Is Newcomer Nate Kinski the Man for Chris Pappas? Nate is set to have a romance with a Ramsay Street regular and I am wondering if it is Chris?

Who else is single? Only Paige and she has other stuff going on.

This is a picture of when Neiighbours was at its best

http://i.imgur.com/BgCw5uw.png

The casting of Nate as a possible gay aboriginal man will be a big step forward for Neighbours.

I agree with this, being watching Old Neighbours episodes from that era on Youtube and it is like watching a different show, Neighbours back then was class it was so much more daring and it tackled big issues, the pace of the show was so much faster, now it is more slower and gentle which seems crazy that a show in 2014 is slower paced than in the early 90's. I think Neighbours has a U rating or something similar and they can't tackle the bigger issues like it use to, unfortunately it is doing it no favours despite the fact i still love the show.

Yeah... because every new male character has to be gay, doesn't he Vaslav!

Does 'Nate' happen to be a good-looking hunk by any chance?

Some shows today are slower and gentler I think because there are so many channels today and distractions like computers, internet, games, youtube, TV programs for download, DVDs. This means TV viewing figures are down, so budgets are reduced, so programs are made more cheaply so its fewer sets, fewer locations, smaller cast, and longer running (padded) talkier storylines. (Almost like they know people wont watch every episode so stories are padded and recapped.)

Certainly Neighbours took a budget cut and it was moved to a digital channel in Australia back in 2010 due to low ratings. As part of those changes, it is a slower, 'smaller' show now.

It does have the equivalent of a U rating (G rating) - they are allowed to produce the show with PG content given its Australian channel and timeslot, but for whatever reason choose to continue to produce the program within G guidelines. I am not sure why. Obviously they can do gay storylines and show gay kissing with a G rating but violence and drugs need to be done quite carefully.

No actually.

This photo takes me back as it's exactly the era when I started watching. Mum would record it for me and if watch as soon as I got home. I could never wait!

I don't agree that the show was faster back then though. I vividly remember many characters would only be in two eppys a week and it would take ages for things to progress. What I do miss is the external locations that you don't see any more.

I'm happy with the pace now. If you want paint-drying boring cast your mind back to 2011-12!!!

Facebook Spoilers from 18-22 Aug (Oz Pace) say Chris meets an mysterious man could this be Nate? It is also Nate's first week on the show.

UK w/c : 1-5 Sept

Nate has been described as 'mysterious' on the various spoilers about him. Spoilers for next week have Chris meeting a mysterious, handsome man and going on a date with him. The EP said they cast an ongoing boyfriend for Chris. I think it's a safe bet that Nate is that man.

I am happy about this- it also interesting that Nate will be a gay aboriginal man...Kudos to Jason Herbison for this casting...

Confirmed by DS that Chris & Nate are getting together...

Jeez, Give Vaslav a break!!

Why so quick too shoot anything He says down eh? I mean. what you tryin too achieve?

peace out Brother!

yayyyyy!

Its nice that Chris is going to have a regular love interest rather than a guest character as a love interest. Once Nate arrives the credits should hopefully be updated.

I agree about Chris getting a boyfriend being good news, hopefully will stop him whining all the time. Loved him early on but he has been a moody spare part for ages!

I thought Nate was a regular but on Wiki it says he is recurring! we were told that Nate was going to be a regular!