During lockdowns, the government has been quick to help ensure businesses can pay their staff and pay the bills but when your operational model is to raise funds a the beginning of the year and your costs increase during an outbreak, you face an uphill battle.  In this episode I talk with Community Waikato CEO Holly Snape about the challenges facing Not-For-Profit groups and pets in a lockdown.

You can view the video version of the interview here - https://youtu.be/-DrnxqCm_tA

Covid outbreaks cause a lot of damage to events and no event straddles the world between art and sport quite like Professional Wrestling!  In this episode, Paul talks to Heathen Combat's Michael Greene about the challenges lockdowns bring to an ever evolving event schedule.

Watch the video version of this interview here - https://youtu.be/_SeZURoVv9g

Tony Jackson Scholarship winner and Ironman athlete Dan Frost tells Paul about how the world changes when you suddenly can't undertake endurance training for an endurance event!

Check out the interview on Youtube here - https://youtu.be/YLYVBPQ88ro

In this episode Paul catches up with Hamilton West Labour MP, Dr Gaurav Sharma to discuss how covid restrictions have changed life in Parliament, how the voters of Hamilton are handling things and his perspective on the response as a medical Doctor.

You can watch the video of the interview here - https://youtu.be/rV-40mhYvVs

A professional swimmer, an Olympic Committee Refugee Ambassador and an Engineer in training - life is pretty full on for Eyad Masoud.  I sit down and talk to him about how lockdowns can change how he's had to recontextualise his training, the challenges lockdowns have when juggling so much his advice for staying positive!

You can watch the video of the interview here - https://youtu.be/N2Swq6yIFQU

Paul sits down and talks with broadcaster, minister and media chaplain, Rev Frank Ritchie about lockdowns, the stresses of doing too much, how media cope with stress and more.

You can watch the video of this interview here - https://youtu.be/JWa-zncfjRY