How Lisette Reymer became an accidental war correspondent
Award-winning journalist Lisette Reymer is Stuff’s senior correspondent and author of No, I Don’t Get Danger Money. Lisette spent three years as Newshub’s Europe Correspondent - and it’s fair to say ...
26 Okt 20251h 9min
Teacher and writer Sara Qasem on being Palestinian and living with grief after losing her father in the March 15 terror attacks
Sara Qasem is a Palestinian teacher and writer who immigrated to Aotearoa at a young age and is now based in Ōtautahi. In 2019, Sara lost her father, Abdelfattah, who was killed at the Al Noor Mosque...
19 Okt 20251h 32min
Veteran activist Tāme Iti on racism, te reo Māori, protesting, and how art saved his life
For more than five decades, Tāme Iti has been at the forefront of the pursuit of Māori rights in Aotearoa. From being silenced from speaking te reo as a child, to finding strength in protest and tack...
12 Okt 20251h 27min
Jon Bridges on the rising distrust in the media, being a middle-aged man in lycra, and the correct use of an apostrophe
I hope Jon Bridges takes this the right way when he reads it - he’s genuinely one of the good guys in New Zealand media. With a television career spanning more than three decades, the comedian-turned...
5 Okt 20251h 17min
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
Today’s guest shares an incredible story of never giving up on what you love. Rebecca Nelson is practically on speaking terms with King Charles, having wowed him with her singing voice five times. M...
28 Sep 202551min
Slingshot founder Annette Presley on helping young women, ambition, Telecom battles and the cost of success
This week, we meet tech entrepreneur and philanthropist Annette Presley. Annette started her first business at 24, co-founded one of New Zealand’s earliest internet providers, Slingshot, took on Tele...
21 Sep 202559min
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
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 ...
14 Sep 20251h 26min
Dame Jacinda Ardern on leadership, religion, kindness, the state of the world, and Rhythm and Vines
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 ...
7 Sep 202557min
