On this episode of Between Two Beers we’re rewinding the clock back to April of 2022 when we sat down with Jack Tame. Jack is journalism’s Swiss Army Knife – a guy that does it all. He’s been a Breakfast host, a 6pm news reader, he hosts one of NZ’s biggest radio shows on Newstalk ZB, is a columnist for the NZ Herald, has moderated live election debates, now hosts TVNZ’s Q and A and has seen more, and experienced more of the world – than any 36-year-old we know. In this episode we talk about how...
Oct 01, 2023•2 hr 1 min
On this episode of Between Two Beers we talk to Steve Price. Steve is a legend of rugby league on both sides of the Tasman. In Australia he played 222 games for the Bulldogs and 16 for Australia before moving to New Zealand in 2005 to captain the Warriors. Steve’s impact on New Zealand transcended rugby league where he racked up 91 caps for the Warriors across four years, but also opened a supermarket in Waipu, coached rugby league at Mt Albert Grammar school and became a pillar of his community...
Sep 24, 2023•1 hr 49 min•Ep. 143
Steve and Seamus discuss why Steve hired a hubby, is sweet chilli sauce is acceptable to add to nachoes, reflections on Chris Wood, Hamish Pinkham and the Chatham Cup final and tease some upcoming guests. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 20, 2023•25 min
On this episode of Between Two Beers we talk to Chris Wood. Chris is one of New Zealand’s best football players of all time, with over 200 English Premier League appearances and more than 50 goals. In 2022 he became the EPL’s most expensive 30-year-old in Premier League history when his move from Burnley to Newcastle cost $NZD 50 million. At the start of this year he joined Nottingham Forrest where he currently plays, along with the All Whites – where he’s captain, leading all time goal scorer a...
Sep 17, 2023•1 hr 50 min•Ep. 142
On this episode of Between Two Beers we talk to Hamish Pinkham. Hamish is a lawyer, entrepreneur and musician, but is best known for being the co-founder and director of Rhythm and Vines - New Zealand's premier live music festival. In 2003 Hamish and his two roommates at the University of Otago decided to host a party for their friends in a Gisborne vinyard. The story of what’s happened since then is quite remarkable. In this episode we talk through the 21-year journey of R and V highs and lows,...
Sep 10, 2023•1 hr 44 min•Ep. 141
Steve shares his concerns ahead of his vasectomy, the guys reflect on recent episodes with Russell Packer and Sarai Bareman and Seamus going viral in Fiji, and answer listener questions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 06, 2023•22 min
On this episode of Between Two Beers we talk to Russell Packer. Russell is a former rugby league player who played for the Warriors, Tigers, Dragons and Kiwis across a 13-year professional career in the NRL. After retiring from league two years ago, Russell returned to NZ with his family and is now a businessman, leading a property development project in his hometown of Foxton. Russell’s footy career was divided by one major incident. In 2013 he was sentenced to two years in prison for assaultin...
Sep 03, 2023•1 hr 39 min•Ep. 140
On this episode of Between Two Beers we talk to Sarai Bareman. Sarai is one of the most powerful, and influential women in world sport. She has been FIFA’s chief women’s football officer since 2016, when the role was first created. Her mandate included doubling the sport's global female player base from 30 million to 60 million and she's ultimately responsible for all levels of the game – from grassroots through to elite international competition – across 200 countries. Quite a big gig. In this ...
Aug 27, 2023•2 hr 1 min•Ep. 139
Steve and Seamus reflect on New Zealand's biggest low key legends, their favourite moments from the women's World Cup, Mikie Havoc and Jeremy Wells, and take an ADHD test. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 23, 2023•17 min
On this episode of Between Two Beers we talk to Dean Lonergan. Dean is one of New Zealand’s biggest and best events promoters. The many credits to his name include David Tua v Shane Cameron, Fight For Life, Joseph Parker, the Auckland nines, Manny Pacqiou v Jeff Horne and many, many more. He was also a former professional rugby league player with the Canberra Raiders and the Kiwis, before he retired at 26 and did breakfast radio in New Zealand for over a decade. There’s a lot to unpack in the li...
Aug 20, 2023•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 138
On this episode of Between Two Beers we talk to Sonia Gray. Sonia is one of New Zealand’s best-known faces, most recognisable for being the Lotto presenter for the last 15 years. But she's much more than that; she’s a model, actress and writer who’s starred in shows like Xena: Warrior Princess, Shortland Street, Wheel of Fortune and Young Hercules and she’s acted in Sione’s Wedding, Love Birds and the Netflix film The Royal Treatment. Most recently, Sonia has turned her attention to helping othe...
Aug 13, 2023•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 137
On this episode of Hambassadors, Steve and Seamus work through all of the most annoying things they say, they reflect on a week of public speaking and episodes with Duane Dalton and Josh Komen, why Fletch and Vaughan broke the record for most swear words on an episode and answer your questions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Aug 08, 2023•25 min
On this episode of Between Two Beers we talk to Josh Komen. Before I start with the bio, can I just say – stick with this one. It’s one of the most powerful stories we’ve ever told. At the age of 23 Josh was one of the fastest runners in New Zealand. Then, in a blink of an eye, he became one of the sickest. Josh was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia not once, but twice. This diagnosis took him on a 10 year battle of deep depression, an allogeneic stem cell transplant, being put into a coma, ...
Aug 06, 2023•2 hr 1 min•Ep. 136
On this episode of Between Two Beers we talk to Madeline Sami. Madeleine is one of New Zealand’s funniest, and most prolific, comedic talents. She’s an actor, musician, comedian, writer and director, who you might have seen as the star of Box-office success the Breaker-Upperers, or her new show Deadloch, or as the host of the Great Kiwi Bake Off, or Shortland Street, or Super City or Sione’s Wedding....she’s done a lot – her IMDB page is ridiculous.. In this episode we talk about her weirdest jo...
Jul 30, 2023•1 hr 52 min•Ep. 135
On the latest episode of Hambassadors we chat about Steve getting scammed, our fashion wars, out celeb’ing Brodie Kane, and answer all of your burning questions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 25, 2023•29 min
On this episode of Between Two Beers we talk to Duane Dalton. Duane was a New Zealand surf lifesaving and sprint kayak rep who became the co-founder of the Pita Pit franchise in New Zealand. He was also married to Silver Ferns star Tania Dalton who tragically passed away from a brain aneurysm in 2017. In this episode we talk about the tricky early days with Pita Pit and how he brought it to NZ, the transition from PE teacher to business owner, his fairytale grassroots rugby story and the success...
Jul 23, 2023•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 134
On this episode of Between Two Beers, we’re rewinding the clock back to April of 2022 when we sat down with Josh Kronfeld. Josh is an All Blacks legend who played at two Rugby World Cups across 54 games for the All Blacks and was a cult hero in Dunedin, where he played over 100 games for Otago and the Highlanders. In this episode we talk about what it was really like to play with and against Jonah ,destroying his downstairs operation on the Crowd Goes Wild, how he avoided food poisoning at the 9...
Jul 16, 2023•1 hr 54 min
On this episode of Between Two Beers we talk to Steve Dunstan. Steve is the Brand Director and co-founder of Huffer, one of New Zealand’s most loved fashion brands. He started the company 26 years ago, as a 21-year old and has grown it into a multi-faceted business with 12 stores across New Zealand and one in Melbourne. In this episode we talk about the humble beginnings of the Huffer story, snowboard stunts and starring in million-dollar ads, sponsoring Hayley Holt and the Huffer House of Horro...
Jul 09, 2023•1 hr 49 min•Ep. 133
On this episode of Between Two Beers we talk to Jeremy Wells. Jeremy is one of New Zealand’s best and highest profile broadcasters. Five days a week he co-hosts the Matt and Jerry breakfast radio show on Hauraki, and Seven Sharp on TVNZ, and on weekends can often be heard commentating sport with the Alternative Commentary Collective. In this episode we talk about the opportunity cost of having such a busy work schedule, why getting expelled from school was the lowest point of his life, the magic...
Jul 02, 2023•1 hr 39 min•Ep. 132
BIG NEWS! The first episode of our new show ‘HAMBASSADORS’ is officially live! 🗣 Find out the aftermath of our Morgan Penn Sexologist episode, how we scored our Chris Cairns interview, why Steven is having so many kids… and a LOT more. Want us to cover anything else in our next episode? Let us know - our DMs are always open. 💌 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jun 27, 2023•23 min
On this episode of Between Two Beers we talk to Jordan Watson. You will likely know Jordan as How to Dad - one of New Zealand’s biggest social media stars, with his Youtube channel and Facebook account boasting a combined 3.5 million followers. It all started eight years ago when he sent a video demonstrating how to hold a baby to a soon-to-be-dad friend. Overnight the clip went viral, Watson ended up quitting his day job to focus on the How To Dad series, and has now racked up more than 172 mil...
Jun 25, 2023•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 131
On this episode of Between Two Beers we talk to Rebekah Stott. Stott is a Football Fern, who will be one of her side's most important players when they host the Women’s World Cup in NZ in July. Her professional football journey has been quite remarkable; ten different teams across four countries, two World Cups and two Olympics.. but her story transcends sport. In June 2020 Stott noticed a lump above her collarbone and soon after was diagnosed with Stage 3 Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a type of cancer th...
Jun 18, 2023•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 130
On this episode of Between Two Beers we talk to Izzy Whitley. Izzy is one of New Zealand’s most successful, self-made men under 30. He’s 28, has founded two businesses that do over $30 million a year in revenue and has the world at his feet. But things weren’t always so smooth. In this episode we work through his incredible rise; from his humble beginnings in Gisborne to leaving home at 16 and dropping out of uni. At the age of 21 he had lost his father to suicide, suffered two heart attacks him...
Jun 11, 2023•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 129
On this episode of Between Two Beers we talk to Tom Sainsbury. Tom is one of NZ’s most popular creative minds. He’s starred on TV shows like Wellington Paranormal, Shortland Street, and Educators, written over 50 plays, and is widely loved for his short-form comedy videos, where he satirises Kiwi characters. He’s also just dipped his feet in the podcast game – and in March released his true crime mockumentary Smalltown Scandal. In this episode we chart Tom’s rise from ‘Snapchat Guy’ to househoul...
Jun 04, 2023•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 128
On this episode of Between Two Beers we’re rewinding the clock back a year to when we sat down with Blair Tuke. Tuke is one of New Zealand’s most successful and best sportsmen. He’s won an Olympic gold medal and two silvers, two America’s Cups, six 49er World Championships and with teammate Peter Burling, was named NZ sports team of the year in 2017. In this episode we talk about his dubious hole-in-one on a par four in Arrowtown, why Tana Umaga, Christian Cullen and Dom Harvey stayed at his hou...
May 28, 2023•1 hr 53 min
On this episode of Between Two Beers we talk to Cori Gonzalez-Macuer. Cori is a Kiwi comedian who has been performing his unique brand of self-deprecating, observational and deadpan humour since 2003. He was one of the stars of Taika Waititi’s breakout comedy What We Do In The Shadows, a writer for Jono and Ben and Wellington Paranormal and a regular on 7 Days. He's won the Billy T James Award, performed his standup all over the world and is widely recognised as one of NZ’s best comedic minds. I...
May 21, 2023•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 127
On this episode of Between Two Beers we talk to Jono Riddler. Jono is the general manager of a Truck Transportation business in Auckland – and on the side does marathon swimming. Last week he set a new record for NZ’s longest swim, after making it to Campbell’s Bay on Auckland’s North Shore on Wednesday night after he set off from Aotea Great Barrier Island on Tuesday morning. Jono spent over 33 hours in the water and swum just short of 100kms, more than doubling his previous best ultra-marathon...
May 14, 2023•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 126
Fletch and Vaughan sit atop of the pyramid of radio personalities in New Zealand and are considered radio royalty in the country having worked together for 19 years across two major stations. Together with comedian Hayley Sproull, they currently host one of the country’s most popular radio shows on ZM, which is also repurposed as a podcast and downloaded nearly 500,000 times each month. Fletch is a guru on all things travel and cat-related; Vaughan is the loveable Dad of the team who spends his ...
May 07, 2023•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 125
On this episode of Between Two Beers we talk to Morgan Penn. Morgan is a somatic sexologist and was the star of the wildly popular podcast ‘The Trainee Sexologist’, and has just released her chart-topping new one called Sex.Life. After a 15-year career in radio, Morgan made the transition into sexology in 2019, and it’s been a pretty interesting ride since. Her job now is to help people find empowerment by reconnecting to their body and sexuality and to help people have mind blowing sex with the...
Apr 30, 2023•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 124
On this episode of Between Two Beers we talk to Mea Motu. Mea is a boxer with a 15-0 professional record and has accumulated New Zealand titles in lightweight, super-lightweight, featherweight and super-featherweight. She’s conquered NZ boxing and is now ready to take on the world. In this episode we talk about being the first woman to headline a Fight For LIfe fight night, juggling her five kids with her training, the power of Peach boxing and why an eight-year-old does most of her pad work, an...
Apr 23, 2023•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 123
