A Penny for your Thoughts

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I catch up with my Brother, talk about how he copes with stress, his career path and what its like living with snakes, spiders and crocodiles as his neighbours (he lives in the wonderfully named town of Gympie in Queensland, Australia), we also talk about some childhood memories and lots more besides, I learnt a few things about my brother that I didn’t know so I f...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of A Penny for Your Thoughts I catch up with Matthew Steans, the founder of Yarns Men, a charitable organisation with the goal of reducing suicide in men through good conversations, we talk about Matthew's life before Yarns Men, what he has struggled with and how his charity was born. He is a great guy doing amazing work and is well worth reaching out to! Rele...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I have the great pleasure of catching up with Joseph Tyro we talk about his incredible commitment to his community, honestly I don’t know how he does all the things he does and still finds time to be a parent and have a full time job! Delivery Partner with Ignite Aotearoa, Principal advisor to Health New Zealand, Trustee Canterbury Men’s Centre, Trustee Reconnect F...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I catch up with Tom Chatterton, hope you enjoy listening in! We talk about mopeds and mountains, the role of Artificial Intelligence in construction, why he's a QS, the importance of family life and much more! Support the show If you like this episode and want to find out more get in touch with me through the Honoris website: www.honoris.co.nz or by email at:...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I catch up with Christchurch MP and online chef (of sorts) Duncan Webb, we talk about his path into politics, working with Aunty Cindy, what keeps him sane in the mad world that modern day politicing forces upon you and much more besides. Hope you enjoy listening in! Support the show If you like this episode and want to find out more get in touch with me through th...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I catch up with Prospero Uybarreta (Paco). Paco is a former armed forces pilot from the US, a test pilot for jets and jet packs, a father and husband, and lots more, we talk about flying fast, what drove him down that path, how he came to be in New Zealand (see jet packs) and what he enjoys about what he does as well as much more besides. Support the show If you li...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Steve chats to Jarrod, someone he has been on governance boards with previously. Jarrod is CEO of Portia (Ebborn Law Limited), and also Director/GM of Ferrymead Park Limited. Links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jarrodcoburn/ https://www.portia.law/ Support the show If you like this episode and want to find out more get in touch with me through the Honoris website: w...

Send us Fan Mail Pamela Bell is the Chief Everything Officer at the New Zealand Institute of Building. She is also an Innovation Consultant and Board Director for a range of start-ups, Council controlled entities and commercial organisations in the built environment.  Pamela is passionate about innovative construction, affordable housing, and added-value timber. She has subject matter expertise in...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I talk to Darryl about his somewhat truncated journey through university, his time as a full-time parent, why he's been a healthcare specialist for much of his working career and whisky...one of my favourite topics for sure!! Here is a link to Darryl's profile on LinkedIn: Darryl Carey | LinkedIn And to the Chow:Hill website: New Zealand Architectural De...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I talk to Chris Perrins about life, why he's been a QS for over 30 years.... working for local government, kids and the fears of being a father to two teenage daughters and of course football (we are English after all!) Chris's LinkedIn profile is here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-perrins-8a209265/ RLB's website is here: https://www.rlb.com/oc...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I catch up with Edoardo Anastasia, head of designs at JP Crafts here in New Zealand; we talk about him growing up in Italy, his dad running a restaurant,  how he got into the design of boats and what the future looks like for him and his family. Its a great conversation I do hope you enjoy it! If you want to find out more about Edoardo, here is his LinkedIn profile...

Send us Fan Mail In our first episode of Season 2 Lizzie Davidson talks to me about the start of my company, Honoris Ltd, and our growth over the past 5 years. With candid insights, we navigate through the formative years of the company, exploring its evolution and milestones achieved over the past half-decade. Get ready for a conversation spanning from the past to my dreams for tomorrow. Relevant...

Send us Fan Mail The final episode of our sustainability mini-series is with Sam Archer. Sam is a Sustainability Consultant and Mechanical Engineer with over 20 years experience in the Construction Industry. He moved to New Zealand in July 2014 and is now Director of Market Transformation at the New Zealand Green Building Council with a responsibility for running their sustainability and energy as...

Send us Fan Mail Professor Susan Krumdieck PhD  Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder  MS Mechanical Engineering and Energy Systems, Arizona State University  BSE Mechanical Engineering, Arizona State University  New Zealand Order of Merit Queens New Years Honours 2020  Professor Krumdieck is Chair in Energy Transition Engineering at Heriot-Watt University in Scotland where she...

Send us Fan Mail Jon Davies Jon has recently rejoined Proclima in an education and technical role across the Australasian market. Proclima is a manufacturer of building materials related to the building enclosure -weather-tightness and airtightness in roof wall and floor for both new and existing buildings. His background is in building - starting out as an adult carpentry apprentice. He then move...

Send us Fan Mail Matthew Cutler-Welsh Matthew is the Business development manager - residential at the NZGBC working with Homestar and HomeFit. Matthew's mission is to inspire people to make a better place to live. After completing his Honours Degree in Natural Resources Engineering Matthew now has 15 years of experience leading residential energy efficiency projects and education programmes...

Send us Fan Mail Sophie Howe Described by The Guardian as ‘the Worlds First Minister of the Unborn’ Sophie Howe was the worlds first Future Generations Commissioner and for last seven years has held a legal mandate to be the ‘guardian of the interests of the future generations of Wales.’ In this role she has led high profile interventions holding the Government to account on how they have consider...

Send us Fan Mail Patrick Bellew RDI FREng FCIBSE FEI HonFRIBA   Founder and Chairman of international design consultancy Atelier Ten  Patrick studied at Bath, graduating in 1981 from an integrated design course that blended MEP Engineering, Environmental Design and Architecture. At 30 and after working at Buro Happold for a period he set up Atelier Ten, a design consultancy that has grown to more...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I catch up with my oldest and best friend Lawrence Hooker, we talk about his life, work, his passion for the Masonic Society, Arsenal Football Club and mysteries like Gobekli Tepe in Turkey and other ancient site....its a bit of a ramble but a good one with plenty of humour... Support the show If you like this episode and want to find out more get in touch with me...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I catch up with Josh Blackmore a young engineer that interned with me over the summer of 2017/18. We find out what he's been doing  since then, how he got involved with the Student Volunteer Army, including becoming the President of this amazing group of young people for a time. It was great catching up with him and I hope you enjoy the conversation!  He work...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I catch up with Lizzie, a professional writer and the first Falkland Islander I have ever met. We talk about her journey, both from the Falklands to New Zealand and how she has become a professional writer, it's a great conversation.  If you want to find out more about Lizzie here is the link to her website: https://www.lizziedavidson.co.nz/ and to her LinkedI...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I catch up with Steven Moe a lawyer with Parry Field here in Christchurch, an author and a broadcaster with his own series of podcasts called Seeds. He is in a large part my inspiration for starting this podcast, he's also travelled a lot. We talk about all of this and more in this episode.  Here is a link for Parry Field, if you want to know more about them...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I chat to Darran about his time with the MoD in the UK, his passion for cycling and classic cars and his plans for travel. Darran is a highly qualified and experienced Acoustic Engineer and is the Acoustics Technical Director for Tonkin and Taylor in New Zealand. Check out the website here: https://www.tonkintaylor.co.nz/ Support the show If you like this episode...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I catch up with Tony Sellin, we talk about his Life Sentence Block, hunting, Health and Safety perspectives, being in the Royal Navy, and many other things. I hope you enjoy listening in! Support the show If you like this episode and want to find out more get in touch with me through the Honoris website: www.honoris.co.nz or by email at: admin@honoris.co.nz Please...

Send us Fan Mail I had the absolute pleasure of catching up with Patrick, who is the founder of Atelier Ten. I worked for Patrick in the mid 90's and he was already leading the way with sustainable design back then. I also met my wife, Chrissy whilst working for A10 so all in all a great place! Patrick has grown the business to over 300 strong, with offices in the US, Singapore, Australia, an...