The Tribe is targeted primarily at an audience age of 8 to 18, though it has fans of all ages. Five series of The Tribe have been created, with 52 episodes per series, amounting to 260 episodes in the entire run.

The Tv series starts about six to nine months after all the adults have been killed by an unknown Virus^.The story is about the survival of the children and teenagers who are left on their own in and around an unnamed City. The world has become a primitive hell of anarchy, confusion, danger and fear. With no adults to guide, rule or protect them, the children of the world are on their own and need to build a New World they can live in.

In order to survive, the children band together in Tribes. They give themselves new names, reinvent dress codes and beliefs and create their own rules. Some Tribes are power hungry and malevolent, while others just try not to make the same mistakes the adults did.

The show mainly focuses on the Tribe of the Mall Rats. Its members are confronted with problems of technology (how to get clean water and some form of power) and problems of morality. The children deal with teenage issues (loves, fears, betrayals, ambitions, friendships) as well as bigger issues that threaten peace in their New World (finding an antidote to the Virus, bringing peace to the City, defeating the Locos, Chosen and Technos).

Series 1:

• Caleb Ross - Lex (1999-2003)
• Meryl Cassie - Ebony (1999-2003)
• Antonia Prebble - Trudy (1999-2003)
• Victoria Spence - Salene (1999-2003)
• Beth Allen - Amber / Eagle (1999-2003)
• Michael Wesley-Smith - Jack (1999-2003)
• Dwayne Cameron - Bray (1999-2001)
• Jaimee Kaire-Gataulu - Cloe (1999-2002)
• Michelle Ang - Tai-San (1999-2001)
• Ari Boyland - KC (1999-2001)
• Ryan Runciman - Ryan (1999-2001)
• Sarah Major - Patsy (1999-2001)
• Ashwath Sundarasen - Dal (1999-2000)
• Georgia-Taylor Woods - Brady (1999-2003)
• Daniel James - Zoot / Martin (1999-2000, 2003)
• Amy Morrison - Zandra (1999)
• Zachary Best - Paul (1999)

Series 2:

• Jennyfer Jewell - Ellie (1999-2003)
• Laura Wilson - May (2000-2003)
• Vanessa Stacey - Alice (1999-2001)
• Damon Andrews - The Guardian / Jaffa (1999-2001)
• Ella Wilks - Danni (1999-2000)

Series 3:

• Nick Miller - Pride (2000-2003)
• Jacob Tomuri - Luke (2000-2001)
• James Ordish - Andy (2001)
• Amelia Reynolds - Tally (2001)
• Bevin Linkhorn - Ned (2001)

Series 4:

• James Napier - Jay (2002-2003)
• Tom Hern - Ram (2002-2003)
• Jacinta Wawatai - Mouse (2002-2003)
• Monique Cassie - Siva (2002-2003)
• Megan Alatini - Java (2002-2003)
• Lucas Hayward - Sammy (2002-2003)
• Lucas Hill - Bray Jr (2002-2003)
• Calen Maiava-Paris - Mega / Josh (2002-2003)
• Kelly Stevenson - Dee (2002)
• Dan Weekes-Hannah - Ved (2002)
• Morgan Palmer Hubbard - Patch (2002)

Series 5:

• Fleur Saville - Ruby (2003)
• Matt Robinson - Slade (2003)
• Joseph Crawford - Darryl (2003)
• Vicky Rodewyk - Gel (2003)
• Beth Chote - Lottie (2003)