This short podcast comes from my full conversation with 2022 high jump gold medalist, Hamish Kerr.

Hamish is New Zealand’s greatest ever high jumper.  Last year he became the first ever NZ man to make it to the high jump finals at the Olympics, leaving Tokyo with a top 10 finish.  And a few months ago, he won a commonwealth games gold with a jump of 2 metres and 25cm (bloody high).

If you like this and want to hear more from Hamish, feel free to subscribe,download, etc.

Thanks,  Dom.

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Hamish Kerr is New Zealand’s greatest ever high jumper.

Last year he became the first ever NZ man to make it to the high jump finals at the Olympics, leaving Tokyo with a top 10 finish

And a few months ago, he won a commonwealth games gold with a jump of two metres and 25cm- probably about the height of your ceiling.

In this conversation we learn alot about high jumping.  We also chat about his terrible anxiety before the Olympics which came on after he went to a meet in Australia and “no heighted” (this means he failed all 3 of his jumps at the starting height (you learn something new every day!)  Its not all high jumping and running though.  As we do in every episode, we get to know much much more about the guy behind the gold medal and black singlet. 

Really hope ya like it.

Dom

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Hamish Kerr is New Zealand’s greatest ever high jumper.

Last year he became the first ever NZ man to make it to the high jump finals at the Olympics, leaving Tokyo with a top 10 finish

And a few months ago, he won a commonwealth games gold with a jump of two metres and 25cm.  Just let that sink in for a second.  Its probably about the height of your ceiling.

In this tease clip taken from the full conversation, Hamish talks about the confidence crisis he suffered right before the Olympic Games last year, where he went to a meet in Australia and “no heighted” (this means he failed all 3 of his jumps at the starting height (you learn something new every day!)

Hope ya like it.

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Jesse Tuke won Celebrity Treasure Island and $100,000 for his favourite charity, Live Ocean.

Inga the winger was signed up to be on the show.  The former All Black superstar made it as far as the pre-filming stage where Jesse and the other cast members got to rub shoulders with him for around a week before he fell ill and returned home.

Inga passed away shortly after that.  Making Jesse and the other Celebrity Treasure Island cast some of the last people to see him alive.

In this bite size clip, taken from my full conversation with Jesse, he talks about that experience and the impact Inga had on him and the others.

If you like this, feel free to listen to the full episode.

Dom

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I caught up with Jesse Tuke fresh from his win on Celebrity Treasure Island.  It was filmed at the beginning of this year so he has been sitting on this $100,000 secret for months!

As well as chatting about his reality TV experience we talk about life in the shadow of a famous brother (Blair Tuke), being one of the last people to see “Inga the Winger” before he passed away, coping with being the “villain” on a reality TV show, his relationship with running and much much more.

Thanks for listening.  Really hope you like this episode.

Dom

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Last wednesday night on TV2 in New Zealand, Jesse Tuke won Celebrity Treasure Island and $100,000 for his favourite charity.

It doesn't matter if you watched the show or not.  We do chat about the behind-the-scenes of reality TV a bit but we cover a heap of other stuff as well:

Life in the shadow of a famous brother (Blair Tuke)

Being one of the last people to see “Inga the Winger” before he passed away,

Coping with being the “villain” on a reality TV show.

His relationship with running and much much more.

If you subscribe right here, right now, it'll be on your phone when you wake up on Monday morning.

Also, you can WATCH the episode on You Tube.  Just search "Dom Harvey" and it will take you to it.

Dom

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This episode first came out back in June this year.

Today in New Zealand it is "Gumboot Friday."  A fundraising day created by Mike kings I Am Hope organisation. 

The conversation with Mike King is an episode I still get a constant stream of positve feedback about. 

If you are new to the podcast, or you missed this episode when I first released it, you should definiterly put it on your list.  Its very informative, with lots of mental health advice, but its also bloody funny.

And to donate to gumboot friday, text BOOTS to 469 for an instant $3 donation

Dom

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In August 2017, Nick Ashhill was 81 punishing days into his run from one side of America to the other- LA to NY- doing around 50k every day.

He didn’t finish the run though.  He was the victim of what he reckons was a deliberate hit and run accident from some meth head in a pick up truck that left him fighting for his life.

16 surgeries and 5 years later, Nick went back to the spot of his accident to finish what he started. 

This is definitely one for the running nerds.  But I reckon its also just a pretty interesting story about an ordinary kiwi whose done some pretty extraordinary stuff despite some serious big hurdles to overcome. 

Really hope you guys like this episode.

Dom

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In August 2017, Nick Ashhill was 81 punishing days into his run from one side of America to the other- LA to NY.

He didn’t finish the run though.  He was the victim of what he is certain was a deliberate hit and run from some meth-head in a pick-up truck (my words, not his) accident that left him fighting for his life.

16 surgeries and 5 years later, Nick went back to the spot of his accident to finish what he started. 

He’s done some other pretty epic organised events too- like the Comrades ultramarathon in South Africa and the marathon de Sables stage race in the Morroccon desert.

This is definitely one for the running nerds.  But I reckon its also just a pretty interesting story about an ordinary kiwi whose done some pretty extraordinary stuff despite some serious big hurdles to overcome. 

If this clip sounds like a bit of you.  Subscribe and it'll be delivered to your device early Monday AM.

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This bite size snippet comes from my full conversation with the legnedary Joseph Sullivan.  Think of this as sort of like a trailer for a TV series on Netflix.  If you like this, maybe check out the full conversation when you have the time.

After winning an Olympic gold medal for rowing in 2012 Joseph Sullivan found himself lost and in a bleak mental head space after he was pretty much shafted by rowing NZ, the organization and sport he had devoted a large chunk of his life to.

In this clip, he talks about how he ended up finding his purpose again by joining the NZ fire service.

Joseph is still a fire-fighter.  And has also gone on to win two Americas Cup’s as a grinder for Team New Zealand.

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