Kiwi Yarns

Today’s guest is one of the best rugby players in the world. Portia Woodman-Wickliffe holds the record for most tries scored at Rugby World Cups - men and women.She has won two Rugby World Cups in the 15-a-side team.She’s an Olympic Gold medalist for the Sevens.In 2022, she scored her 200th try on the World Sevens Series, a history-making feat.And that's just scratching the surface - what about the fact she was a boss Netballer too???A great chat with a wonderfully inspirational woman.

Boy oh boy I’m excited for today’s episode. Joining me in the Brodie Kane Media studio is Somatic Sexologist, Pleasure Advocate, Sex Educator and host of the podcast Sex.Life - Morgan Penn.I'm lucky enough to call Morgan a friend, and she recently took a group of us out on what we called "Flirt School". She’s been on The Girls Uninterrupted podcast sharing her amazing knowledge, and she is SUCH a wealth of wonderfulness - I really wanted another kōrero with her so what better than on Kiwi Yarns.I have no doubt you'll feel Morgan's amazing energy by listening!

Today’s guest is a hilariously brilliant young Kiwi carving out a career for herself across the ditch.Luisa Dal Din has been a radio producer here in Aotearoa and over in Australia, most recently for Fitzy and Wippa. But Lu always had dreams of having her own show.And recently she made the brave and awesome decision to go out on her own. She now co-hosts the very successful We Mean Well Podcast, and is bloody funny on Instagram and TikTok, because she relentlessly takes the piss out of herself, and is still good at navigating what you’re allowed to take the piss out of in general too!

The countdown is well and truly on!!We are less than a month away from one of the biggest sporting moments in this country’s history.The FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 will be hosted here and in Australia from July 20 and I cannot wait! How exciting for us to be involved in the continued rise in women’s sport.Today’s guest is Malia Steinmeitz of our Football Ferns - picked to be one of the stars of the tournament.Her story is proudly brought to you by the FIFA Women's World Cup.Go to www.FIFA.com/tickets and make sure you are part of sporting history!

Today’s guest is an absolute weapon of an athlete. Dougal Allan is a Coast to Coast rockstar, winning the Longest Day twice, and making the podium nine times.Then, this year, he goes and pivots in quite the opposite direction - and is now staring down the barrel of an America’s Cup with Team New Zealand. You see, Dougal has been picked to be a cyclor on the team when they defend the cup in Barcelona next year. It's unreal!Dougal is a CurraNZ athlete, and CurraNZ are proudly bringing you Dougal’s story today.CurraNZ is a 100% natural sports and health superfood supplement made from New Zealand blackcurrants. I’ve been trying it for the past couple of months and I have genuinely noticed it’s aided my running recovery really well. If you use BRODIE at www.curranz.co.nz you’ll get a 20% discount on your first purchase on their 30 cap pack so give it a nudge.!

Today’s guest is a highly decorated police officer - and although Ross Pinkham retired from the force eleven years ago, he was one of the most experienced and high-profile provincial detectives.A massive 42 years dedicated to New Zealand Police - which included David Bain’s retrial, NZ police investigator during the Bali Bombings, and arresting one of the country’s most wanted criminals and prison escapee Bryan Curtis in the Philippines in 2002 (that's a yarn right out of the movies).Although retired from police work - he’s an advisor and the water truck driver at Rhythm and Vines - the festival his son Hamish runs.Ross is a great example of making the most of every day and being grateful for it all.

Today’s guest recently swapped the corporate life for the cowshed - and she couldn’t be happier. Lauren Randall has spent the bulk of her career in the events industry and didn’t have a rural bone in her body. But, she met her partner, donned some gumboots and now she has dreams to own her own dairy herd.Her story today is proudly brought to you by Dairy NZ. Their GoDairy Campaign is designed to engage young Kiwis as well as women like Lauren who are looking for a fresh start, a new career in the dairy sector which is more than just milking cows.Check out GoDairy.co.nz to find out more!

Today’s guest is James Luck. But it’s also Elektra Shock. You see, James Luck has danced all over the world with people like Sia, Jessie J and Little Mix. Elektra Shock has featured on RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under and House of Drag. And, James AND Elektra were judges on the 2022 season of Dancing with the Stars…So let's hear both their stories! This is every bit as fabulous as I expected...

Today’s guest is the ultra marathon swimmer Jono Ridler.Now if you're wondering, ultra-marathon swimming generally means a 20 kilometre or greater swim. In other words a really really long swim.Well, Jono has just absolutely blown that out of the water (I’m not apologising for that pun) and swum 99.1 kilometres across the Hauraki Gulf. It’s the longest solo-unassisted open-water swim in New Zealand history.And, he didn’t do it for the accolades or for the record books, he did it to raise awareness of the dire state the Hauraki Gulf is in. Quite an extreme way to get a point across but he nailed the assignment!

Today’s guest is the super talented and bloody funny Steven Fernandez. He's an editor, a journalist, a stylist, a creative director, a producer, a publicist, and he's based in New York. If little black books were still a thing I reckon Steven’s would have some HUGE names in it (actually he showed me, he's got Kris Jenner's number).He’s been responsible for getting some of the biggest stars on the cover of Remix Magazine - we’re talking Naomi Campbell, Hayley Bieber, and just recently Ashley Graham.It's great to hear from a Kiwi who's absolutely smashing it overseas - we love to see it!