Rude Awakenings centres on two families who live next door to each other in a fashionable street in Ponsonby, a suburb of Auckland. The Rush family has just moved to their newly renovated house from a lifestyle block in Kumeu. They immediately hit a wrong chord with their new neighbours, the Short family.

Danielle Cormack
Dimitry Rush

Patrick Wilson
Arthur Short

Marise Wipani
Sharon Short

Rose McIver
Constance Short

Carl Bland
Stuart Rush

Hannah Tasker-Poland
Amber Short
Jaxin Hall
Julian Rush

Claire van Beek
Waitress
Shining Vale74%
The Couple Next Door58%
The Game75%
Eight Is Enough62%
Kidding75%
Tyler Perry's Zatima81%
Ballers67%
The Outlaws73%
The Vince Staples Show63%
Why Women Kill79%
Cuckoo67%
Ginny & Georgia80%
Flaked67%
With Love61%
In the Dark77%
Life Sentence62%
Moonshine60%
Hotel Babylon72%
And Just Like That…72%
Carl Weber's The Family Business85%