HOME SHOWS: Flight of the Conchords' Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie, kicking off their a long-awaited New Zealand tour tonight in Hastings.

Comedy Duo Flight of the Conchords are kicking off their sold-out tour tonight in Hastings.

Before Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement became the nation's darlings, featured in their own HBO TV series and blockbuster movies as well as selling out shows across the United States and Europe, the two Wellingtonians performed at comedy festivals with their now signature dead-pan humour.

NZ On Screen features excerpts from arts magazine The Living Room, which followed the duo at the 2002 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Larry Pritchard (Taika Waititi) takes on the pre-Murray manager role.