Kiwi Yarns
Kiwi Yarns
Welcome to Kiwi Yarns - those yarns you have where you sit down, put the kettle on, pour a whiskey or crack open a beer I honestly don‘t mind. Anyway! We‘re sitting down and we’re yarning to some great New Zealanders, their back stories, their front stories, even stories where they went sideways, we will go there. It’s a place where we celebrate the great people of this glorious nation.Social links:
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Brooke Francis + Lucy Spoors
Today’s guests are Olympic silver medal rowing mums, Lucy Spoors and Brooke Francis. The two have come together to race in the double sculls and have their sights set on gold in Paris. What’s really cool, is Lucy and Brooke are not only world class professional athletes, they’re world class profes…
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Daniel Rankin - Man Can Cook!
Today’s guest is Man Can Cook - a man, who coincidently, can cook ridiculously delicious food. He does this with his Pug, Fraser. Daniel Rankin’s cooking videos draw you in because he’s always dressed up or Fraser the pug is always dressed up and there’s food being cooked, and Fraser is so well-be…
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Genevieve Mora
Today’s guest is the Co-Founder and General Manager of Voices of Hope, Genevieve Mora. Genevieve is a remarkable young woman who spends a massive chunk of her life, her time, and her energy sharing her story because Voices of Hope believes in the power of sharing your lived experience to create po…
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Chelsea Roper - SheBuildsBro
Today’s guest is part of a very very small group of women here in Aotearoa. Chelsea Roper - aka SheBuildsBro is a graphic designer turned carpenter - and makes up part of the 2.6 percent of tradies who are women. She got into a trade after she and her partner packed up and left Auckland for Quee…
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Emily Byrne
Today’s guest is someone at the helm of a brilliant student organisation we all know and love! The amazing mahi of the Student Volunteer Army has turned it into a nationally-recognised crisis response team, ever since thousands of students mobilised following the Christchurch Earthquakes. Emily By…
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Campbell Johnstone
Today’s guest is Campbell Johnstone. He is the first openly gay All Black - after making the decision to come out on national television last year. Since then, Campbell has become an amazing advocate for inclusion and diversity in sport. And, the title "first openly gay All Black" is one he's hap…
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Richard Hills
Today’s guest is in my opinion - one of the coolest local body politicians you will find. And yes I said cool and politician in the same sentence! Richard Hills has been on Auckland Council since 2016 - he became the youngest person on council and lord knows we need more young people in local gover…
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Karl Budge
Today’s guest is a man who knows a thing or two about putting a world class event on. Karl Budge is the man who made the ASB Classic a massive success, and an award-winning event, luring in massive names like Serena and Venus Williams. How he got them to come is absolutely fascinating! Karl played…
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Verity Johnson
Today’s guest is columnist, MC, public speaker and cabaret club vixen Verity Johnson - what an epic array of titles! Verity is an extremely talented writer whose funny, thought-provoking and relatable columns have seen her writing successfully for our biggest news organisations since she was 18 - …
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Sir John Kirwan
Today’s guest is a man I feel like it’s fair to say we all know and love - Sir John Kirwan. JK had a remarkable rugby career as a World Cup winning All Black, played rugby league for the Auckland Warriors, has been a respected international coach, and of course is a major figure in Aotearoa as a m…
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