Baskets Of Knowledge

Living in three countries and about to move to her fourth, our guest this week speaks about the challenges and learnings she has had along the way. Her family have moved from India to South Africa to New Zealand each one place has had a formative experience for her. Rishita talks to us about the passion that has been ignited in her belly which first started when her mum "made" her give a...

Cast your minds back to when you were 14 years old. What were you doing? What were you thinking? Can you even remember that age? Our guest was applying to be on various committees and boards because she wanted to make difference. This week, Aarthi speaks to us about how she has not let her age stop her from being involved in things that most adults shy away from. She speaks with passion and lots o...

Storytelling has always been part of human nature. The use of stories has been used to capture the imagination, to highlight special topics and also used to entertain. Our guest this week has found his passion for storytelling through the use of the camera. Loyd grew up in a small town on a small island in the Philippines, it was there that his fascination for storytelling was ignited. Through sim...

Growing up in a low socio-econimic area our guest this week had the odds stacked against him from the start. However, with a mum that would not let this define his future and with the strength of determination our guest has gone on to break down barriers, doors and ceilings to get him to where he is today. In our chat, Jaxson Tautala-Hanita breaks down how saying yes to small oppurtunities along t...

Everyone of us has a time in our lives when we are so tied to an identity and for lots of us that identity is linked to a job/career path. This was no different for our guest this week. His identity was linked to his love for watching House MD, so it was very obvious that being a doctor was the identity he was tied to. However, this does not work well when you arrive at university and discover tha...

As a young person our guest this week speaks about how when the time came to leave school to go to university she just did what she thought she enjoyed and was the thing to do and off she went. She did well in her chosen course of study but also used her time at university to explore other interesting ideas. The shift that our guest speaks about happens when she went into the corporate world, whic...

A biology teacher told our guest at the age of 14/15 that she should think about studying genetics as she seemed to take to it naturally. That one conversation sparked an area of interest that now sees our guest, Ashleigh Stanners on the cusp of entering a Masters program that will incorporate her passion in this space. However, as you will hear in this episode this was and has not been a smooth p...

This weeks guest is a highlight as she speaks to us about her upbringing in a town that has both cultural and global significance. She speaks about her upbringing shaped her formative years. As we delve deeper into the conversation our guests explores the various learnings she has had as she has navigated life, study and finding her passion in music. Candice speaks to us about a wide range of topi...

With part two, we continue to discuss our guests in depth story on the journey that has gotten them to where they are today.  In this story, which is broken up into two parts, our guests Samad and Uzair talk about going back to live and learn in Pakistan how this became a defining moment for them both. We delve into being diagnosed with cancer and feeling helpless. We speak about mental health, we...

Born in Pakistan but spending most of their lives in Christchurch our guests this week share an in depth story on the journey that has gotten them to where they are today.  In this story, which is broken up into two parts, our guests Samad and Uzair talk about going back to live and learn in Pakistan how this became a defining moment for them both. We delve into being diagnosed with cancer and fee...

Growing up in a family that has always excelled in the sporting arena, todays guest Kobe Miller speaks about how this has helped him get to where he is today. In this podcast we speak about the reality of being a high-performance athlete while studying at university. It also becomes very clear about the impact the self-discipline and self-awareness has on being successful on both fronts. Kobe talk...

Physics physics physics when the world seems like you will be doing science because that's what you know at school.. but then realise that when you come to university hey, you can do anything you want so why not do something that you love?? This is the epic story this week's guest Max Balloch shares with us. When you embrace the mantra of doing something you love, your outlook on the world...

Many of us go thorugh our lives not realising or being fully aware of what our values are, this is one of the things that truly stops us from doing things that really align with us. This weeks guest Nathan Kenah, locked down his values from a very early age. Even though he may have not realised it at the time. His journey so far has taken him from living in a comunity that is predominately Maori t...

Imagine being told by your business teacher at secondary school that you should probably stay away from anything to do with business. Then a few years later you are running your own business at the age of 23! This weeks guest Ben Hobbs shares amazing learnings and nuggets of gold as he talks to us about realising that tertiary study was not for him at this point in life. How that took him down a p...

The beauty of French architecture inspired this week's guest to pursue the study of Architecture and Building Sciences, but as we all know things change along the way and Natacha found an interest in Project Management and Sustainable Design. Crazy to think at that point the world was not ready to embrace the idea of sustainable thinking. This led Natacha down the project management pathway. Along...

On the occassion of Prajesh's birthday it was really fantastic to have singer/songwriter and all round fantastic human being Kylie Price as our guest. In this episode Kylie speaks to us about her move from Dunedin to London which has brought about oppurtunities, challenges and lots of growth. Kylie opens up to us about her mental health journey, navigating being a musician while studying at un...

Growing up in a family that lived in a number of places around the world has shaped the values and principles of this week's guest. Our guest Gavin Bishop speaks to us about life living in all these different places, his motivation to study medicine and how the skills he has picked up as a hitchhiker has introduced him to some interesting people leading to all sorts of conversation. We also sp...

Growing up in a world where limitations were determined by the perceived lack of capabilities, our guest this week got caught up in that mindset early on in his life. However, moving to another city and meeting people that were achieving things that he thought were out of his ability got him to rethink his mindset. This then set Rawiri on a path that has seen him complete an undergrad degree, then...

Close your eyes for a second and try to imagine that the first flight that you take to leave New Zealand, the country you have always lived in, is Bolivia! And you then spend next 7 weeks in the middle of the jungle caring for some of the worlds apex predators, this is what our guest this week speaks about. Before we even get to that adveture our guest Michaal Fox talke about how caring for the en...

What does a super hero look like? Tane and Prajesh think that our guest this week is in a pretty strong place to be considered a superhero! Lauren speaks to us this week about how she has navigated life and study while balancing the curve balls Musculocontractural Ehlers Danlos Syndrome throws at her. Lauren calls herself "A small human with big dreams", and in this episode we touch on some of tho...

We live in a world where success is a narrative that is pushed on us. Whether it be being the fastest, the fittest, the smartest, the richest etc. It is a narrative that we are all too familiar with. This chase for success to be the fastest and the fittest is what led this week's guest down a path that nearly ended his life. Harry Averill speaks to us about how being diagnosed with anorexia not on...

Growing up in the small town of Fielding in the Manawatu and having parents what had never been to University Sam always had a passion and drive to enter the health care profession. This was clearly apparent when at school students were asked to bring in their favourite book/reading they had done as a year 9 and Sam brought in a book that details a very specific health process, whilst his peers br...

What do you get when you are raised in a familiy where education and standing for the rights others is a core value? You get a person who tries to avoid that life, but life knows better and leads you down the pathway of being involved in education, in politics and being a voice for students around the country as well as representing those around the world. Our guest this week, Ellen Dixon, describ...

Growing up on a farm our guest today has had to go through a number of life changes where he has been pushed out of his comfort zone. This started from leaving a tiny school in the country into an inner city urban school, followed up by leaving a very tight knit community to attend a University very far from his hometown, and a whole lot more! Our guest has used these changes to develop as a perso...

Growing up being a super active team sport person Sophia had a plan to be involved in the fitness/sporting industry, a conversation with her dad changed things up for her slightly. This one conversation has led Sophia down a path that she would not have imagined. It has presented her with oppurtunities and learnings that she has embraced and taken on board. She has started to share these learnings...