Powtearoa - The NZ Blood Bowl Podcast

Just in time for Matariki its Powtearoa episode 59! In this episode Toffer and Trickey are joined by friend of the show, and recent tournament winner, Owen! The Sunday 7s happened. the second 7s event of 2026 (soon to be more) and Owen is here to tell us all about it. We also need to mention that Waikato has gone from 0 to hero over the last few years with a league, a 7s event, a made up ranking s...

Kia Ora Powtearoa Listeners The Capital Shield has happened. 96 coaches! 96!! By far the largest tournament ever to take place in Aotearoa New Zealand. And our own Welshy and Trickey were there. So, in this episode, we hear from Trickey. What was his team, who did he play, what did he drink? we find out it all. And to help get Trickey to tell us the details we have drafted in the TO and all round...

Kia Ora and welcome once again to Powtearoa - The New Zealand Blood Bowl Podcast This episode Trickey takes the lead with his usual helpers indisposed. But he is in great company nonetheless. Mushoomy joins the team once again alongside first time guest Rammit! Loads has been happening. First we hear about their escapades in the most recent Ōtepoti Bowl and that is followed by further tournament f...

Well Kia Ora everyone. Great to have you here. Episode 56! We have two guests with us to look at what is happening in terms of online Blood Bowl play here in our little southern corner of the planet. Mike is here to tell us about our BB3 leagues and tournaments and Ramchop is back with us as our FUMBBL commissioner. We have two key leagues/tournaments for BB3, Cloudy Isles and the Jandal Cup. Mean...

Kia Ora Blood Bowl fans! We're back once again. Talking about High Elves...once again. But we have more info this time!! Sadly, no friends of the show this episode. Just the same old voices. So sit back and listen to Trickey, Welshy and Toffer waffle on about Prince Morons favourite friends as the new Helf stats have been released (well mostly). We also discuss a few recent tournaments from your f...

We're Back! its been a couple of months but the hiatus is over and Powtearoa bounces back with a boom. High Elves! We don't know much but we will tell you what we think anyway. Leagues are underway we bring you the current status (that we know of) around the nation. Then there have been a few tournaments already this year. One Day in Wanaka, Haughty Chalice and we had representatives at Cancon in...

As the year draws to a close the assembled choir of Welshy, Toffer, Josh and James settle down by the fire. Clad in their finest Christmas patterned singlets and sipping on mulled Steinlager the discussion begins. What a year! This episode we look back at a huge year for NZ Blood Bowl with one eye on the upcoming 2026 season. What were the high points in NZ Blood Bowl this year and who/what should...

We are back once again everyone! Another high quality Powtearoa adventure! This episode we are joined by master Blood Bowl coach Bobsol who, along with Mushy, has travelled to Aussie to wrestle the Pav back to NZ. Bobsol joins us from his penthouse suite in sunny Melbourne. Did they get the Pav back at Big V? Lets find out together. Arlo joins us from the equally sunny Hawkes Bay where he recently...

Kia Ora Aotearoa Blood Bowl fans This episode Trickey and Welshy are joined by returning friend of the show Cannonfodder and finally get a chance to discuss the new edition! What's ot all about. what do we think of the teams, the skills and the changes? Cannonfodder is also here to tell us about the recent Wintersea tournament in The Garden City. One of the last tournaments of the year. And we fin...

Chur people Hot on the heels of our ASC episode we managed to gather the troops and record again! We felt it important to hear from the other event that ran parallel alongside the ASC. The Greenstone Cup! The oldest BB Tournament in Oceania, The Greenstone cup is in its 21st year and took place at the same time, in the same building so think of this episode as a continuation of the previous one. R...

Well if you thought 10,000 listeners was big, you haven't heard our 50th episode yet! Another bumper one this time. The Ausbowl State Championships! A meeting of all our Australsian provinces for a weekend of team based gaming with one team taking out the top spot. Running concurrently with the Greenstone Cup (which will be the subject of our 51st episode) a multitude of Aussies descended on Missi...

Kia Ora Powtearoa Listeners Thanks again for the 10,000 listens!! This episode Welshy and Toffer are joined by Lord_Vortigern and Muckboot because all four of us recently attended the inaugural Powtearoa Squad Spectacular at the fantastic Cashmere Club in Christchurch. Jesse did an amazing job getting this event together and 8 squads of 3 managed to attend including a squad of coaches from Aussie!...

Kia Ora everyone Firstly. Thanks to everyone who donated to Grudge at the Crater! An amazing outcome for an amazing cause. This episode, we have Jesse from Christchurch with us again to talk about what is happening in their two massive leagues this year. They do things a little different down there as it makes it easier when dealing with large numbers and people who want different things from a le...

Mānawatia a Matariki Coaches Welcome back to another episode of Powtearoa - The New Zealand Blood Bowl Podcast! This episode we head to our biggest city to see what is happening with our Auckland coaches. No Trickey this time as he is globetrotting. But, Welshy and Toffer are joined by Mahuika (James) and Makahli (Benjamin) from Auckland to tell us all about it. 11 Auckland coaches recently visite...

Kia Ora Coaches Colossal in the Capital! Towering in te whanganui a tara! A Wellington Whoppa!! Aotearoa's biggest tournament ever was last weekend and we had roving reporters on the ground as it all happened. 57 coaches battled it out over 5 fantastic games of Blood Bowl and this episode we hear from some of those who were there. Toffer and Trickey are joined by the organiser of everything the am...

Kia Ora Blood Bowl fans In this episode, We are joined by special guest CannonFodder to dive into all the action from the recent Ōtepoti Bowl in Dunedin! From standout plays to surprise upsets, they break down the highlights, share behind-the-scenes stories, and give well deserved shoutouts to the coaches who made it another fantastic NZ tournament to remember. Whether you were...

Kia Ora everyone! Just in time for Otepoti Bowl in Dunedin its Powtearoa - The New Zealand Blood Bowl Podcast episode 44!! This episode we were unable to recruit a Haughty Chalice attendee so we make a valiant attempt to go through the outcome ourselves. Congratulations to all the winners. Then we go through our current top Blood Bowlers according to the NAF data and Elo scores. Who are our BB Sup...

Kia Ora Blood Bowl Coaches galore! this episode we are joined by our own NAF rep Claymore who is with us to help us better understand the role of the NAF in NZ Blood Bowl. We all know what the NAF is but what role can it play in our lovely little corner of the planet? Also Trickey returns to us from his trip to the north (everything is north of Dunedin). Did he win all the prizes at the Otautahi 7...

Kia Ora Powtearoa listener(s) episode 42 -- our second of 2025 -- picks up on some of the tings we forgot/ran out of time/expertise on last episode. Mainly what happened in Palmerston North this year? This episode Rob joins the list of people who keep us informed on the annual Stubbl Bowl outcomes and this year was its biggest turn out yet! Trickey also takes the time to tell us what happened at t...

Kia Ora Blood Bowlers Welcome back to your semi-regular update on the goings on here in Aotearoa/New Zealand This week we have Jesse and Gil joining us with exciting news about a new tournament that is going to be happening at the end of August this year. The Powtearoa Squad Spectacular. Ausbowl fans will be aware of the format but basically its a bit like PPC but the squads don't have to be regio...

ngā mihi o te tau hou Happy New Year from all of us here in the Powtearoa offices! We are back! Been a slow turn around on this one which has made our Christmas break a week longer than we intended. Sorry Anyway, here we are in the year 2025. What will it bring for us here in the NZ Blood Bowl community? who knows? well we know some things but not all of them. So join Welshy, Trickey and Toffer as...

Josh Yig is a wonder! That's right everyone, we're back with one more final last minute end of year episode! You thought it couldn't happen. Well it did and Josh is the reason. So, a big thanks to him as guest editor for this special extended episode. Joining Welshy and Trickey this episode are Hutchi, Mahuika and the aforementioned Josh Yig who all attended the recent Powtearoa Provincial Champio...

Kia Ora Blood Bowl coaches, managers, players and fans Its a big one this time everyone. Sorry but our editing gnomes just couldn't get it any shorter than this! They have been admonished and had their badgers confiscated. This is a full look at all 40 of the teams being taken to the Powtearoa Provincial Champs? Gil and Jesse join us to see who could take the top spot. 10 teams of 4 will enter the...

Kia ora Coaches. A bumper episode this time. We are kindly joined by friends of the show Arlo and James who both attended the recent tournament in Napier. But first we finally get round to discussing the arrival of the new GW Chaos Dwarf team and roster. Do we like them? What do we like if we do like? What if we don't like? Will anyone care? Do we care? No, we will talk about it all anyway! We als...

Kia Ora Blood Bowl Coaches It was only a matter of time and that time is now. James Cardno (Mahuika) joins us this episode to discuss the recent Greenstone Cup in Auckland. Luckily, Maria (Saku) joins us too and between us we manage to keep Mr Cardno under control. So join us as we take a gentle stroll through the suburbs of the City of Sails and find out what happened at our NZ Major tournament....