The latest installment in the "Gee whiz, Flight Of The Conchords are kicking goals eh bro, aren't they?" department is the news that their second season will be bigger and better than the first, and - in news that will have the tabloids wetting themselves in anticipation - that it will shine a light on the rivalry between New Zealand and Australia.

In other words, chuck another shrimp in your Chilly Bin, because the stereotypes will be sure to delight all!

Sayeth Conchord Bret McKenzie:

"We have just started ten weeks of writing the second series and we are definitely going to explore the rivalry between Australia and New Zealand at a Government ambassadorial level. One storyline is one of us ending up in a relationship with an Australian."

The first series, which aired in the US last June and is gathering a cult following on Channel Ten in Australia, has undertones of the country's rivalry and McKenzie says American viewers warmed to that.

In other news, upon hearing this, the queue of Australian starlets trying to make it in Hollywood/New York and desperate to play Bret and/or Jermaine's potential Aussie love interest can now be seen from space.