Between Two Beers Podcast

Hayley Holt is one of NZ’s highest profile broadcasters and has been a fixture on NZ screens for 20 years.  She’s been a snowboarder, a ballroom dancer, a member of the Green Party, a radio host, celebrity boxer and has fronted shows like Crowd Goes Wild, Breakfast and One’s Sports news.  In this episode we find out what young Hayley was like, the unlikely path from dancer to snowboarder, her diff...

On this episode of Between Two Beers, we talk to Jemarl Paerata.  Jemarl was the inspiration for starting our Low Key Legends series. I heard him speak during a presentation at Dave Wood’s Calm Under Pressure workshop earlier this year, and was immediately captivated and knew we had to get him in for a chat.  These days, Jemarl is as a motivational mentor and the founder of Te Kaiarahi –where he i...

Steve and Seamus reflect on recent episodes with Steve Price and Jack Tame and discuss being on the other side of the mic as guests on other people's podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode of Between Two Beers we’re rewinding the clock back to April of 2022 when we sat down with Jack Tame.   Jack is journalism’s Swiss Army Knife – a guy that does it all. He’s been a Breakfast host, a 6pm news reader, he hosts one of NZ’s biggest radio shows on Newstalk ZB, is a columnist for the...

On this episode of Between Two Beers we talk to Steve Price.  Steve is a legend of rugby league on both sides of the Tasman. In Australia he played 222 games for the Bulldogs and 16 for Australia before moving to New Zealand in 2005 to captain the Warriors.  Steve’s impact on New Zealand transcended rugby league where he racked up 91 caps for the Warriors across four years, but also opened a super...

Steve and Seamus discuss why Steve hired a hubby, is sweet chilli sauce is acceptable to add to nachoes, reflections on Chris Wood, Hamish Pinkham and the Chatham Cup final and tease some upcoming guests. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode of Between Two Beers we talk to Chris Wood.  Chris is one of New Zealand’s best football players of all time, with over 200 English Premier League appearances and more than 50 goals.  In 2022 he became the EPL’s most expensive 30-year-old in Premier League history when his move from Burnley to Newcastle cost $NZD 50 million. At the start of this year he joined Nottingham Forrest wh...

On this episode of Between Two Beers we talk to Hamish Pinkham. Hamish is a lawyer, entrepreneur and musician, but is best known for being the co-founder and director of Rhythm and Vines - New Zealand's premier live music festival. In 2003 Hamish and his two roommates at the University of Otago decided to host a party for their friends in a Gisborne vinyard. The story of what’s happened since then...

Steve shares his concerns ahead of his vasectomy, the guys reflect on recent episodes with Russell Packer and Sarai Bareman and Seamus going viral in Fiji, and answer listener questions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode of Between Two Beers we talk to Russell Packer.  Russell is a former rugby league player who played for the Warriors, Tigers, Dragons and Kiwis across a 13-year professional career in the NRL.  After retiring from league two years ago, Russell returned to NZ with his family and is now a businessman, leading a property development project in his hometown of Foxton.  Russell’s footy...

On this episode of Between Two Beers we talk to Sarai Bareman.  Sarai is one of the most powerful, and influential women in world sport.   She has been FIFA’s chief women’s football officer since 2016, when the role was first created.  Her mandate included doubling the sport's global female player base from 30 million to 60 million and she's ultimately responsible for all levels of the game – from...

Steve and Seamus reflect on New Zealand's biggest low key legends, their favourite moments from the FIFA Women's World Cup, Mikey Havoc and Jeremy Wells, and take an ADHD test. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode of Between Two Beers we talk to Dean Lonergan.  Dean is one of New Zealand’s biggest and best events promoters. The many credits to his name include David Tua v Shane Cameron, Fight For Life, Joseph Parker, the Auckland nines, Manny Pacqiou v Jeff Horne and many, many more.  He was also a former professional rugby league player with the Canberra Raiders and the Kiwis, before he ret...

On this episode of Between Two Beers we talk to Sonia Gray.  Sonia is one of New Zealand’s best-known faces, most recognisable for being the Lotto presenter for the last 15 years. But she's much more than that; she’s a model, actress and writer who’s starred in shows like Xena: Warrior Princess, Shortland Street, Wheel of Fortune and Young Hercules and she’s acted in Sione’s Wedding, Love Birds an...

Steve and Seamus work through all of the most annoying things they say, they reflect on a week of public speaking and episodes with Duane Dalton and Josh Komen, why Fletch and Vaughan broke the record for most swear words on an episode and answer your questions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode of Between Two Beers we talk to Josh Komen.  Before I start with the bio, can I just say – stick with this one. It’s one of the most powerful stories we’ve ever told.  At the age of 23 Josh was one of the fastest runners in New Zealand. Then, in a blink of an eye, he became one of the sickest.  Josh was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia not once, but twice. This diagnosis took...

On this episode of Between Two Beers we talk to Madeline Sami.  Madeleine is one of New Zealand’s funniest, and most prolific, comedic talents.  She’s an actor, musician, comedian, writer and director, who you might have seen as the star of Box-office success the Breaker-Upperers, or her new show Deadloch, or as the host of the Great Kiwi Bake Off, or Shortland Street, or Super City or Sione’s Wed...

On the latest episode of Hambassadors we chat about Steve getting scammed, our fashion wars, out celeb’ing Brodie Kane, and answer all of your burning questions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode of Between Two Beers we talk to Duane Dalton.  Duane was a New Zealand surf lifesaving and sprint kayak rep who became the co-founder of the Pita Pit franchise in New Zealand. He was also married to Silver Ferns star Tania Dalton who tragically passed away from a brain aneurysm in 2017.  In this episode we talk about the tricky early days with Pita Pit and how he brought it to NZ,...

On this episode of Between Two Beers, we’re rewinding the clock back to April of 2022 when we sat down with Josh Kronfeld.      Josh is an All Blacks legend who played at two Rugby World Cups across 54 games for the All Blacks and was a cult hero in Dunedin, where he played over 100 games for Otago and the Highlanders. In this episode we talk about what it was re...

On this episode of Between Two Beers we talk to Steve Dunstan.  Steve is the Brand Director and co-founder of Huffer, one of New Zealand’s most loved fashion brands. He started the company 26 years ago, as a 21-year old and has grown it into a multi-faceted business with 12 stores across New Zealand and one in Melbourne.  In this episode we talk about the humble beginnings of the Huffer story, sno...

On this episode of Between Two Beers we talk to Jeremy Wells.  Jeremy is one of New Zealand’s best and highest profile broadcasters. Five days a week he co-hosts the Matt and Jerry breakfast radio show on Hauraki, and Seven Sharp on TVNZ, and on weekends can often be heard commentating sport with the Alternative Commentary Collective.  In this episode we talk about the opportunity cost of having s...

BIG NEWS! The first episode of our new show ‘HAMBASSADORS’ is officially live! 🗣 Find out the aftermath of our Morgan Penn Sexologist episode, how we scored our Chris Cairns interview, why Steven is having so many kids… and a LOT more. Want us to cover anything else in our next episode? Let us know - our DMs are always open. 💌 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode of Between Two Beers we talk to Jordan Watson.  You will likely know Jordan as How to Dad - one of New Zealand’s biggest social media stars, with his Youtube channel and Facebook account boasting a combined 3.5 million followers.  It all started eight years ago when he sent a video demonstrating how to hold a baby to a soon-to-be-dad friend. Overnight the clip went viral, Watson en...

On this episode of Between Two Beers we talk to Rebekah Stott.  Stott is a Football Fern, who will be one of her side's most important players when they host the Women’s World Cup in NZ in July.  Her professional football journey has been quite remarkable; ten different teams across four countries, two World Cups and two Olympics.. but her story transcends sport.  In June 2020 Stott noticed a lump...