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
• Patrick Wilson
• Marise Wipani
• Rose McIver
• Carl Bland
• Hannah Tasker-Poland
• Jaxin Hall