Paddy Gower’s TFN - The F#$%ing News

Mark Inman tells Paddy about his fundraising for a Whakaari tragedy memorial. Who's getting a tattoo of Paddy this week, and more importantly WHY? How hard would it be to get free period care products at your workplace? Paddy talks to the women who've achieved that at one of NZ's biggest companies. And Paddy finds out exactly what 'Incrediballs' are, and you'll wish YOU'd invented them. ### Paddy...

Paddy Gower talks to Mark Manson, the author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*k. He answers how can Kiwis give fewer F**ks? The one-armed tyre guy who has changed 30,000 tyres is a very very Good Kiwi. At US Election time, Paddy dares you to disagree that MMP makes New Zealand great. And Paddy says Goodnight Kiwi to young Meila. Plus, the small Kiwi company that's solving our food waste problem...

Paddy chats to White Ferns legend Suzie Bates on what it takes to win a Cricket World Cup, after failing and failing and failing. Meet the 'Yarnties" - a knitting group from Orewa that has donated over 3000 items THIS YEAR, to women and children escaping domestic abuse. Plus, move over Marmite and Vegemite... there's a new kiwi player on the 'mite' scene. To contact Paddy email paddy@tfn.co.nz Com...

All Black midfielder Anton Lienert-Brown talks to Paddy about the crippling anxiety he lives with. We meet the Kiwi woman who should be dead from Pancreatic cancer but has survived 97 rounds of chemotherapy. Yes, 97! And don't miss Paddy's yarn with Jono, the guy that pranked Prime Minister Christopher Luxon at the Auckland FC game at the weekend. To contact Paddy email paddy@tfn.co.nz Come and Se...

In the middle of the America’s Cup regatta, Paddy has one question - “what and why is a ‘Cyclor’?” So he interviews Emirates Team New Zealand cyclor Louis Crosby about suffering, fake uncles, and who is going to win the Cup. Paddy meets the Brainy Kiwi going global with technology that can predict your health future by using AI to analyse a routine eye exam.  Our Good Kiwi is the angel in Wellingt...

Paddy talks to Dame Lisa Carrington about her Te Reo journey and her creative process writing a children’s book. Femmi is a Kiwi app for women athletes that actually takes menstruation, pregnancy, contraception into account instead of ignoring it. Meet the Good Kiwi who, despite living with cancer, continues her incredible work feeding the homeless in suburban Auckland. And... Paddy accidentally c...

Hey everyone, Paddy here. Welcome to my new show which is all about bringing positivity into the news world. Our first TFN guest is Dai Henwood, who is facing terminal cancer with optimism. Dai has gotta be the most positive man in New Zealand right now! There's also a bunch of other good kiwis, great kiwis and brainy kiwis in this episode... enjoy your weekly dose of TFN. To contact Paddy email p...

The F#$%ing News flips the script on the news - short, upbeat, inspirational and f%$#ing good fun journalism with the nation’s favourite everyman reporter, Paddy Gower. TFN sees Paddy talking to Kiwis who are the good, the great and the brains of our nation.