Baskets Of Knowledge

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...

Today we reflect on the year it has been. Through 42 episodes there have been plenty of learnings, so we take this time to reset, reflect on success and the biggest takeaways the podcast has given us this year.

Growing up in a religious family, this weeks guest spent her formative education years being homeschooled. This presented both pros and cons for her as a young person. One of the key growths for her was her acute understanding of being aware. This awareness led her to challenge the religious dogma she grew up in, awareness on what really drove her as a person, awareness on how the path towards sel...

At the age of ten Abby had already written out her business card. It had her name, and her title as she was inspired by her mother who is a leader in her field of study. As she started to realise this aspiration, Abby discovered another part of her. The power of helping young people as they go through the highs and lows of University. This is a great chat where Abby speaks about learning to look a...

Sitting at school George noticed that some of his male peers were experienced anxiety and stress as the uncertainty of life unfolded around them. Instead of sitting around doing nothing, George has seen the lack of support in the mental health system to help these young men, he has used that as the fuel to allow him to fundraise for the I AM Hope and the Gumboot Friday foundation. Have a listen to...

Growing up as young man in the Taranaki todays guest was very in tune from an early age with the values that drive him, and act as his northstar. He has used these values to help shape his interactions with his family and his friends. It has helped him decide what, why and where to study and most importantly it has been the basis on how he has chosen to start his career. Have a listen to find out...

Growing up as a quiet, shy person this weeks guest has epitomised the title of this podcast. From taking a risk about what to study and where to study to having the one conversation that has changed her life. In the process she is now changing the lives of everyone that makes contact with her every week.

Growing up as a young child Aneesa had a natural and innate awareness of the impact that humans had on the environment, from noticing the amount of litter in a school yard to the power that nature has. During her formative years these experiences lead her down the pathway to studying Ecology. Along that journey she has also had to find who she really is as a young Sri Lankan person, a young Queer...

Growing up in a family where the power of imagination was encouraged, Tash speaks to us how this formative experience has led her to challenge the status quo. This challenge has come through an exploration of self, an understanding of self and more importantly through expression of self. This kōrero is a wonderful insight for us all to think about how aware we are of who we actually are.

Helen has always known her why. This has been to have an impact in the health sector. Growing up this looked like becoming a doctor which would really match her Why. However, as she went through her University study she lived by the motto if I Don't Love it then Why Do It. With this motto she quickly realised that becoming a doctor was not the pathway at this point in time for her. This led her to...

Growing up as a Kiwi overseas, Aaron had to adjust to back to living in New Zealand as he completed his University study. On completion of his study Aaron returned overseas where he was building his career in his chosen field. This all changed when Aaron experienced his first panic and anxiety attack. This experience has lead Aaron to create a platform that provides education around Mental Health....