PODCASTS

#01 TELUSA VEAINU

Telusa Veainu is a current Professional Rugby player for the Leicester Tigers. Touted as a future All Black coming out of High School. In the space of five years, Veainu only played a handful of games for three Super Rugby sides, suffered a number of major injuries and by the middle of 2015 was considering joining the Police as he had no contracts on the table. Until he was thrown a lifeline… Read More

#05 BAILEY MES

Professional Netball player, Bailey Mes has experienced it all with a sporting career. In 2012, in what was called a ‘Shock Selection’, after an amazing trial, Mes her debut against South Africa. At one point in Bailey’s career, she had more games for the Silver Ferns than for the Northern Mystics. By 2018, she had over 40 caps for New Zealand, but after a disastrous display from the Silver Ferns at… Read More

#09 LUCY SPOORS

Lucy Spoors has dedicated her life to the sport of rowing since the age of 17 when shemoved up to Cambridge in her last year of High School and has never left.This was adecision that she has later regretted and wished she had enjoyed her time in Christchurch for longer before being fully committed to Professional Rowing. Spoor’s patience had been tested in her early years, with not being able to crack… Read More

#13 NATALIE HOGG

Dr. Natalie Hogg is a registered clinical psychologist and has a post-graduate diploma in clinical neuropsychology. Originally from Ireland, Hogg now is helping Wellington’s top sportspeople develop a performance mindset, increasing their mental strength and resilience so that they can achieve consistent quality performances. Currently the Lead Sports Psychologist for the High Performance unit at New Zealand Cricket, the… Read More

#17 JAMIE SIMMONDS

A strange combination of Gymnastics and Rugby were Simmonds chosen sports growing up, with the dream of one day representing the New Zealand Black Ferns Rugby team. This all changed in 2013, when after a few years of going out and partying a lot and just scraping through, Jamie’s mother decided she needed to get her life on the right track. She bought Jamie a six-week pass to a CrossFit gym in Dunedin, which set her life on a completely different path… Read More

#21 DEVON CONWAY

Devon Conway has taken International Cricket by storm and is set to be one of the Blackcaps key batsmen for the next few years. Conway is not an overnight success, at 29, he has always had the talent but had to find a way to through adversity to achieve his dream of playing at the highest level. Creating a growth mindset and learning to perform under pressure have been one of his keys to success. Listen to the amazing journey of Devon Conway and how he pushed himself to follow through on his aspirations.… Read More

#02 JIMMY NEESHAM

Jimmy Neesham scored a century on his Test debut for New Zealand at the age of 22. However, over the course of five years he had a number of setbacks, which included injuries, mixed performances, missed selections and losing contracts. Leading up to a "two-week break" from the game in the middle of a season. 2018 saw the start of the comeback journey and quickly found... Read More

#06 JEETAN PATEL

If you have followed Cricket in the last two decades you would of heard of the name, Jeetan Patel. Former New Zealand cricket player and who in 2019 retired from a near 20-year career with the Wellington Firebirds. Still playing for Warwickshire County Cricket team and newly appointed as England’s Spin Coach. Jeetan’s career is the definition of longevity and the pursuit of perfecting your... Read More

#10 ANDY MALONEY

Leading into the Rio Olympics, Maloney was in a tight head-to-head battle with Sam Meech, both competing for the one spot to represent New Zealand. Three events were to decide who was going to secure their ticket to the 2016 games and unfortunately for Maloney, one day of bad decisions on the water cost him his chance. Andy was completely devastated after spending eight years of his life… Read More

#14 KATE MCILROY

Kate Mcilroy has redefined the meaning of the word resilience, as her journey is full of adversity but her ability to pick herself up and still find a way to compete at the highest level is truly inspirational. A Mountain runner, turned Steeplechaser, turned Triathlete, turned Cyclists and now Mountain Biker, Kate has been non-stop for the past 20 years in elite sport. She is part of an exclusive group of female athletes who… Read More

#18 MARY FISHER

Mary Fisher is more than a swimmer who won two Gold Medals at the Paralympic Games. She is using her platform to make real change in her community and for the whole of New Zealand. Mary was born with the condition, Aniridia, in which she has no coloured iris surrounding her pupil. She only had 10% sight growing up but that didn’t stop her from competing in all sports, in particular Football. After losing all her sight when she became a teenager… Read More

#22 GARY KIRSTEN

Gary Kirsten is one of the most respected figures in world Cricket today. A ten year international playing career opening the batting for South Africa, known for his grit and resilience. After retirement, he started a Cricket academy where young players from all round the world go to improve their game. It is his head coaching jobs with the star-studded India and South Africa sides where he has made the most impact. Gary is a lifelong learner who shares the valuable lessons he has learnt along his journey.… Read More

#03 TOM WALSH

Tom Walsh is New Zealand’s greatest male shot putter, with a personal best of 22.90m, a national record and the fifth best throw of all time. Walsh has twice been named New Zealand Sportsman of the year. Tom struggled with jealousy early on, as the spotlight was on this Youtube sensation Jacko Gill, who was touted as being the next big thing in the Shot Put world. This envy… Read more

#07 RACHEL MCCANN

Rachel McCann had one goal in mind and that was to play for the Black Sticks as soon as possible. Peers around her were making their debuts for New Zealand and it took a few years to realize that she was on her own journey. McCann eventually made her debut for the Black Sticks and enjoyed a good run of games and started to feel more comfortable in the team. But then… Read More

#11 DILLON BOUCHER

Dillon Boucher is a New Zealand Basketball legend. He is the all-time leader in most games played in the New Zealand NBL with 409, which was accomplished over 24 seasons. He has won a combined 13 championships across the ANBL/NBL, which is the most in history. When you talk about service to a sport, Boucher has done it all, from player, to video analyst, to coach, to general manager and is still involved in a number… Read More

#15 JAMIE PREBBLE

He burst onto the International Ski Cross scene in 2015, posting a career best result with a sixth place finish at the Audi ski cross World Cup races in Are, Sweden. That same year the Canterbury raised athlete won the Snow Sports NZ Breakthrough Season Award. But the year ended in disappointment with being disqualified during the World Championships for a minor equipment setup offence. The 2017 World Championships… Read More

#19 GRANT ELLIOTT

Unknown in the New Zealand Cricket scene, Grant saw a clearer pathway to be able to live out his childhood dream of playing International Cricket. Between 2001-2007, Elliott was determined to make the most of every opportunity that came his way and eventually found a home in Wellington. When Grant qualified to be able to represent New Zealand, he was quickly picked to make his test debut. Elliott remembers not sleeping the night .. Read More

#23 JP DUMINY

“Acknowledging and accepting that there is going to be pressure… then the Action we take is a positive one based on what we know”. “When you are under pressure, you never have to do it alone on a Cricket field”. “We often associate who we are with what we do”. “I'm a Christain, I'm a father, I’m a Husband”. “One of the fundamentals of how I want to be, how I influence people positively”… Read More

#04 SUZIE BATES

Suzie Bates is arguably New Zealand’s greatest ever women’s cricketer. Making her International cricket debut at just 19, Bates has had an amazing career that is not finished yet. Rated amongst her peers as being one of the best teammates, Suzie leads by example on and off the field and exemplifies what being a Professional Athlete is all about. The most ODI runs… Read More

#08 JEREMY BROCKIE

Jeremy Brockie has been a Professional Footballer since the age of 17 years old. In his sixteen year career he has played for thirteen different professional football sides in three different continents, Brockie has experienced it all. A teenage prodigy, Brockie had the choice of five different A-League teams and the big lights of Sydney FC were too hard to turn down. This was a decision… Read More

#12 TODD ASTLE

For Professional Cricketer Todd Astle, the road to success has been filled with stories of getting knocked down and being able to pick himself up to keep pushing toward achieving his goals. Becoming Canterbury’s leading wicket taker and representing New Zealand as a leg-spinner was more than Astle could have dreamed of after getting dropped as an opening batsman in his early 20sThroughout Todd’s teenage years… Read More

#16 COLIN SLADE

He was determined to prove people wrong and change the narrative that he was this ‘injury prone’ player. After a disappointing few years with the Highlanders, Slade returned to the Crusaders and began to find his form, managing to put together two of his best years in the Super Rugby competition. The comeback was complete when he returned for the All Blacks in 2014 and was ice cool kicking the winning conversion… Read More

#20 AMELIARANNE & DAMIEN EKENASIO

For Silver Ferns Captain Ameliaranne Ekenasio, the journey of her Netball career has not been a smooth one. Born in Australia, Ekenasio had her first professional Netball contract soon after finishing high school for the Queensland Firebirds. But for four… Read More

#24 DALE STEYN

“I think about it everyday, I use social media to show who I am and what I love” “It’s a work in progress” “Don’t go over to that guy, he is a the angry guy (31:19) “I pretended a lot, the acting is done” “I was tired of being the angry guy, once I thought guys picked up on the fact I was actually nice guy, I was done” “Once that trump card was gone, I was done” (34:04) “That was tough being a dick” “The best thing of my life, is no one cares… Read More