(16LS) Actor Yvette Parsons (Mum, I’m Alien Pregnant, Educators) seduces with an erotic horror full of suspense, intrigue and sexy insects.

Rated 16LS: contains explicit language, discussions of sex and sexual themes. 

Spicy level: 🌶🌶🌶

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Season 1 Episode 4

See Yvette Parsons in Jackie van Beek's 2022 film Nude Tuesday or the Educators TV series available on TVNZ+.

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(18LS) Smut connoisseur, Hayley Sproull (Sex.Life podcast, The Great Kiwi Bake Off, ZM) shares her erotic fan fiction about a certain Aquaman in a special live Erotica by the Fire, recorded at the New Zealand International Comedy Festival in May 2026.

Rated 18LS: contains explicit language, discussions of sex and sexual themes.

Spicy level: 🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶

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Season 1 Episode 3

Filmed at the Basement Theatre in May 2026 during the New Zealand International Comedy Festival.

You can find Hayley Sproull at @hayleysproull and hear her on the Sex.Life podcast or on ZM.

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(18LS) Hilarious comedian and actor, Josh Thomson (The Office, Taskmaster NZ), pens an erotic piece of art involving compost and garden centres, that was absolutely not awkward for him to read out loud at all.

Rated 18LS: contains strong language, discussions of sex and sexual themes.

Spicy rating: 🌶🌶🌶🌶

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Season 1 Episode 2

Josh Thomson appears with Dave Bautista in the new movie The Wrecking Crew, as well as The Office (Australia).

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(18LS) Comedian Brynley Stent (Bryn & Ku’s Singles Club, Taskmaster NZ) lifts the curtain on a Cats the Musical inspired erotic fiction, drowning us in erotic puns that Andrew Lloyd Webber would be proud of.

Rated 18LS: contains explicit language, discussions of sex and sexual themes. 

Spicy level: 🌶🌶🌶🌶

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Season 1 Episode 1

Brynley Stent stars in Bryn and Ku's Singles Club available on The Spinoff, and Taskmaster NZ is available on TVNZ+.

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Hosted by comedians Donna Brookbanks and Shoshana McCallum, Erotica by the Fire is RNZ's new comedy podcast with a saucy spin. Featuring some of the most familiar faces on New Zealand’s comedy circuit and screens, each episode sees a guest read their freshly penned, original erotic fiction, followed by a revealing conversation about what makes them tick and what makes for a good time. You can watch the series on YouTube or listen on your favourite podcast app.

Content warning: series contains explicit language, discussions of sex and sexual themes.

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