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Kiwi Yarns

Kiwi Yarns

By: Stuff | Brodie Kane Media
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 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.2024 Stuff | Brodie Kane Media Social Sciences
Episodes
  • Matt Watson’s painful epiphany that changed the course of his career - and what he’d do to overhaul New Zealand’s commercial fishing industry

    Matt Watson’s painful epiphany that changed the course of his career - and what he’d do to overhaul New Zealand’s commercial fishing industry
    Sep 14 2025
    Today’s guest is probably the most famous fisherman in all of Aotearoa. Matt Watson only ever wanted to fish, and the kid who used to drag his dinghy up a steep boat ramp for the hour-long walk home has turned his passion into a remarkable career. Matt is such a brilliant storyteller that you’ll be hooked on this one (see what I did there). But truly - what a guy!
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    1 hr and 26 mins
  • Dame Jacinda Ardern on leadership, religion, kindness, the state of the world, and Rhythm and Vines

    Dame Jacinda Ardern on leadership, religion, kindness, the state of the world, and Rhythm and Vines
    Sep 7 2025
    It's taken seven years of asking (I'm very patient), but I finally get to sit down with our 40th Prime Minister, Dame Jacinda Ardern. She's beaming in from the other side of the world, but we manage to squeeze in just under an hour to discuss her book, A Different Kind of Power, which is enjoying success across the globe. We discuss her leadership and having no regrets about departing when she did. Jacinda shares her insights into the state of the world right now, and why she believes empathy and kindness are more important than ever. Oh yeah – and that time she tripped over at Rhythm and Vines...
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    58 mins
  • Meet Val Smith – New Zealand’s most-capped athlete and two-time lawn bowls world champion

    Meet Val Smith – New Zealand’s most-capped athlete and two-time lawn bowls world champion
    Aug 31 2025
    When you talk about (or even Google) celebrated athletes in this country, rugby players usually come up first. But I want you to meet New Zealand’s most-capped athlete, who has played an astonishing 667 international matches for her country. She is Val Smith, one of New Zealand’s most successful lawn bowls athletes. She’s a two-time world champion and has another nine world championship medals to her name. She’s also one of the most wholesome interviews I’ve done in a while – guaranteed to warm the cockles of your heart!
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    1 hr and 13 mins
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