Native Overstayers

Pats chats to his lifelong friend Willie Poching about his journey from Club rugby in New Zealand, to the NZ Warriors, NRL, Toa Samoa and finally to the UK where he become a star player in the UK Super League and eventually a Head coach at Wakefield. A real life Hero journey, a timeless story structure which follows a protagonist on an unforeseen quest, where they face challenges, gain insights, a...

Namulauulu Alama Ieremia is a New Zealand rugby union coach and former international player for Western Samoa and New Zealand. Alama sits down and has a chat to Pat about life and rugby. Ieremia was born in Sinamoga, a suburb of Apia, Samoa. He was educated in Samoa at Addington Primary School in Christchurch, New Zealand and later at Samoa College. He returned to New Zealand in 1991 to study Geog...

Not all New Zealand/Pacific hero's wear Black jerseys, like our guest on Peter Leilua who works behind the curtain, inspiring and helping those in our community who need help and some guidance. An awesome conversation with a man willing to give up everything to make a difference deep within our communities, in todays environment where we are finding our leaders dishonest and corrupt...its good to...

Seumanutafa AP McCarthy of the Pacific Lockdown Support for Teens Podcast joins Pat to chat about life,Hollywood and the up coming local Elections when your votes need to be in by the 8th of October. An awesome conversation with a kindred soul doing amazing things in our Pacific community. Facebook/-Pacific Lockdown Support for Teens Policy. NZ/2020 Vote. NZ

Papali'i Fuiavailili Ala'ilima sits down with Jack to share his message and promote an upcoming Talanoa. Papali'i is a strong Christian, co-host of the hard hitting talk show Talanoa Sa'o and pro-life advocate. It's not Political, it's Biblical! 14th August 2022 6-8pm Living Stones Church 7-9 Mahunga Drive Mangere Bridge

Tino Jnr-Angela Poluleuligaga joins Pat and Jack to talk about rugby and life after playing. Another fascinating conversation with a Pacific community influencer and leader.

Jack and Pat are joined by basketball coach and mentor Josiah Maama. An awesome conversation with an articulate, knowledgeable, humble influencer in our Pacific community.

Pat is joined by Sir Bryan to have chat about rugby, family, The famous 1975 Eden Park Water test against Scotland, hard trainings ,Moana Pasifika, Ponsonby Rugby and much more. An amazing conversation with an inspirational leader in our community so good we had to make it in two parts. Here is part 2. Sir Tuifa’asisina Bryan George Williams KNZM MBE (born 3 October 1950) is a former New Zealand r...

Pat is joined by Sir Bryan to have chat about rugby, family, school, South Africa in the early 70s and life. An amazing conversation with an inspirational leader in our community so good we had to make it in two parts. Here is part one. Sir Tuifa’asisina Bryan George Williams KNZM MBE (born 3 October 1950) is a former New Zealand rugby union footballer All Black and former coach of the Samoan nati...

50 Episodes, 600K+ views, 45 amazing guest, 46 hours of awesome conversation. Thank you for listening and watching, appreciate the support and love from our community. All love No hate! https://www.facebook.com/DenrickProductions/videos/515416163585540

Jack and Pat are joined by 2 x Gallaher Shield (Auckland Premier Rugby) winning Ponsonby Rugby Club Premier Coach Pete Leulusoo . A fascinating conversation with a man of many talents and interests.

Jack and Pat are joined by the multi talented Michel Mulipola, an influential Pacific Artist and Professional NZ/Samoan Wrestler. An awesome conversation with an unique and fascinating individual, who states its ok to be different, use those differences and make a living from them.

In this episode Rua Puia talks about the devastating effects of losing a loved one to suicide and how it tore a community and his family apart with grief and sadness. In 1994 Rua's brother Darryl committed suicide in the back yard of his family home, Rua was the one to find him. Rua also talks about dealing his battles with leukaemia and depression.

Jack and pat are joined by Uelese Mua a head chef at one of Auckland's Top Bar and Restaurants Euro Bar. Uelese talks about his journey to becoming a Chef, his time in France and much much more.

Jack and Pat catch up with Joe Faga a Pacific multimedia guru. We have a chat about Joe's past jobs working for the government his experience in media and the influence he had on Pat as a Photographer.

Jack joins the team at Talanoa Sa'o (Straight Talk) with Leao Tildsley, Fuiavailili Ala'ilima & Elliot Ikilei. A fascinating conversation discussing s27 (cultural) reports, white privilege and much more.  Talanoa Sa'o can be seen on APNA Channel 36 on Freeview TV Thursdays NZST 7 pm. Or watch at: https://www.facebook.com/watch/103933925071104/258692678968757/

Jack and Pat this time host Isaiah Kalava and Camz Schuster from Back of the 135 Podcast; a popular and informative podcast based out of Ranui, West Auckland and, part of a powerful network of podcasts from the Weswes Network. These 13 podcasts also capture conversations with inspiring and influential Māori and Pacific people. A true 'long' conversation touching on cultural identity, 'cancel cultu...

Jack and Pat are joined by the multi-talented TJ Taotua who is an Auckland based singer-songwriter and guitarist. His music is classified as R'n'B, Soul, Jazz fusion and gospel music TJ Taotua has been singing for 18 years, we cover his early life in Porirua, working with Sir Michael Jones and playing alongside the great Jerry Collins. Another fascinating conversation with someone in our community...

Jack and Pat are joined by Leao Tildsley and Elliot Ikilei from Talanoa Sa'o - a Christain, conversation talk show on the APNA Network, Freeview Channel 36. A critical conversation covering how Critical Race Theory, Gender Theory and the COVID Vaccine is affecting us all in New Zealand today. Be sure to read the following documents to understand how these topics are being used in the New Zealand E...

Jack and Pat are joined by Tony Farr the National Sales Manager at Sanitarium NZ. Tony talks about the corporate world and being able to survive in it as a Samoan/Chinese person. We cover racism in the workplace, Sonny Bill Williams retirement, the Samoan Elections, Moana Pasifika and much much more.

Jack and Pat are joined by the lead singer of the hugely successful NZ Tongan Reggae band Three Houses Down. Charlie covers the origins of the band, his talented son making waves worldwide; General Fiyah, what it's like to perform in front of 120,000 fans, The Rock Dwayne Johnson, Charlie's dad and much much more.  Follow Charlie and Three Houses Down on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/threeho...

Pat and Jack join Cam and Ice from the Back of the 135 Podcast for an awesome conversation about current events movies and a full range of topics of interest to the four horsemen of NZ Pacific podcasts. Back of the 135 Podcast is a popular and informative podcast based out of Ranui, West Auckland and, part of a powerful network of podcasts from the Weswes Network. These 13 podcasts also capture co...

Jack and Pat are joined by the multi-talented Ramsey Tomokino who talks about his journey as the head coach for Manu Sina. His coaching journey with Auckland Club Suburbs, MAGs and much more. Another fascinating conversation with someone trying to make a difference in our community and abroad.

In the first Podcast for 2021, Pat and Jack discuss some current events and what has been happening around the world and at home.

In this catch-up episode, Pat is joined by Paepaetele Geoff Muliaga Brown who after talking about his Covid-19 journey relives his time with the Toa Samoa Rugby League team. See #22 for the first part of this insightful conversation.