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.
Latest Episode
Nude Paul, Yacht Paul, Gin Paul, The Chase Paul, Breakfast Paul, Palm Springs Paul: Get to know who Paul Henry really is (23.11.2025)
Previous Episodes
- Claire Turnbull on burnout, food battles and taking back control of our brains (aka GET OFF YOUR SCREENS!)
- From 'useless' to unstoppable: René Heyde’s remarkable journey from trauma to Commonwealth Games glory - and beyond
- Portia Woodman-Wickliffe on RWC heartbreak, why the Black Ferns are so special, and what life after rugby might hold - from hairdressing to midwifery and babies
- How Lisette Reymer became an accidental war correspondent
- Teacher and writer Sara Qasem on being Palestinian and living with grief after losing her father in the March 15 terror attacks
- Veteran activist Tāme Iti on racism, te reo Māori, protesting, and how art saved his life
- Jon Bridges on the rising distrust in the media, being a middle-aged man in lycra, and the correct use of an apostrophe
- Rebecca Nelson: from street busking to singing for King Charles and being shoulder-tapped by the Navy - and the All Black who thought she was miming
- Slingshot founder Annette Presley on helping young women, ambition, Telecom battles and the cost of success
- 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
- Dame Jacinda Ardern on leadership, religion, kindness, the state of the world, and Rhythm and Vines
- Meet Val Smith – New Zealand’s most-capped athlete and two-time lawn bowls world champion
- Trailblazing drum and bass artist MC Tali on how her fighting spirit drives her past all the people who say no: 'Proving people wrong has always been satisfying'
- Dame Julie Christie: 37 years of TV, from reality shows to documentaries, and the power of never taking ‘no’ for an answer
- Somatic sexologist Morgan Penn is on a mission to educate about consent - and shares the deeply personal reason why
- Country music queen Tami Neilson on carrying both joy and sorrow, touring with Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan, and music vs politics
- Guy Montgomery on cracking Australia, the terror of success, making spelling bees funny, and Sex and the City 2
- Outward Bound CEO Malindi MacLean is 'obsessed' with getting kids offline and outdoors. Hear how she plans to do it.
- EJ Barnes on growing up with 'freak of nature' dad Jimmy Barnes, finding her own voice, and working with Phil Rudd
- Russel Norman: Why he'd rather fight for the planet than hope, neoliberalism, and the attack on democracy
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The Mike Hosking Breakfast
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Unfiltered With Dave Letele
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The British Food History Podcast
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The Basement Yard
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Dudes Behind the Foods with Tim Chantarangsu and David So
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No Parental Guidance
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The Rise and Fall of ...
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The Infinite Monkey Cage
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Breakfast Ashburton with Luke Howden
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Lives Less Ordinary
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Lucy Wow: STEM Stories for Kids Who Love Inventing
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Strong Message Here
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The Wine News in 5
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Stalked
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Beginner Spanish with Spanish Obsessed
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Tape Notes
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The Four Top: Wine News and Culture
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AA Grapevine's Podcast
