Snotties was a reality television programme that aired on New Zealand's TV 2 (New Zealand) from August to October 2006. It won the 2006 Qantas Television Award for best observational reality program.[1]
32 wannabe naval officers rolled up to the Royal New Zealand Navy's Officer Training School in Devonport—ranging in age from 17-year-old school leavers through to a hardened 34-year-old ex-army engineer. All had decided a life on the ocean wave was a life for them. They faced 22 weeks of intense military training—a lot physical, but also a lot spent in the classroom learning the many aspects of naval life. Snotties follows their journey.