Dominic Ona-Ariki is a Cook Island Maori New Zealand actor who has starred in the films Gary of the Pacific, Jonah and Savage.  He has recently played the lead role in the TVNZ crime mystery series One Lane Bridge.  We chat to Dominic about life as an actor, behind the scenes of One Lane Bridge, Black lives matter, Covid Lockdown and movies we grew up with.

To celebrate the end of Samoan Language Week the boys from the WesWes Network asked the uso Fa'asalaiai Veve Kelly Seumanu to come into the studio and have a chat with us about our Samoan culture in Aganu'u Fa'asamoa.  We discuss the protocols practiced among the Samoan village chiefs (Matai) in language, history and how the culture has or can evolve in our modern times.  

Don't know about you but for us three working Mummas by the end of the week (sometimes not even mid week) we just need to WINE-DOWN …. oh I mean WIND-DOWN! What better than to combine both! We pour ourselves a glass of wine or three and talanoa, vent, discuss and deliberate about current haps both personal and public.  Here is our Samoan/Euro flavoured podcast recipe ….

Ingredients: Friends, Wine, Issues, Open mind

Recipe: Mix all ingredients together with no script, no measurements and no limits

Result: Your guess is as good as mine but we always tend to feel better at the end of it.

In this episode we discuss topics of growing up afakasi, church tithing and the Samoan language.

Its the last week of the Covid-19 lockdown here in New Zealand and so the boys from the Back of the 135 bus are on Skype talking about the Instagram battle between RnB producer and song writers Teddy Riley and Babyface.  Tune in as the boys give their opinions to some of the song choices going up against one another. 

Now that Radio Sport is no more, the boys on the Back of the 135 can fill that gap!  The uso Stace is here to host the latest Rugby Union installment of the podcast bringing you a segment we call "The Counter Ruck".  Roger and Joey join Stace to give us the Super Rugby season review before the Covid-19 Lockdown in New Zealand and discuss all 5 NZ Super teams, The Blues, Chiefs, Hurricanes, Crusaders and Highlanders as well as touching on both Australia and South Africa Conferences.....be safe, stay home, 135

Eyez, cAMz, Danz, Stace and Tana are taking the 135 bus down memory lane to revisit one of their favourite childhood movies.  Today the boys look into the 1985 Arnold Schwarzenegger action movie flick Commando.  

Hello and welcome back on the 135 bus during this Covid-19 Lockdown of New Zealand.  The boys cAMz, Eyez and Stace are here to talk all things 5G Towers and Coronavirus conspiracy theories and why YOU should not be listening to anything "fake news" has to offer.  This was a random recording taking from a Skype call we had to discuss how to proceed with the podcast under these times of crisis and ended up being a deep conversation so have a listen to what we had to say and enjoy.....135