Kiwi Yarns

Today’s guest is the co-captain of the 21-strong New Zealand Invictus Games team heading to Germany next month.

Staff Sergeant Bob Pearce is a former Intelligence Operator with both the British Army and New Zealand Army.

You'll hear how Bob is looking ahead to the Invictus Games to open a new chapter - 20 years after his good friend was killed in a blue on blue incident in Iraq by US Forces.

It's a pretty raw and open chat about dealing with PTSD - but Bob speaks so beautifully and you might need some tissues.

A warning - we will be discussing mental health and suicide.

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Today’s guest is one of the biggest TikTokers in New Zealand. Louis Davis has amassed 1.3 million followers on the social media app. And no, it’s not for doing little dances (although he and his daughter dance and it is super cute) - he has captured the hearts of his audience with his beautiful content featuring his daughter Anakiwa. But also for packing up, and moving back to where he grew up to focus on family life.

A lovely, wholesome, cup-filling kōrero.

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Today’s guest is Silver Fern number 162 - Storm Purvis. The talented netballer has now shifted her talents to the screen as a presenter on The Crowd Goes Wild, and Sky Sport.

She’s funny, she’s really cool and possibly her only fault is her dicky knees…

And, she lets us in on a massive announcement!

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Today’s guest is a former rugby league star-turned social media sensation. 

Johnny Tuivasa-Sheck can still side-step better than most, but he made a massive career decision to leave an NRL contract to go out on his own in the online world. And, it's paid off, because his positivity, hilarious skits and entertaining content has resulted in a HUGE following on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and YouTube.

The grand total? 1.8 MILLION across all platforms.

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I’m so looking forward to this kōrero with Theresa Gattung - a woman who smashed through the glass ceiling and became the first female CEO of an NZX-listed company - Telecom NZ at 37-years old.

She has held multiple roles with huge success - including co-founding My Food Bag.

But so much of Theresa’s mahi is centred around helping girls and women find their seat at the table - wherever that table may be and whatever that table might look like.

She's speaking at EQUALIZE - it's a free-entry equity discussion series in Aotearoa celebrating women in sport, business, culture, and society.

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Resharing this yarn because LANCE SAVALI.

I’ve been wanting to interview Lance Savali for AGES! He's a hard one to pin down, because you know, he's dancing his way around the world. Just to rattle off some low key performances: with Beyonce at Coachella, J-Lo at the Superbowl, Rihanna for Savage X Fenty - no big deal right?

And he does it all with a heart condition. Unreal. He's so cool. And he taught me a TikTok hahaha!

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Resharing this one because it's an incredible story!

What did you to celebrate your 40th birthday? Well Jo Kane (aka my Mum) decided that it would be the year she would swim the Cook Strait. It's an amazing story, considering she first set her sights on the notorious piece of water at age 16. Jo talks about the endurance training and mental toughness she built up over many years, and how she was able to turn around and complete the swim just weeks after a failed attempt. And yes, there's a shark in this story.

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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.

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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!

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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!

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