Kiwi Yarns

Today’s guest is the incredibly talented DJ, producer, broadcaster, Aroha Harawira.She regularly headlines big festivals and opens for international acts, and is currently living in Melbourne. Aroha has for a long time been a well-respected voice within the media industry, and a staunch advocate for equality for women working in music.

A warning: This episode discusses mental health, suicide and bipolar disorder.Today’s guest is a wonderful young man by the name of Oscar McCallion. In a few days, Oscar will be running 57km - and he’s running that far to raise $20,000 for the I am Hope charity. And, he’s running it in memory of his Mum, who at 57 years young, took her own life after a long battle with bipolar disorder.Oscar's kōrero is so important, and he is just such a remarkable young man.If you want to donate to "Scrambled Legs on Hope" here's the link:https://givealittle.co.nz/fundraiser/httpswwwinstagramcomoscar-mccallion

Today’s guest is the absolutely fabulous Cassie Roma.If someone asked me what Cassie does, I would answer it with “well, she does everything and she can do anything”. She’s a digital marketer, a social media expert and consultant, a public speaker, and she’s been her kick-arse self on the TV on The Apprentice Aotearoa, and more recently Celebrity Treasure Island.She's such a wonderful person to engage with, I love her!

Today’s guest is Dr Lucy Hone - a truly remarkable woman who is a renowned global expert on resilience, a best-selling author and, she delivered one of the most popular Ted Talks in 2020. Lucy is the Director of the New Zealand Institute of Wellbeing & Resilience. I had the privilege of seeing her speak a year ago at the Westpac Women of Influence Breakfast, and I have been wanting to chat to her on this podcast ever since. Fair to say, she did NOT disappoint!

Today’s guest is a young rugby player turned singer-songwriter from Ōtautahi Christchurch. His name is Sam Heselwood and he draws inspiration from the likes of Ed Sheeran and Lewis Capaldi. He’s just released an EP called Bloodline which takes us on an intimate journey through his life.His voice is ABSOLUTELY stunning and Bloodline is available on all streaming services now!

Today’s guest is Polly Markus - aka Miss Polly’s Kitchen - a wonderful young woman who has not long released her first cookbook For the Love of Eating. Polly is a real estate agent, but her love and talent for all things food really took on a whole new life when she started posting delicious recipes on Instagram at the time when we were all stuck at home in lockdown (you’ll remember it no doubt!), searching for things to do. I absolutely love hearing a success story that comes from a pretty challenging time, and Polly's story is awesome!

Today’s guest is the extremely talented and clever Nadine Higgins.An award winning journalist, Nadine's list of achievements would most definitely not fit on a one page CV.She’s graced our screens as a respected TV presenter and broadcaster for many years, but has more recently stepped into an amazing new role as a Financial Advisor and director at Enable.me. 

Today’s guest is actually an Australian chap called Harry Jowsey. But I first met Harry when he was living in New Zealand, when he was filming the reality show Heartbreak Island. Now, he's living in LA has made quite the name for himself. After a much bigger Netflix audience saw the cheeky Aussie on Too Hot To Handle, he blew up on social media, and has paved a successful career for himself continuing work with Netflix, he hosts podcasts, he has 4.3 million followers on Instagram, 4.8 million on TikTok AND he’s made a fair bit of coin on OnlyFans. But as we’ll hear, there are some more things Harry’s starting to focus on.

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!

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 kind, and has some fascinating stories to share.