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The Tribe began with a core cast of around 16 young actors from all across New Zealand. Many were joining the show as a main cast member for the first time, a lot of them having generally just had guest spots on shows such as Xena Warrior Princess, Hercules: the Legendary Journeys and native soap Shortland Street prior to The Tribe. Some have even made appearences on a number of Power Rangers series from Power Rangers Ninja Storm on [including James Napier, Beth Allen, Dwayne Cameron, Antonia Prebble, Sally Martin, Tom Hern.]

With its premise of all adults having died because of a virus, The Tribe was classified as a science-fiction program. However particularly in the earlier series, the show focused heavily on more dramatic storylines, with sci-fi elements used primarily as a backdrop to further the plot. The focus was on how the kids and teenagers would survive without adults, without laws, without safety, without regular meals, but with most of the same problems that had been present before: drug and alcohol addiction, teen pregnancy, rape, violence, troubled relationships and responsibility.

With the complete fall of civilization as they knew it, the kids banded together in tribes. Tribes all have their own separate names, dress codes, beliefs and attitudes. Some tribes are power-hungry and malevolent, others are simply trying to get by.

The Mallrats are the main tribe focused on in the series. Their struggles and triumphs are shown on the mundane scale (chores, in-fighting, back-stabbing, marriages, friendships) and on the epic scale (finding the antidote to the virus, bringing peace to the city, defeating power-hungry tribes trying to establish dictatorships such as the Chosen and the Technos).

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