suspicion among the others. Tall, well built, Bray can handle himself, but whether he could match the manic ferocity of his rival, Lex, is in doubt.

 

 

Cast Member

Name

Dwayne Cameron

Birthday

28th October 1981

Interests

"Art, art, and more art. I paint, draw, sketch, do photography, acting (surprise!). I make small movies at home. I like anything that's creative".

Biography

Dwayne was 17 years old in Series I - he trained at O'Grady's Drama Academy in New Zealand.

His experience in television drama includes roles in Amazon High and One of Them.

He has also appeared in several television commercials. Dwayne played the part of Chris in Jessica's Diary , a screenplay in the Cloud 9 series William Shatner's A Twist in the Tail.

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Name

Lex

Series

Series 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5

 

 

Tribe

Mallrats

 

Biography

 


A hard, arrogant, street-fighter, full of macho bravado. A natural bully, Lex inspires fear, rather than respect, among the rest.

Resentful towards Amber, who the others respect as their leader, Lex is as devious as she is honest. But Amber is more than a match for him, sensing a basic insecurity in the young man, which stems from his lack of education and inability to read and write, of which he is ashamed and keeps a closely guarded secret.

Someone to have on your side in a fight, but also someone never to turn your back on.

 

Cast Member

Name

Caleb Ross

Birthday

10th December 1981

Interests

Music, photography, singing, martial arts, and reading.

Biography

Caleb was 17 years old in Series I. As a member of the Whangarei Amateur Opera and Dramatics Society he has had a variety of stage experiences including roles in Evita, Godspell and Peter Pan.

In 1994 Caleb played the part of Brett in the New Zealand feature film Avondale Dogs.

His television work includes playing Temecula in Xena and Logan Patterson in Shortland Street. Caleb has also had roles in Hercules and Plainclothes.

 

 

 

 

 

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Name

Jack

Series

Series 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5

 

 

Tribe

The Mallrats

 

Biography

 


Archetypal "brains". Studious, intelligent and committed to finding a technological solution to their problems. It is Jack who is able to construct a basic generator to power the essentials for the group.

Inordinately vain about his scientific talent, Jack can be overbearing and dogmatic. He also passionately believes that some adults still exist who will lead them out of their present chaos.

His stubborn insistence on trying to communicate with those mythical grown-ups via his short wave radio, becomes almost a religious mania.

 

Cast Member

Name

Michael Wesley Smith

Birthday

2nd December 1983

Interests

Soccer, golf, relaxing in the sun, swimming, playing my playstation.

Biography

Michael was 15 years old in Series I. He has studied drama for four years at school and has taken several drama courses.

Michael has had roles in a number of radio plays for Radio New Zealand such as Yellow Bride and The Baby Farmer.

Michael was a member of the guest cast in the Cloud 9 production of The Legend of William Tell. He also played the lead role of Giles in Cloud 9's production Atlantis High.

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Name

Ebony

Series

Series 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5

 

 

Tribe

The Locos and The Mallrats

 

Biography

 


Takes over the Loco's after Zoot's death, and if anything, is more ruthless and driven than her former chief.

Ebony can use both her powerful personality and her feminine charms to achieve her aims; namely to gain total control of the city.

 

Cast Member

Name

Meryl Cassie

Birthday

2nd April 1984

Interests

Chilling with friends, shopping, sunbathing, watching videos. Meryl loves to sing with her sisters Monique and Megan.

Biography

Meryl was 14 years old in Series I. She has trained in drama at the Young People's Theatre and Nathan Homestead.

Her experience in front of the camera includes numerous photographic shoots as well as extra work on Hercules and Shortland Street.

Meryl loves to sing and does just that at every chance she gets. She has a band with her sister's called the Nubian Angels.

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Name

Salene

Series

Series 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5

 

 

Tribe

The Mallrats

 

Biography

 

 

A gentle, caring, mother girl, Salene is a natural magnet for all the little ones in distress, though at times she can resent being cast in the role of 'mother', which the rest are happy to typecast her with.

Initially kind and unselfish, her growing attraction to Bray brings all her suppressed emotions to the fore and her friendship with Trudy turns to bitter enmity. Through her growing sense of guilt and lack of self-worth, Salene becomes bullimic, and is only saved from tragedy by the caring Ryan.

 

Cast Member

Name

Victoria Spence

Birthday

30th April 1984

Interests

Victoria enjoys singing, dancing and horse riding.

Biography

Victoria was 14 years old in Series I. She has experience as a stills photographic model and has appeared in several television commercials.

Her drama work includes a lead role in The Joker as well as parts in Memory and Desire, Shortland Street, Jack be Nimble and Mother Tongue.

Victoria played the part of Zoe in William Shatner's A Twist in the Tale - The Duellists.

Victoria also had a lead role in Cloud 9's production of Atlantis High.

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Name

Dal

Series

Series 1, 2 and 3

 

 

Tribe

Mallrats

 

Biography

 


Immensely sensible and practical. A down-to-earth jack-of-all-trades handyman, who comes into his own in this new environment through his innate ability to scavenge useful bits and pieces.

He makes the things that Jack invents, though, Jack won't admit that Dal is indespensable to his work and thepaire have a slightly comical, love-hate working relationship. A sensitive soul who develops an unrequitted passion for Trudy.

 

Cast Member

Name

Ashwath Sundarasen

Birthday

12th February 1986

Interests

Ash likes soccer and singing.

Biography

Ashwath was 12 years old in Series I. He has participated in drama at school, has learned Bharat Natyam (an Indian classical dance) for four years and has also learned Indian classical music.
Ashwath has recently been a member of the children's chorus in a production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dream Coat that toured New Zealand.

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Name

K.C

Series

Series 1, 2 and 3

 

 

Tribe

Mallrats

 

Biography

 


Angelic, butter-wouldn't-melt youngster, who in reality is a mischievious little brat, who will con, cheat, or steal anything he wants.

Streetwise, cocky and a very plausible liar, he caused endless discipline problems for Amber.

But Lex, who sees in KC a younger version of himself, takes him under his wing as his protege. The Artful Dodger to Lex's Fagin

 

Cast Member

Name

Ari Boyland

Birthday

10th August 1987

Interests

Ari enjoys sports including soccer, basketball, flipperball, and rollerblading.

Biography

Ari was 12 years old in Series I. He has been in many theatrical and musical productions including the musical Oliver and the New Zealand Children's Academy.

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Name

Zoot

Series

Series 1

 

 

Tribe

The Locos

 

Biography

 


Manic, dangerous lead of the The Locos, one of the warring tribes that roam the city.

Driven, despotic and ruthless, Zoot uses his innate capacity for violence and terror to keep control in the anarchic world around him.

 

 

 

Cast Member

Name

Daniel James

Birthday

3rd October 1981

Biography

Daniel was 17 years old in Series I of The Tribe and has made guest appearances in each of The Tribe series. He has a range of experience in television including roles in Xena and Hercules.

He was a member of the cast of Cloud 9's Enid Blyton Secret Series in 1996. Daniel has theatre experience including roles in Auckland Opera's productions of Carmen and The Magic Flute.

He has recorded a variety of voiceovers and has appeared in several television commercials.

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Name

Zandra

Series

Series 1

 

 

Tribe

Mallrats

 

Biography



Attractive but dizzy, an unintentionally amusing figure. Zandra is a fashion junkie, who spends most of her time gossiping or experimenting with different makeup and designer clothes.

She lives in her own fantasy world, avoiding the harsh realities of the world around her. She is very resentful at having to help with chores, which might spoil her nail varnish. But at heart, she is kind and so avoids being shunned by the other girls, who can be exasperated by Zandra's vanity and self-absorption. She is besotted by Lex, and is unable to see his obvious failings.

 

Cast Member

Name

Amy Morrison

Birthday

18th July 1984

Biography

Amy was 14 years old in Series I and has had a variety of experience in front of the camera. She has appeared in a number of television commericials and has had roles in Shortland Street and Hercules.

Her film work includes The Joker and Jack be Nimble.

Amy played the part of Jessica in Jessica's Diary, a screenplay in the Cloud 9 series William Shatner's A Twist in the Tale.

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Name

Trudy / The Supreme Mother

Series

Series 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5

 

 

Tribe

Mallrats, The Chosen

 

Biography

 


Arrives pregnant and needy on Bray's arm. When the others wrong assume the baby to be Bray's, Trudy, who is keen on Bray, doesn't disabuse them. Initially self-centered, jealous and bitchy to anyone who shows interest in Bray, Trudy descends into paranoia and despair as her hold on Bray slips.

But after a failed attempt at suicide, Trudy gradually pulls herself together, developing a sense of purpose and direction, and becoming a good mother to her baby daughter.

 

Cast Member

Name

Antonia Prebble

Birthday

6th June 1984

Interests

Netball, dancing, movies, sleeping, going to parties with friends.

Biography

Antonia was 14 years old in Series I. She last appeared for Cloud 9 as Jem in A Crack in Time in the series William Shatner`s A Twist in the Tale.

Prior to this Antonia played the lead role in the television drama series Mirror Mirror. She has theatre experience having appeared in Starchild in 1994 and The Magical Kingdom of Thingymijig in 1993.

Antonia studied ballet for 8 years and also plays the flute, the recorder and guitar.

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Name

Tai-San

Series

Series 1, 2, 3 and 4

 

 

Tribe

Mallrats / Chosen (The Supreme Mother)

 

Biography

 


The mystical, spiritual figure of the group. A practitioner of alternative healing, and a great story-teller and weaver of myths for The Tribe.

Tai-San can be somewhat aloof, very sure of her own beliefs in her own world. Her persuasive powers and zealous conviction in her own morality can be an irritant to some of the others, especially Amber who accuses her of meddling with others emotions.

 

Cast Member

Name

Michelle Ang

Birthday

17th October 1983

Interests

Michelle enjoys ballet, shopping and hanging out with friends.

Biography

Michelle was 15 years old in Series I. She is a trained ballet dancer. She has been a guest artist with the New Zealand Royal Ballet, having danced for them in Giselle, The Nutcracker Suite and Romeo and Juliet.

She was a member of the McDonald's Young Entertainers Super Troupe.

Michelle made her television drama debut in Cloud 9's previous production William Shatner's A Twist in the Tale - The Green Dress.

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Name

Ryan

Series

Series 1, 2 and 3

 

 

Tribe

The Mallrats

 

Biography

 


Lex's sidekick and battering ram in any rough-house situation. Big, hard and slow-witted, Ryan is totally under Lex's thumb. His slowness and naivety maska genuine, caring and sensitive soul, capable of enormous love and loyalty, particularly to Lex's girlfriend Zandra.

A rather sad, comic character, with a naive belief that somehow life will return to normal. He keeps a stash of (useless) money for when that time comes.

 

Cast Member

Name

Ryan Runciman

Birthday

22nd November 1982

Interests

Ryan likes rugby, hanging out with friends and partying in the weekends!

Biography

Ryan was sixteen years old in Series I. He has acting experience in a variety of media.

He has had roles in film, television commercials and television drama as well as being experienced in voice over work and stills photographic work.

Ryan is also a trained singer and tap dancer. Ryan played the part of Darren Hunt in the Duellists, a screenplay in Cloud 9's previous production, William Shatner's A Twist in the Tale.

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Name

Patsy

Series

Series 1, 2 and 3

 

 

Tribe

The Mallrats

 

Biography

 


Motherly protector of her deaf brother, Paul, for who she interprets to the others. Initially very timid in the strange new world she has been plunged into, Patsy gradually develops a slightly bossy self-confidence, together with a lively sense of fun and mischief as her friendship with Cloe develops.

Very distressed when her brother disappears, Patsy eventually develops a new strength in her own ability to deal with others.

 

 

Cast Member

Name

Sarah Major

Birthday

22nd August 1988

Interests

Sarah likes to listen to music, read books, watch tv, go shopping, get some sleep.

Biography

Sarah was 10 years old in Series I. She has recorded radio commercials and provided voices for a cartoon series promo.

Sarah has appeared in television commercials, the short film Flying and as Gaela's daughter in Hercules.

Sarah has appeared in William Shatner's A Twist in the Tale - The Magician in which she played the part of Emily Watson.

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Name

Paul

Series

Series 1

 

 

Tribe

The Mallrats

 

Biography

 

Profoundly deaf, Paul signs to communicate. He has an increased awareness of vibes around him, which others can often miss.

Though his disability can tend to isolate him, Paul's ability to cope is often inspirational. He shares a strong sense of mischief with his sister.

 

Cast Member

Name

Zachary Best

 

 

Interests

Zachary enjoys reading and loves go-karting.

Biography

Zachary was 10 years old in Series I and the Tribe is his first acting role in television. Zachary is profoundly deaf in real life and adds much emotion and experience from this to the role of Paul who is also deaf in the series.

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Name

Cloe

Series

Series 1, 2, 3 and 4

 

 

Tribe

The Mallrats

 

Biography

 


A slightly withdrawn loner who initially relates better to animals than to people. Not very practical in other ways, Cloe can be a source of irritation to the others by neglecting her duties to deal with her own "crises", of which there seem to be many. But her moans and melodrama are often no more than a source of refuge from the alien, dangerous world outside, and her fears for the future.

Like her friend, Patsy, Cloe can be very forthright and feisty when roused.

 

 

Cast Member

Name

Jaimee Kaire-Gataulu

Birthday

7th April 1987

Interests

Jaimee likes travelling and playing the piano.

Biography

Jaimee was 11 years old in Series I. She has a variety of experience in film, radio and television. She has had roles in the short films Clown Story (1996) and The Birthday (1994) and she played the lead in the short film The Kiwi and the Water Melon (1993).

Her television work includes roles in The Visitation and Xena. Most recently, Jaimee has worked as a reporter on What Now for KVNZ.

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