Kiwi Yarns

Today’s guest is the fabulous DJ and Radio Broadcaster Sin Howard, a woman who just quite frankly, rocks. She co-hosts George FM, she kills it on the decks and she’s a fierce advocate for women, particularly in the male dominated industry she works in. Such a fun chat! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s guest is one of our country’s great journalists. Barbara Dreaver is the award-winning Pacific Correspondent at TVNZ - a job she has held for 19 years. Barbara has won multiple awards, she's been detained in Fiji and Nauru, and she’s gone and found stories no one else has. Her relentless passion for covering the Pacific region is present in every story she broadcasts - she truly is one of a...

Today is busy! We have three amazing guests - Melissa Hori, Stephanie Larnder and Simone Fernandes. These three pals are bravely baring their souls in their new book: When Sex is Not Enough. Each has a very different, very personal fertility journey. Steph, had endometriosis so bad she had to have a hysterectomy at 24. Melissa shares her IVF story, and Simone talks about still trying to have a chi...

I’ve been wanting to interview Lance Savali for AGES! He's a hard one to pin down, because you know, he's dancing his way around the world. Just to rattle off some low key performances: with Beyonce at Coachella, J-Lo at the Superbowl, Rihanna for Savage X Fenty - no big deal right? And he does it all with a heart condition. Unreal. He's so cool. And he taught me a TikTok hahaha! Learn more about...

Today’s guest is a brilliantly inspiring man - one guaranteed to always put a smile on your face. Bevan James Eyles is one of the real OG trainers of Les Mills - sharing his passion and taking packed Christchurch classes since 1999. He’s also a pretty outstanding triathlete, Ironman and runner.  But he describes his younger self as a "dropkick" and shares a fascinating story of how he changed his...

Today’s guest is south Taranaki dairy farmer Kane Brisco. Kane has just released “Tools for the Top Paddock - Lessons from life on the land” - a book which is pretty open and honest about his upbringing, his struggles with depression, and battles on the farm. But also, how he’s turned it all into something pretty remarkable. Including Farm Fit - his fitness bootcamp for the rural community. Kane's...

When we talk about the achievements of this person, it’s actually mind-boggling they are 22 - and I don’t say that in a patronising way either.  Shaneel Lal’s relentless passion and dogged determination was monumental in conversion therapy being banned in Aotearoa. They have recently been in the prestigious Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia list for social impact. And Shaneel leaves no stone unturned when i...

Today’s guest is someone who has had an absolutely incredible career as a broadcaster since the 1980s. And really, there is nothing Kerre Woodham cannot do. She lights up the airwaves whilst navigating talkback callers on Newstalk ZB, she has written best seller books, run marathons and climbed Mt Kilimanjaro.  More recently, she twinkled-toed beautifully through Dancing with The Stars - she’s als...

Today’s guest is one of the most ridiculously talented sportswomen in our country and one of the greatest cricketers in the world. Suzie Bates has been playing top level cricket since 2006 and is just about to represent the country at the Commonwealth Games which is super exciting. Not bad for someone who also represented New Zealand at the Beijing Olympics for Basketball. Suzie is a true sportswo...

Today’s guest is one of the coolest multi-sporters in New Zealand in my humble opinion. Not only because he’s awesome and one of the best in the country, Sam Manson is literally the people’s coach. If I had a dollar for every hour he puts into coaching others, through Top Sport Kayaking, I’d be loaded. I’m always intrigued as to how he fits in all his training for the Coast to Coast, while he’s he...

Today’s guest is the hilariously talented broadcaster Bree Tomasel - host of ZM's Drive Show and TVNZ's Celebrity Treasure Island. She came to Aotearoa a few years back and has really made a home for herself and is absolutely a wonderful part of the furniture - we are lucky to have her! This a really awesome, fun, long, wild chat, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did! Learn more about your ad...

Today’s guest is a delightful soul I had the pleasure of getting to know when I was last living down in Christchurch, New Zealand. Lou Heller is a personal stylist, fashion commentator, writer and buyer. Lou is pretty damn talented at helping people fall back in love with their wardrobes - a job she feels extremely passionate about - I'm sure you'll hear it! Already planning a date for her to come...

It's great to be back!  I took a bit of time off this podcast while I was involved in Dancing with the Stars, but I'm stoked to rip into it again. Today’s guest is fellow podcaster, Dom Harvey host of Runners Only! Before that, he hosted The Edge Breakfast show for 20 years, he’s written three best seller books, AND he’s run all 6 of the major marathons - New York, Chicago, Tokyo, Berlin, London a...

Bit of a special episode this week given as you listen to it I would’ve embarked on my first weekend of live shows on TV3’s Dancing with the Stars! After weeks of training and trying to learn to dance I thought it would be really cool to get one of legends of the show, Nerida Cortese on to have a chat all things dancing. Nerida has represented Aotearoa on the world stage, and now is the show’s cho...

Today’s guest is a very smart, very funny, very talented young woman. Grace Palmer is an actor, and a writer and quite frankly she's also one of the funniest people on Instagram.  She's always an absolute delight to chat to, and hearing about her successes and challenges along the way has been really interesting. A lovely lovely chat! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s guest is Newshub presenter and journalist Oriini Kaipara, of Tūhoe, Ngāti Awa, Tūwharetoa and Ngāti Rangitihi descent. Oriini is an award winning, bilingual journalist and is committed to the revitalisation of Te Reo and Māori customs and values - a passionate wahine toa I’m really honoured to chat to. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s guest is physiotherapist and breath coach Emma Ferris - owner of The Breath Effect. We have a fascinating chat about how important it is to look after our breathing - you can bet your bottom dollar I was focused on it this entire episode! Emma is also a woman you may have heard of for her own podcast, Conning the Con. It tells the story of how she experienced her very own Tinder Swindler....

Today’s guest is a very very dear friend of mine, Casie Bowry. We grew up doing surf life saving together, our Mums grew up doing surf life saving together - we've been friends a very long time. Casie was a top water polo player representing New Zealand for many years, and was fast becoming a very well respected police officer. In 2018, life was ticking along nicely. But in March of that same year...

Today’s guest is exercise physiologist, nutrition scientist, author and former triathlete Dr Stacy Sims. Dr Sims is constantly looking to revolutionize exercise nutrition and performance for women. She has directed research programs at Stanford, AUT University, and the University of Waikato, focusing on female athlete health and performance and pushing the dogma to improve research on all women. S...

We’re going to go deep with this week's guest (ok ok bad dad joke) who I’ve always been absolutely fascinated in watching. William Trubridge has been repping Aotearoa as a world champion free diver with a massive 18 freediving world records since 2007. Such a fascinating conversation about how William does what many of us can't quite get our heads around, or breaths for that matter! Learn more abo...

Today’s guest is Silver Fern number 149 Sulu Fitzpatrick. Sulu had an absolutely stonking 2021 with the national side and led the Mystics to an historic maiden ANZ Premiership title, AND took out the Dame Lois Muir Supreme Award - unreal stuff! Sulu chats with me about how important her family and support network has been over the years, and how sport has helped her be proud of who she is. It hasn...

Today’s guest is an old work colleague of mine...now a father of three, published author, public speaker and of course, Central Otago farmer. Matt Chisholm and I had the pleasure of being TV reporters on the new look “Seven Sharp” back when it started in 2013 and it would be the same year it, and all of those involved copped an absolute flogging…ah the memories! A lot has changed for Matt since th...

In his own words, Dave Letele's story is "from rags to riches, back to rags, and hopefully back to riches, but riches for me means different things now, it's not just about money." The man who can comfortably sit in a board room, deal with the Government but also go to a gang pad is making massive changes to people's lives through Buttabean Motivation, or BBM.  BBM has become a hugely important or...

To celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the iconic Coast to Coast, it would be rude not to get the man behind it on for a cracking yarn. Robin Judkins set the first 79 athletes away on Kumara Beach back in 1983 and since then there's been over 20-thousand athletes from all over the world scrambling for a spot in the 243km event from the west to the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. He's...

A wonderful chat this week with a true Far North gem, Lana Searle. Lana has to get up stupidly early every morning to entertain people on the More Fm Breakfast Club. She's a super talented broadcaster and story teller and was a real crowd favourite on last year's Celebrity Treasure Island. We also talk about life as a Stepmum, and how she's overcome some pretty hectic health battles. She's a legen...