The GC - First Episode

One of the most pleasing things for me was the amount of Māori who watched it … The GC doesn’t represent Māori as a whole, it’s just a slice of who we are.

– GC creator Bailey Mackey, in a ScreenTalk interview with NZ On Screen, 25 November 2013

So the best I think I've done would have to be: five aunties, five nights. It's not amazing but it's alright...can't complain.

– The GC's Tame Noema

The best thing about these guys is that they are real people. They are unapologetically themselves and they work hard to make their families proud. If that isn't the epitome of a Kiwi, then I don't know what is!

– Producer Nicole Horan on the stars of The GC, The NZ Herald (TimeOut section), before the second season, 13 February 2014

They do their hair, they have to shave, moisturise, put oil on their skin so they look shiny and fresh. They have like 20 outfit changes just to make sure they're looking spot on, honestly it takes way longer than us girls.

– Jessie Nugent, on the boys' pre-party routine