ALTBAYS

Show 141 – Alan McElroy (Comedian)   Welcome to ALTBAYS Show (feat. Fabian Roberts and Leo Magri) Alan McElroy is an award-winning Irish comedian who’s been living in New Zealand for a few years. Recently, Alan sold out The Full Irish & The Comedy Pub Crawl at Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Life on the road doing comedy is exactly what Alan wants for his life. He is also a regular gu...

Show 139 – Nick Mcisaac (Truck Driver/Karaoke Host)   Welcome to ALTBAYS Show (feat. Leo Magri) Nick was born in Auckland and raised by his grandmother. From an early age, he understood the importance of working hard to live a better life. Nick’s main job is to drive big trucks, mainly delivering fish in the North Island of NZ. By law, truck drivers can only drive 5.5 hours and then take a break....

Show 140 – Neil Pyne (Yoga Instructor) and Rowan Pyne (Sportsman)   Welcome to ALTBAYS Show (feat. Leo Magri) Neil and Rowan make up a great team. Father and son are dedicated to a healthy and fulfilling life. Neil worked many jobs in his life: primary school teacher, sugar cane farmer, bridge constructor, marketing manager and more recently, hairdresser and yoga instructor. Born in Christchurch a...

 Show 138 – Seth Smith (Scooter Rider)   Welcome to ALTBAYS Show (feat. Macy Costello and Leo Magri)  Seth Smith came back from Argentina at the end of October 2022 with a Silver medal after representing New Zealand in the under 16 World Scooter Street Competition.  He had two days to train in South America and get used to the new track. He classified for the finals and had two-45 seconds runs to...

Show 137 – Peter Augustin (Painter/Printmaker) Welcome to ALTBAYS Show (feat. Leo Magri) In 2021, Peter became an Elected Member of the Academy of Fine Arts, a member of Watercolour New Zealand, and a member of Printmakers Combined Coromandel. Peter was born an 'artist' into a family of artists and musicians in Slovenia. During his childhood, he was an active painter following in the foo...

Show 136 – Andrew Lee (Chef)   Welcome to ALTBAYS Show (feat. Fabian Roberts and Leo Magri) Andrew is a member of one of the most traditional New Zealand families who settled in the Coromandel many years ago. He started cooking in 1985 and went to cooking school in 1988.  Andrew worked for many restaurants in the Coromandel and helped to get some of them started. He spent 16 years working in Auckl...

Show 135 – Pete May (The Flying Kiwi)   Welcome to ALTBAYS Show (feat. Leo Magri) Pete’s social media ‘The Flying Kiwi’ is full of incredible shots of the Coromandel and New Zealand coastal landscape. Those are not only epic aerial images but an extension of his soul. They represent how he feels about Aotearoa. He’s a creative guy; buying a drone in Germany many years ago and strapping an SLR came...

Show 134 – Deli Connell (Wellbeing Educator/TCDC Councillor)   Welcome to ALTBAYS Show (feat. Anusha Bhana and Leo Magri)  Deli is an experienced Educational Consultant with a history of working in the education management industry. She has more than 20 years of experience working with international students and adults both diplomatically and in the English as a Second Language field.  Deli is pas...

Show 133 – Tony Iotua-Marsters (Navy Senior ILS Engineer)   Welcome to ALTBAYS Show (feat. Leo Magri)  Tony was born in Auckland, grew up in Christchurch, lived in the Cook Islands for seven years, and now he escapes the rat race living in the Coromandel.   Tony is an active man. Currently a contractor to NZ Police (Auckland Maritime) as a Fleet Maintenance controller/engineer responsible for cont...

Show 132 – Azzie McLean (Hot-Wheels)   Welcome to ALTBAYS Show (feat. Leo Magri)  Azzie is 32. He has been in a wheelchair since he was 3 due to Giant Azonal Neuropathy, a rare degenerative motor neurone disease. This condition does not stop Azzie from being an active man; he is a foodie, dancer, circus performer and also plays wheelchair basketball and rugby. Azzie opposes pharmaceuticals and pra...

Show 131 – Stewart Pedley (Writer/Performer)   Welcome to ALTBAYS Show (feat. Fabian Roberts and Leo Magri) Stu is a musician, writer and performer who grew up in Fielding, spent most of his life in Wellington and has been in the beautiful Coromandel for nine years. He studied philosophy and literature, and is also a librarian. Stu goes to bed with music. He mixes it with his coffee for breakfast...

Show 130 – Ben Brown (Built to Fish)   Welcome to ALTBAYS Show (feat. Darrell Bird and Leo Magri) Ben Brown is a professional Kayaker and owner of the successful Built to Fish TV. He was New Zealand's first Red Bull athlete, a partnership that lasted for 18 years and allowed him to kayak worldwide while improving his filmmaking skills. He is passionate about cinematography and fishing. Ben wa...

Show 129 – Jani Dennis and Paul Lee (Soul Sax Plus/MB Big Band)   Welcome to ALTBAYS Show (feat. Kenjia Campbell and Leo Magri) Jani Dennis is a music teacher, music group organiser, and performing and recording artist. Paul Lee has been a professional musician for 30 years. Backing singers such as Al Hunter, Josie Rika, Tommy Fergusson, and Sonny Day. He is a teacher, writer, recording, performin...

Show 128 – Anthony John Gray (Bushman)   Welcome to ALTBAYS Show (feat. Brando Yelavich and Leo Magri) Tony grew up and lived in Maramarua until he was 21. He left school at the end of 1969 without academic qualifications but scored a mechanics apprenticeship with the NZ Forest Service. He moved places and managed many workshops until the Labour government sold off all their Forests, and he was ma...

Show 127 – Anusha Bhana (Korimako Creative) and Dave Rhodes (NZ Music Producer)   Welcome to ALTBAYS Show (feat. Jess Hamilton and Leo Magri)  Anusha and Dave are a talented, inspiring and creative couple.   Anusha grew up in Auckland. She is a huge music fan, a passionate social justice advocate and a sometimes artist. Her business, Korimako Creative, encompasses all the different services she en...

Show 126 – Terri Lipanovic (Scientist/LGB Alliance Aotearoa NZ)   Welcome to ALTBAYS Show (feat. Leo Magri)  Terri grew up in Auckland and her three science degrees and one business degree allowed her to spend many years travelling the world, developing, marketing and selling chemical and pharmaceutical raw materials, and specialty ingredients.  Terri is now retired. She worked in various local in...

Show 125 – Table Talk with Camaco Carlos (feat. Brett Soanes, Fabian Roberts and Leo Magri)    Welcome to ALTBAYS Show (feat. Brett Soanes, Camaco Carlos, Fabian Roberts and Leo Magri) What happens when you put a tradie and a teacher to chat? Well, if it’s Brett Soanes and Fabian Roberts, you are definitely up for a treat.  They are both dedicated parents who keep up to date about what’s happening...

Show 124 – Annemieke Kregting (Kuaotunu Bird Rescue Trust) Welcome to ALTBAYS Show (feat. Jess Hamilton and Leo Magri) Meet Annemieke Kregting Kuaotunu Bird Rescue started in 2005 when someone brought an abandoned duckling to Annemieke Kregting. As a veterinary nurse all of her working life, originally trained in Holland, Annemieke was the ideal person for this job. Local people then started bring...

Show 123 – Brando Yelavich (Wildboy/NZ Explorer)  Welcome to ALTBAYS Show (feat. Petra Campbell and Leo Magri) Meet Brando Yelavich Brando Yelavich is an explorer from Aotearoa who, at the age of 19, in 2014, was the first person to walk the coastline of New Zealand (8700km over 600 days). Brando cycled across the Australian desert, crossed the Greenland icecap, repaired broken homes, delivered cl...

Show 122 – Table Talk with Camaco Carlos (feat. Christine Threadgold and Leo Magri)    Welcome to ALTBAYS Show (feat. Camaco Carlos, Christine Threadgold and Leo Magri)  One of the coolest mums in Aotearoa, our lovely host Christine Threadgold and the crazy drummer, host and weirdo Leo Magri come for a chat with Camaco Carlos. The Altbays Show is part of a big project from the ALTBAYS.NZ media com...

Welcome to ALTBAYS Show (feat. Fabian Roberts and Leo Magri) Meet Eric Pampalone Eric was born in the USA. He met his wife at the University of Cincinnati, both swimmers. His partner, Fiona, is from NZ, so they decided to come back here and live. They lived in the Lower Hutt for 28 years, bringing up two daughters before deciding to shift to Whitianga. Eric is a teacher and recently decided that t...

Show 120 Paul Clayton (Air NZ/Te Tiihi Nui Trust) Welcome to ALTBAYS Show (feat. Fabian Roberts and Leo Magri) Meet Paul Clayton Paul is an experienced Air NZ pilot with a demonstrated history of working in the airlines/aviation industry. He is highly skilled in Operations Management, Flight Training and Human Factors.  Paul was born in Lower Hutt, NZ and worked for NZ Police for eleven years. Aft...

Show 119 Michelle Rhodes (Sales and Marketing Professional) Welcome to ALTBAYS Show (feat. Georgie Parry and Leo Magri) Meet Michelle Rhodes Michelle is an enthusiastic, determined and creative sales and marketing professional. She has worked for big companies like LEGO, Woolworths and Harcourts. Her strong negotiation and presentation skills have taken her career to unique places. Recently, Miche...

Show 118 Levi Hawken (NZ Artist/Skateboarder/Nek Minnit) Welcome to ALTBAYS Show (feat. Leo Magri) Meet Levi Hawken Levi Hawken is a professional skateboarder (for Sector 9) from Dunedin, New Zealand. Hawken appeared in a viral video showing a scooter, apparently destroyed outside a dairy. The "nek minnit" video spawned many parodies and has become a popular slang term among the people o...

Show 117 James Muir (RiverWatch/Filmmaker/Wyld Coffee) Welcome to ALTBAYS Show (feat. Leo Magri) Meet James Muir James is a Scientific Entrepreneur, a Filmmaker and an Inventor. He seeks to make the world a better place by protecting and enhancing the environment. From Freshwater reforms to endangered species protection, he wants to create a more hopeful future for our planet. He is the co-founder...