Kiwi Yarns

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!

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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!

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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!

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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. 

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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.

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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!

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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.

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Today is busy! We have three amazing guests - Melissa Hori, Stephanie Larnder and Simone Fernandes.

These three pals are bravely baring their souls in their new book: When Sex is Not Enough.

Each has a very different, very personal fertility journey. Steph, had endometriosis so bad she had to have a hysterectomy at 24. Melissa shares her IVF story, and Simone talks about still trying to have a child.

The aim of the book, and the women sharing their stories, is to help people feel less alone and supported in this space.

The book is out on the 6th September. https://www.whensexisnotenough.co.nz/

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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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Today’s guest is a brilliantly inspiring man - one guaranteed to always put a smile on your face.

Bevan James Eyles is one of the real OG trainers of Les Mills - sharing his passion and taking packed Christchurch classes since 1999.

He’s also a pretty outstanding triathlete, Ironman and runner. 

But he describes his younger self as a "dropkick" and shares a fascinating story of how he changed his life in his early twenties.

We talk about Bevan's new book I Will Make You Passionate About Exercise and I honestly reckon hearing him talk will be the motivation anyone needs to find the love for exercise - in whatever form it comes!

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