Kiwi Talkz

Spoke with former 1Outs Battle Rap Champion Traser about his battle against Allenzo, the battle rap scene, his writing process as well as Hamilton and things around the area.

1Outs Battle Rap Scene Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/user/oneoutsaklnzofficial Vimeo - https://vimeo.com/user70005919 Instagram - @1outsnz Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/538099143010610/

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00:22 - How Traser Got Into Battle Rap 01:17 - Trasers Audition Rap 02:08 - Trasers First Battle In Front Of A 1Outs Crowd 03:04 - Driving Up To Auckland For Each Battle 04:41 - Organising A Battle Rap Event In Hamilton 05:52 - How Traser Writes His Bars 08:16 - Battle Rap Being A Performance 09:19 - Memory 09:50 - Traser Choking With Raw Thawt 12:11 - PFAK Being So Good 13:59 - Trasers Battle With Allenzo 15:31 - Evolution Of 1Outs 16:36 - Damasgus 17:13 - Trasers Battle With Stash/Writing For A Title Vs Non Title Battle 19:32 - Battle Rap & Rapping On Beats Are A Different Art Form 21:09 - Trasers Favourite Battle 22:11 - Dr Apocalypse 23:49 - Trying To Write Complex Material Without It Going Over Peoples Heads 24:35 - Writing A Punchline You Think Will Pop And Then It Doesn’t 25:43 - How The Crowd Affects A Battle 26:25 - Having More Than The Christian Angle Is Hard Against B Team 27:05 - JP80’s Body Of VIV 28:09 - JP80 29:32 - How The B Team Prep 31:32 - The B Team Are The Top 3 Battle Rappers 32:05 - Traser Wants To Battle JP80, Clue & Billz 33:30 - Traser Getting Into The Zone Before A Battle 34:11 - Billz Had Line Of The Night At STFU2 35:04 - Going Between Music & Battle Rap 36:17 - Big Boozy 36:54 - Ryan Lovins/T13 37:28 - Not Much Of A Hip Hop Scene In Hamilton 37:52 - Reece Learning About Politics From Political Guests 39:04 - Hamilton Is A Good Central Location 39:26 - Hamilton To Auckland Train 41:16 - Integrated Rail Network 41:37 - The Busyness Of Reece Doing Kiwi Talks 42:34 - Why Reece Started Kiwi Talkz 44:35 - Reece Trying To Get Dlar On 45:18 - Kelvyn Eglinton 46:05 - Reece Contacting People To Get On 47:16 - Kiwi Talkz A Great Platform For Politicians/Being Objective 49:02 - Your Views Are Shaped By Your Environment 49:51 - India 51:22 - How White People Are Viewed In India 52:30 - Different Cultures Dating Each Other Is Hard 53:39 - Auckland Vs Hamilton 56:03 - Hamilton Will Change A lot Over The Next Decade 56:54 - Ruakura Inland Port 58:13 - Some Battle Rappers Are Extremely Intelligent 58:45 - Reece Wants To Help Out Dlar & 1Outs 59:33 - 1Outs Is Still Underground 1:00:37 - B Team Don’t Use Cuss Words 1:01:02 - Reeces Marketing Tip For 1Outs 1:01:43 - TVNZ’s advertising Of 1Outs 1:02:41 - Xceed 1:03:50 - Xceed Rubbing Stormforce’s Sister Pic On His Balls 1:06:21 - On Camera Not Being What A Person Is Really Like 1:07:55 - Dlar When He’s Online Is Different To How He Is In Real Life 1:09:26 - Dlars Beefs 1:11:13 - How To Contact Traser 1:11:52 - Traser Spits A Verse

Spoke with former 1Outs Battle Rap Champion Traser about his battle against Allenzo, the battle rap scene, his writing process as well as Hamilton and things around the area.

1Outs Battle Rap Scene

00:22 - How Traser Got Into Battle Rap

Spoke with well know Hamilton Real Estate Agent and Local LinkedIn Event Organiser Daniel Hopper.

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00:30 - How Daniel Got Into Real Estate

Spoke with well know Hamilton Real Estate Agent and Local LinkedIn Event Organiser Daniel Hopper.

TIMESTAMPS LinkedIn - Daniel Hopper Website LinkedIn - https://brandyourselfbetter.com/linkedinlocal-hamilton

00:30 - How Daniel Got Into Real Estate 02:34 - Real Estate 8 Week Course/What You Learn 03:55 - People Getting Ripped Off In Real Estate/Reality Of Commission 05:26 - Competitiveness Of Real Estate/Split Of Commission 08:48 - Duration Of Looking For A House/Reece’s Experience 09:22- Good House In Bad Neighbourhood Vs Bad House In Good Neighbourhood 10:44 - Rototuna/Flagstaff 11:47 - What You Can Get For Under 400K In Hamilton 13:10 - Real Estate.co.nz Website 14:50 - Hamilton To Auckland Corridor/Hamilton Rapidly Growing 16:01 - Traffic Congestion In Tauranga 16:33 - Amalgamation/Cambridge Becoming Part Of Hamilton/Tamahere 18:48 - Cambridge 20:04 - Taupo 20:30 - Daniel Prefers Selling Family Homes As Opposed To Investment Properties 21:37 - Appraisal Of A House 23:40 - Accuracy Of Homes.Co.Nz 25:35 - What Adds Value To A House 26:18 - Avoiding Paying For Permits 29:17 - What Investors Look For When Buying A House 32:00 - Marketing Vs Sales/ 34:45 - Sales People Are Annoying 36:31 - Evolution Of LinkedIn 38:15 - How Daniel Got Big On LinkedIn 41:30 - LinkedIn Is Great For Marketing 42:35 - LinkedIn Local/Narcissism On LinkedIn 44:28 - Algorithm Of LinkedIn/Tagging People 47:36 - Daniel Doesn’t Really Use Other Social Media 49:35 - Daniel Mentors Students At Winter 50:19 - Organising One LinkedIn Local Event 56:07 - Unable To Make Money Out Of LinkedIn Local 57:00 - How Daniel Got Into LinkedIn Local 1:02:00 - Other Cities Struggling With LinkedIn Local 1:05:08 - Different Venues Where Daniel Has Held LinkedIn 1:05:50 - Basketball 1:06:43 - Carlos Hicks/MMA 1:07:20 - Prof. Holly Thorpe/Olympics 1:08:25 - How To Contact Daniel Hopper 1:09:05 - How To Register For LinkedIn Local Events/Guests For Nov 13th 2019 Event

Spoke with 2018 King In The Ring Winner Carlos Hicks about his climb in MMA, training at City Kickboxing with Eugene Bareman and Israel Adesanya as well as his time in Fiji, China and Mental Health

SOCIAL MEDIA

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00:35 - How Carlos Got Into Kickboxing

Spoke with 2018 King In The Ring Winner Carlos Hicks about his climb in MMA, training at City Kickboxing with Eugene Bareman and Israel Adesanya as well as his time in Fiji, China and Mental Health

SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook -https://www.facebook.com/losflyingfijian/ Instagram - @itsjustlosc

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00:35 - How Carlos Got Into Kickboxing 07:01 - Psychological Side Of Fighting/Being Knocked Out For The First Time 11:18 - Brutality Of MMA 12:35 - Training With Eugene Bareman 15:00 - Moving Up To Auckland To Train Permanently With Eugene 17:45 - Driving To Auckland 18:48 - MMA Guys Being One Big Family/NZ Brings Out The Best Of Fighters 20:25 - Lack Of Funding/NZ Media Exposure In MMA 21:27 - Embracing The Darkness Of MMA 22:48 - Carlos’ Training 24:20 - Carlos Inspired By The Young Guys 24:25 - Carlos’ Fitness Regime 25:53 - Auckland Training & Traffic 26:51 - Balancing Work & Training 28:37 - Carlos Learning From Jiu Jitsu Guys 31:00 - Carlos’ Nutrition/Eating Habits 35:40 - Winning King In The Ring/Fijian Support 37:02 - China/Working In China 38:52 - Training Kids In China 40:13 - We Chat App 40:47 - Internet A Necessary Resource These Days 41:40 - Fiji 42:33 - NZ’s Relaxed Culture Vs Other Developed Countries 44:55 - Fitting In Family Time With Work & Training/Auckland Traffic 46:00 - Public Transport Vs Auckland 46:39 - Carlos’ Vlog 47:41 - Carlos’ Starting A Podcast/Frenemies Podcast 48:41 - Kiwi Talkz Inspired By Joe Rogan 49:57 - Anonymouz/NZ Hip Hop 50:42 - 1Outs/Battle Rap/Carlos Writes Rhymes & Songs 52:43 - Reece Entering Battle Rap 53:07 - Tall Poppy Syndrome/Israel Adesanya 55:54 - Getting Punched In The Face/Worst Place To Get Hit 57:04 - Next UFC Event Being Held In NZ 57:48 - Carlos’ 2 Year Plan/MMA Is A Short Career 58:18 - Carlos’ Plan After MMA/Carlos Being Champ 59:30 - Dealing With Fame/Haterz 1:03:13 - People Talking Shit About What They Would Do In MMA 1:05:15 - People Mistaking Israel’s Confidence As Arrogance 1:06:21 - Israel’s Opening Dance 1:07:43 - UFC Loving Fighters Self Promotion/Trash Talk 1:08:55 - What Carlos Does In His Spare Time 1:09:48 - Comedians 1:10:54 - Mental Health/Depression 1:12:00 - Stigma Of Men Considered Weak For Being Depressed 1:12:55 - Combating Depression With A Close Community/White Families 1:14:30 - Social Media 1:16:16 - Society Pressures 1:17:27 - Being Happy With Yourself/Confidence 1:19:06 - Not Expecting Your Partner To Fill A Void 1:20:00 - Surrounding Yourself With Positive People 1:21:56 - Eating Healthy & Exercising Helps Your Mental State 1:22:33 - Drinking Culture In NZ 1:25:01 - Carlos’ Destiny 1:25:57 - Carlos’ Inner Circle/True Friends 1:27:22 - Appreciating NZTravelling Changing A Persons Perspective 1:30:01 - Helping People In A Depressed State 1:32:00 - Internet A Double Edged Sword/Kiwi Talkz Can Help People 1:33:13 - NZ Is Different To The Rest Of The World 1:34:21 - Reece & Carlos Eat Scorched Almonds 1:35:06 - Where To Follow Carlos

Spoke with the Chief Executive of Momentum Waikato about what Momentum Waikato is and does as well his previous work in Mining in Indonesia and City Growth Manager for Hamilton City Council

Website

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00:34 - What Momentum Waikato Is

Spoke with the Chief Executive of Momentum Waikato about what Momentum Waikato is and does as well his previous work in Mining in Indonesia and City Growth Manager for Hamilton City Council

Website https://momentumwaikato.nz/

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00:34 - What Momentum Waikato Is 05:33 - Different Funds Of Momentum Waikato/How They Work 09:05 - Where Funds Are Invested 10:21 - Amalgamation/Different Parties Being Involved/Payroll Giving 12:46 - Momentum Waikato Usually Does Endowment Fund/Examples 13:52 - How They Decide Who Gets Funds 16:24 - Addressing Gap Between Rich And Poor 17:40 - Changing The Mindset Of People Who Don’t Want To Help Themselves 19:25 - Housing/Affordable Housing 24:15 - Community Land Trust 25:39 - Building Up Instead Of Out 27:35 - Red Tape/Height Restrictions And What Causes Greater Cost 31:08 - Consent Process During Kelvyn’s Tenure In Mining 33:32 - Housing Part II 35:32 - Kelvyn’s Time As Hamilton Councils Growth Manager 36:04 - Consent Process In Indonesia Vs NZ/Jakarta Regulation 38:14 - Indonesia Nationalism And Problems It Caused 39:58 - Regulation In NZ/Amalgamation In Regional NZ 40:54 - Public Transport In Waikato 44:09 - Auckland To Hamilton Corridor 45:34 - Momentum Waikato’s Work With The Council 48:28 - Kelvyn’s Work Experience/Corporate Sector 50:45 - Earthquakes 51:40 - People Disputing The Waikato Regional Theatre 57:10 - Rhododendron Lawn 57:41 - Waikato Regional Theatre Timeline 1:02:37 - Waikato Regional Theatre Design 1:04:17 - Hamilton Properties Limited 1:06:34 - Hamilton CBD’s Potential 1:07:44 - How To Get The Word Out About Momentum Waikato 1:08:50 - Transformation Of Farming In Waipa/Organic Products 1:10:30 - NZ’s Quality In Food Compared To Other Countries 1:11:39 - NZ Tourism/Taihape/Paying For Nature 1:14:16 - Auckland Vs Regional New Zealand 1:16:33 - NZ Greetings 1:17:57 - How To Get Involved With Momentum Waikato

Spoke with Writing and Communications Trainer Shelly Davies about how to improve your writing and training as well as other topics such as Maori, Profanity, Racism and more

WEBSITE www.shellydavies.co.nz

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01:27 - How Shelly Got Into Writing 02:47 - Hapu Trust Board/Document of RMA 03:39 - Written Document That Was Easy To Read 04:50 - Being Handed A Business 05:54 - Plain Language 06:44 - Why We Write Different To How We Speak 07:59 - Untraining People To Write Differently From Spoken Word/Examples 10:04 - Finding The Balance To Write Professionally But Simple 10:33 - Shelly’s Website/Errors 12:38 - Active & Passive Sentence Structure 14:48 - Shelly’s Marketing/Brand 17:08 - Plain Language Not Taught In Universities 19:13 - Grammar Nazi’s/Modern English 21:41 - Differences Between Te Reo Maori & English 24:53 - Difference In Languages/Mistranslation & Communication 25:50 - Communication 27:58 - Shelly’s Critical Eye 29:00 - Apostrophe Errors 31:13 - Plain Language Comes Across More Professional 31:45 - Writing Emails 32:13 - CV’s 34:10 - Automation 35:35 - Writing Worse Now Because Of Automation & Social Media 36:47 - Handwriting 37:33 - Shelly Plays A Game With Reece 39:05 - Profanity 41:00 - Profanity In Shelly’s Brand 42:55 - The Pros Of Profanity According To Studies 43:58 - When Profanity Is Bad 44:53 - Shelly’s Book “Good Shit I’ve Learned” 46:57 - Shelly’s Second Book “Engaging With Maori For Success In Business” 47:31 - The Idea For Shelly’s Second Book 49:02 - Having Inter Generation View Of Maori 51:17 - Misperceptions Of Maori/Shelly’s Views On Maori 52:18 - Colonisation Of Maori Still Has Ongoing Impacts 53:48 - Racism/Defence Mechanisms 55:46 - Shelly’s Moko/People Thinking Shelly’s White 57:40 - White Privilege/Multicultural Society 59:07 - Different Reactions To Shelly’s Moko 1:01:35 - America 1:03:41 - Differences Between America & NZ 1:05:09 - Empowerment For Women/Social Media Being Fake 1:07:31 - Reece Tries To Be Respectful On The Podcast/Maturity 1:10:26 - Gratitude Journal/Being Happy 1:12:11 - Counselling Sessions 1:13:16 - Ted Talks/Speeches Different To Speaking 1:14:17 - Shelly Focusing More On Speaking Gigs 1:15:00 - How To Contact Shelly

Spoke with Writing and Communications Trainer Shelly Davies about how to improve your writing and training as well as other topics such as Maori, Profanity, Racism and more

WEBSITE

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01:27 - How Shelly Got Into Writing