Pats chats to his lifelong friend Willie Poching about his journey from Club rugby in New Zealand, to the NZ Warriors, NRL, Toa Samoa and finally to the UK where he become a star player in the UK Super League and eventually a Head coach at Wake

#56 - Intergenerational Success

Sep 23rd, 2023 1h 3m

Namulauulu Alama Ieremia is a New Zealand rugby union coach and former international player for Western Samoa and New Zealand.Alama sits down and has a chat to Pat about life and rugby. Ieremia was born in Sinamoga, a suburb of Apia, Samoa. He

#57 - Getting The Word Out!

Sep 23rd, 2023 36m 29s

Not all New Zealand/Pacific hero's wear Black jerseys, like our guest on Peter Leilua who works behind the curtain, inspiring and helping those in our community who need help and some guidance. An awesome conversation with a man willing to giv

#55 - A Voice For Change

Sep 17th, 2023 46m 52s

Seumanutafa AP McCarthy of the Pacific Lockdown Support for Teens Podcast joins Pat to chat about life,Hollywood and the up coming local Elections when your votes need to be in by the 8th of October. An awesome conversation with a kindred soul

#54 - Saying What They Won't

Aug 13th, 2022 33m 45s

Papali'i Fuiavailili Ala'ilima sits down with Jack to share his message and promote an upcoming Talanoa. Papali'i is a strong Christian, co-host of the hard hitting talk show Talanoa Sa'o and pro-life advocate.It's not Political, it's Biblical

#53 - Onfield And Off

Jul 3rd, 2022 43m 45s

Tino Jnr-Angela Poluleuligaga joins Pat and Jack to talk about rugby and life after playing. Another fascinating conversation with a Pacific community influencer and leader.

#52 - Time To Raise!

Jun 20th, 2022 46m 48s

Jack and Pat are joined by basketball coach and mentor Josiah Maama. An awesome conversation with an articulate, knowledgeable, humble influencer in our Pacific community.

#51 - Always A Role Model (Part 2)

May 25th, 2022 26m 13s

Pat is joined by Sir Bryan to have chat about rugby, family, The famous 1975 Eden Park Water test against Scotland, hard trainings ,Moana Pasifika, Ponsonby Rugby and much more.An amazing conversation with an inspirational leader in our commun

#51 - Always A Role Model (Part 1)

May 23rd, 2022 28m 12s

Pat is joined by Sir Bryan to have chat about rugby, family, school, South Africa in the early 70s and life.An amazing conversation with an inspirational leader in our community so good we had to make it in two parts.Here is part one.Sir Tuif

#50 - 50 Not Out!

May 11th, 2022 31m 40s

50 Episodes, 600K+ views, 45 amazing guest, 46 hours of awesome conversation.Thank you for listening and watching, appreciate the support and love from our community. All love No hate!https://www.facebook.com/DenrickProductions/videos/5154161

#49 - Behaviours Matching Values

Apr 24th, 2022 51m 22s

Jack and Pat are joined by 2 x Gallaher Shield (Auckland Premier Rugby) winning Ponsonby Rugby Club Premier Coach Pete Leulusoo. A fascinating conversation with a man of many talents and interests.

#48 - Drawing Inspiration

Sep 22nd, 2021 52m 3s

Jack and Pat are joined by the multi talented Michel Mulipola, an influential Pacific Artist and Professional NZ/Samoan Wrestler. An awesome conversation with an unique and fascinating individual, who states its ok to be different, use those di

#47 - Silver Linings

Aug 30th, 2021 54m 21s

In this episode Rua Puia talks about the devastating effects of losing a loved one to suicide and how it tore a community and his family apart with grief and sadness. In 1994 Rua's brother Darryl committed suicide in the back yard of his family

#46 - Mixed Culinary Arts

Aug 6th, 2021 38m 55s

Jack and pat are joined by Uelese Mua a head chef at one of Auckland's Top Bar and Restaurants Euro Bar. Uelese talks about his journey to becoming a Chef, his time in France and much much more.

#45 - Better Late Than Never

Jun 29th, 2021 41m 48s

Jack and Pat catch up with Joe Faga a Pacific multimedia guru. We have a chat about Joe's past jobs working for the government his experience in media and the influence he had on Pat as a Photographer.

#44 - Straight Talk

Jun 4th, 2021 34m 57s

Jack joins the team at Talanoa Sa'o (Straight Talk) with Leao Tildsley, Fuiavailili Ala'ilima & Elliot Ikilei. A fascinating conversation discussing s27 (cultural) reports, white privilege and much more. Talanoa Sa'o can be seen on APNA Channe

#43 - Birds Of A Feather

May 30th, 2021 50m 40s

Jack and Pat this time host Isaiah Kalava and Camz Schuster from Back of the 135 Podcast; a popular and informative podcast based out of Ranui, West Auckland and, part of a powerful network of podcasts from the Weswes Network. These 13 podcasts

#43 - Straight Talk

May 26th, 2021 34m 57s

Jack joins the team at Talanoa Sa'o (Straight Talk) with Leao Tildsley, Fuiavailili Ala'ilima & Elliot Ikilei. A fascinating conversation discussing:- what exactly are these s27 (cultural) reports?- white privilege- why so much crime in cert

#42 - Latest Offering

May 13th, 2021 53m 17s

Jack and Pat are joined by the multi-talented TJ Taotua who is an Auckland based singer-songwriter and guitarist. His music is classified as R'n'B, Soul, Jazz fusion and gospel music TJ Taotua has been singing for 18 years, we cover his early l

#41 - Worth Dying For

Apr 26th, 2021 58m 24s

Jack and Pat are joined by Leao Tildsley and Elliot Ikilei from Talanoa Sa'o - a Christain, conversation talk show on the APNA Network, Freeview Channel 36. A critical conversation covering how Critical Race Theory, Gender Theory and the COVID

#40 - What's In A Name?

Apr 18th, 2021 42m 41s

Jack and Pat are joined by Tony Farr the National Sales Manager at Sanitarium NZ. Tony talks about the corporate world and being able to survive in it as a Samoan/Chinese person. We cover racism in the workplace, Sonny Bill Williams retirement,

#39 - Keep Your Culture!

Apr 2nd, 2021 1h 8m

Jack and Pat are joined by the lead singer of the hugely successful NZ Tongan Reggae band Three Houses Down. Charlie covers the origins of the band, his talented son making waves worldwide; General Fiyah, what it's like to perform in front of 1

#38 - The Four Horsemen

Mar 27th, 2021 3h 6m

Pat and Jack join Cam and Ice from the Back of the 135 Podcast for an awesome conversation about current events movies and a full range of topics of interest to the four horsemen of NZ Pacific podcasts. Back of the 135 Podcast is a popular and

#37 - Picking Those Gems

Mar 27th, 2021 31m 37s

Jack and Pat are joined by the multi-talented Ramsey Tomokino who talks about his journey as the head coach for Manu Sina. His coaching journey with Auckland Club Suburbs, MAGs and much more. Another fascinating conversation with someone trying