Baskets Of Knowledge

Our guest this week has been leaving an impact in all the mahi/work that he is involved in. However, in this episode we go right back to where it all started from. We speak to Luis Perez about arriving in New Zealand as a refugee. He has used his experience to provide platforms such as Voice of Aroha to allow people that live in minority ethnic communities to share their stories. We also delve int...

Our guest this week shares a story that should inspire anyone that hears it to stop for a moment to think about what their real passion for doing things is. Sean Prenter shares his story about an accident that changed the trajectory of his life. This change has resulted in Sean becoming an advocate for marginalised young people in education. In this episode we speak about the various projects and...

Trigger warning, this podcast touches on suicide, If you or someone you know is experiencing suicidal thoughts or a crisis, please reach out immediately a professional to help you. On this week's podcast the passion, the drive and the mission our guest Jack Jensen has is palpable throughout the whole conversation. We speak to Jack about the creation of MSFT Productions and how that tapped into a s...

A scientist at heart our guest this week Sneha talks to us about the journey that she has undergone as she has taken her love for science at school to complete her degree in an area she enjoys. This conversation explores that journey, but we also get to chat about Sneha's passion for helping young people which resulted in her choosing to be an RA for two years before taking up her current role...

Dancing and being on stage, if we had told this weeks guest that one day he would be showing his pride for his culture and upbringing through dance he would have told us we were dreaming. This is just one of the areas we get to speak about with our fantastic guest Teja Depuru this week. Teja talks to us about growing up as the child of new immigrants to New Zealand. The importance that his family...

Born in Barbados but raised in the winterless North in New Zealand, our guest this week uses the energy and learnings from his formative years in Northland to power him in all that he does. Kii Small is a creative hustler who has teamed up with some like minded people to develop platforms that allow for individuals to better understand their mental health, as well as understand historical contexts...

Growing up in the Philippines our guest today moved with his family to small town Hawera where he discovered something called rugby and a community that was really welcoming.  Education has always been something that was normalised in his family. Peter Remoto talks to us about how he was unsure what to study when he first started at University but decided to have some physics and some chemistry in...

Change is part of life, but we all approach this in different ways. In this weeks episode we explore some key phases of change faced as they moved from school to uni, from uni to work and all the various changes along the way. Our guest Ozair talks to us about how he used discipline, consistency and faith to help him navigate his path. We talk about the joys of finding new friends and embracing th...

Coming from a household where teaching has always been the profession of choice, this weeks guest had decided that she would break the mould and try something different. However, as we all know, life has a funny way of working things out and we speak to our guest about how she has found herself in a classroom being a teacher.  During this episode we also speak about how life has thrown Ghananta he...

This week we have a throwback to a guest from Episode 19, at that time Marcus was at the start of his study journey and spoke about the journey he was undergoing then with his identity as being Māori. In this episode we speak to a very different person who has faced the disappointment of not getting into a professional health program. We speak about how this was the best worst thing to have happen...

Growing up in Auckland our guest this week grew up in a world where his identity was well defined as a young person. However, as he grew older and the kinds of people that lived around him changed this got him thinking about what his cultural identity was. Through this episode we speak to  Vitolio Niuloa about how he now proudly represents his Samoan and Niuean cultures. What this means to him and...

This week our guest is well known by anyone that is looking to work in the field of accounting or has an interest in this area. He is well known by many of the tertiary providers in New Zealand and Australia with the work that he does in engaging with communities through his employer MYOB. However, like all our guests Shailan Patel is way more than what his job title is. In this episode we talk ab...

Building a community is something that is innate to all humans. However, as humans we tend to marginalis some communities based on some variable be it race, religion, age, sexual orientation.  Our guest this week Angus Lonergan speaks about the passion he has for working within these communities. In his current role as the Child & Youth Engagement Lead with UNICEF   Aotearoa Angus gets to work...

Many people will know our guest this week from their work as being an activist, a columnist and a political commentator. OR you might know them for the work they were involved in with a banning of conversion therapy in Aotearoa/New Zealand. In this final episode of 2023 with Shaneel, we touch on those topics, but we talk more candidly about Shaneel just completing their Law degree with the Univers...

Our guest this week arrived in New Zealand from Malaysia as a fresh faced 17 year old to embark on her tertiary pathway. However, before navigating that she had to get used to the radically different culture that welcomed her to her new "home".  Anne Lim decided to try a law paper because she was looking for something that would get her problem solving and critical juices flowing. This p...

Growing up on a farm in rural Southland our guest this week speaks to usabout how she has navigated different paths in her life and has gotten to a place right now where she has found happiness. Happiness is a key theme of todays episode as Jess talks us through being a young person that was not sure what she wanted to study to finding a passion in science. BUT not just science for the sake of it...

On this week's episode our guest speaks about how seeing the inequalities while at high school fired her up to try to make a difference. Little did she know that the difference she was about to make was going to take her on a path that has seen her impacting the lives of a lot more people than she planned. Te Kahukura Boynton is the the host and owner of Māori Millionaire, but her story starts...

Our guest Nate Wilbourne this week has always been one with nature, it has been his norm. At the age of eight he planted his first tree which got him thinking about being a kaitaki for a place that he has a passion for, the land. This has led him to a journey that has seen him involved in a large number of organisations that are all focused on nature conservation as well as being an advocate and a...

As a young shy year 9 student our guest today would not have imagined that in a few short years he would be confidently speaking to large groups of people in a  public space. BUT what our guest did know was that the head students at his school were kind to him and were positive role models, and this was a goal he had, to become the Head Boy at his school.   Our guest this week  @Kaita Hummel  spea...

Imagine living in a world where you were unable to communicate as openly as you wanted, a world where people assume you can hear what they are saying but you can't. This is the world that this week's guest has had to navigate.   Hope Cotton, our guest this week speaks to us about growing up deaf. The impact of this was realised fully during the Covid-19 lockdowns when schools started to us...

Trigger warning. In this weeks episode we speak about Cancer, Self Harm, Depression, Mental Health. Please avoid this episode if any of these topics may have a detrimental effect on you.   Our guest this week started off our conversation with the line "and lots has happened in my life". This was a fantastic premise to this really wonderful, open, honest and emotive conversation.   Moving...

What was meant to be a 20 minute reflection ended up being a 45 minute podcast! In today's episode we talk to Tane about his busy year juggling coaching opportunities with honours research. We talk about the challenges and triumphs he has had in coaching, and how he endeavours to take these learnings into coaching for 2024. At the same time, we explore postgrad research and how Tane aims to pr...

This week's guest is a mover and shaker as they look to change the narrative around young people in New Zealand. @LolaFisher is a 15 year old that has challenged the norms that society has around young people. This started by getting involved in a photography course to pass some time, little did she know that this would change the trajectory of her life. Through that one course she was introdu...

Growing up in the beautiful East Coast in New Zealand in a tiny area called Makorori Beach, our guest this week speaks openly about her love for her community, her love for the area she grew up in and her love for being in the Ocean. Saffi Vette talks to us about how the classroom was not a place that she enjoyed, but while at school she grew to love the outdoors and embraced the competitive natur...

Having an entrepreneurial mindset has been the norm for our guest this week. From buying and selling parts through AliExpress to building his own wee iron forge, our guest speaks to us about how being a "nerd" is something that he has owned. We speak about balancing running a social enterprise scheme with his mate Owyn, while maintaining his study. We speak about the challenges and wins...