Epich Aotearoa - Create a Better Future!

In this conversation, we get to know more about Jared Tuoro. Jared is the owner of a company called Mana-Mind whereby he looks to help former Maori & Pasifika athletes get into careers through tech & helping tech companies create an exciting environment to recruit and retain Maori and Pasifika talent. In that regard, Jared is a former professional rugby player (whose career was cut short through injury), worked as a development officer and coach for Scotland Rugby and the New Zealand Rugby Union. He recalls being at New Zealand Rugby HQ in Wellington during the 2015 RWC final and feeling afterwards that there is something more. This was the start of his current journey…..

In this episode, we talk through these six topics…

1. Rugby - His desire, his career, his aspirations and then...

2. Transition - Career ending injury - How injury curtailed a promising professional rugby journey...

3. Depression - And how he struggled to cope with that lose of identity...

4. Intuition - Realising that listening to his inner voice can help him do what he really wants to do..

5. Jumping into Business - How scary, challenging and exciting that can be...

6. Discovering true self -  Which is the start of self discovery

And so much more…

So come join us - this is an amazing korero! #LeshGo

Kia Ora Koutou, Hello Everyone,

A privileged opportunity to spend some time with one of Aotearoa New Zealand's most notable voices and faces across radio and television - The one and only - Neil Waka.

During our conversation Neil shares some of his personal experiences growing up with a Military Father, competing in representative sports including rugby union, league and basketball as well as competing and becoming the North Island kickboxing champion.

He shares his insights and thought process around his aspirations to go from radio broadcasting into television. He acknowledges his experiences and journey over more than 30yrs combined across the airwaves and television and the challenges he faced, including racism and leaving the industry with the intent to never return.

Neil provides inspiring and thought provoking advice on moving towards challenges and things that cause you to fear and/or doubt yourself. Maintaining appreciation for yourself and others regardless of your situation. Working in senior executive roles within international organisations and his return to television after 10 years away - Plus so much more.

Ladies and Gentlemen - Aotearoa New Zealand - You're invited to tune in or download this episode. There is something for everyone.

This is part 2 of the conversation I had with Shelley (Shellz) Rongo where she continues to share her journey, learnings, ups and downs in the crypto currency space.

A powerful conversation with Tim Tipene who IS the definition of 'breaking the cycle'! Tim has been there and back and Brian was privileged to have an amazing chat with him. Tim is an award winning author, a martial artist, a family man and founder of the The Warrior Kids program. Tim has written numerous books (with his latest being 'White Moko') and has an immense love for kids and helping them feel safe and empowered (something which he didn't really experience as a youngest growing up). In this conversation, we covered these six topics...

1. Breaking the cycle

2. Shattering projections

3. Making a difference

4. Living with the effects of childhood trauma

5. The benefits of therapy

6. Keep moving forward

This interview is raw and very, very real and we are privileged to help share Tim's story...we invite you to listen, hear the story but feel the love! #LeshGo

Joe Hotai and Brian Osman review the podcasting journey so far, the pitfalls, the highs and the lows and the funny and not so funny bits to interviewing for Epich Aotearoa. We acknowledge all who we've interviewed so far and to those in the future...this is episode 10!

An amazing conversation with tech entrepreneur AJ Sahni based in Auckland, New Zealand. Six years ago, AJ founded a company called PICWA and now does work with clients around the world. He and his team provide solutions to problems or opportunities that organisations may not have the skillset or capacity to tackle. AJ has a number of patents to his name and is a keen podcaster (WayForward). In this interview, Brian has the privilege of learning about...

....And so much more! Come join us on this incredible journey ....

An amazing interview with the one and only Anita Vaafusuaga who, despite being in the warehouse game for many years, saw an opportunity to branch out, create her own successful company at 55 years of age and really focus on the customer AND our youth! An incredible journey of potential seen, nurtured and realised. In this conversation, these six topics are ones that sparked the most joy..

What more can we say - come join us, listen and #LeshGo!

Jeremy was born and bred in Brisbane, Australia and moved back to New Zealand when he was just 17 to learn te reo and to immerse himself in te ao Maori. His was a journey of discovery, learning and challenges. Now at the tender age of 34, he is a family man, director of te reo, tikanga (customs) and mātauranga (knowledge) for Ngāti Kahungunu Iwi Incorporated. He is a government-certified translator, represents the east coast tribes of Te Tairāwhiti in the government’s Māori language revitalisation strategy and directs cultural-renewal initiatives for Ngāti Kahungunu, the iwi on his mother’s side—along with running a kōhanga reo with his wife.

In this conversation with Jeremy, Joe explores what drove Jeremy to learn more about his tipuna, his heritage and his passion for learning te reo and the challenges along the way. This is a compelling story of drive and that innate desire to connect!

Come join us - #LeshGo!

Michael Chiappa is the Founder and director of Mike's Fitness, a health and fitness lifestyle coach and a family man. A former soldier, this conversation with Mike looks to explore these five topics (and much, much more)!

1. Why loving what you do matters?

2. How to overcome excuses so they don’t hold us back from reaching our goals

3. Mike’s path into health and wellness and some of his challenges he faced moving into this industry after coming from the military

4. What he’s learned about himself from his clients

5. His interesting view as he took on his most challenging client

Mike Chiappa can be reached via email [email protected] and he can be found at https://www.facebook.com/flexfitnesshastings/posts/welcoming-our-new-pt-mike-chiappa-mike-has-25-years-experience-working-in-the-fi/1407701712714698/