Podcasts about Abel Tasman

Dutch seafarer, explorer and merchant

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In The Money Players' Podcast
QUALITY ROAD - Stallion Podcast - Johnny Velazquez - Bob Baffert - Michael McCarthy - Peter Sheehan - Presented by Lane's End

In The Money Players' Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2025 7:57


The sire of Champions Corniche, Abel Tasman and Caledonia Road and 39 graded stakes winners, Quality Road has become one of the most successful sires in North America. His 15 Grade 1 winners also include 2023 Preakness S. and winner National Treasure, Bleecker Street, City of Light, Roadster, Bellafina, Dunbar Road, etc.Also in 2023, Quality Road sired undefeated multiple GSW Integration, additional GSWs include two-year-old Agate Road, Aspray, Missed the Cut and Hopkins. He was responsible for four TDN Rising Stars, second only to Into Mischief. His 2024 got off to a fast start with National Treasure returning to the winner's circle in the G1 Pegasus World Cup, Impel being named a TDN Rising Star and Track Phantom earning points for the 2024 Kentucky Derby.Among others, Quality Road has sired: G1 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf winner Hootennany from a mare by Storm Cat son Hennessy; multiple graded winner Blofeld out of a mare by Storm Cat himself; and stakes-placed horses out of mares by Forest Wildcat and Giant's Causeway. Storm Cat could also be brought in through lines such as Forestry, Stormy Atlantic, Stormin Fever, Tale of the Cat, Mountain Cat, Tabasco Cat and Harlan's Holiday. There are several other branches of the Northern Dancer line that should work well under Quality Road. His sire, Elusive Quality, has been extremely strong over mares by Dixieland Band and his sons, with Dixie Union appearing as broodmare sire of a stakes placed Quality Road two-year-old. Deputy Minister line mares should also work well, particularly through Silver Deputy. Elusive Quality, and the Gone West line in general, has enjoyed considerable success with Danzig-line mares, and Quality Road has stakes winner Overprepared out of a mare by Dayjur. Other promising sources of Danzig include Danehill and Belong to Me.(UPDATED FEB 1, 2025)

Aotearoa Adventures
121: Avoiding Vanlife Mistakes and Life on the Road in NZ with Tiff and Nathan

Aotearoa Adventures

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2025 41:34


Tiff and Nathan hail from Australia and have been living on the road in NZ for 3 years. They had a terrible experience buying a van in a private sale which turned out to be a lemon! They share their lessons learnt so that no one else has to go through the same awful process. Now they love slowing down and exploring slowly. The duo @theroadlesswritten share their favourite locations in the Abel Tasman and Marlborough regions and tips for first-time visitors or full-time vanlifers in order to make the most of your time in New Zealand and embrace the slower, more conscious pace of life. KEA Outdoors is a kiwi brand, building great gear that you need to be fully prepared. Visit keaoutoors.com to see their full range of survival gear and outdoor accessories. Thank you so much for tuning in and coming along for the ride. If you love the show and enjoyed listening, please take the time to leave a review on Apple or Spotify. I would also love to connect with you, so send me a DM on Instagram, leave me a voice message and I can't wait to see you next time. Until then, keep adventuring :) Follow Nathan & Tiff on Instagram: instagram.com/theroadlesswritten/ theroadlesswritten.com.au Read the Blog: www.abigailhannah.nz Follow Abigail on Instagram: instagram.com/abigailhannnah/ Follow Abigail on TikTok: tiktok.com/@abigailhannnah/Get my NZ Map & Guide

RNZ: Morning Report
'Report a Robin' project asking for help in Abel Tasman

RNZ: Morning Report

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2025 4:37


A new programme called 'Report a Robin' begins in Abel Tasman National Park today, and visitors are being asked to get involved. Robins, which have been largely absent from the area for the last 30 years, are making a comeback thanks to habitat restoration and predator control. Project Janszoon is calling on visitors to report sightings of the birds, especially along the coastal track, from today until the end of the month. Programme director Bruce Vander Lee.

Kids Bedtime Stories
Happy Holidays from Maked Up

Kids Bedtime Stories

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2024 0:30


Happy holidays from our family to yours!We are heading out for a hut to hut walk in the Abel Tasman wilderness, which is a holiday tradition for us ever since moving to New Zealand. We have a few episodes scheduled for you during our trip (Dec 26, Dec 28 Dec 30) and will be back to our regular 6 days/week schedule in the New Year.

Radio Novan Aamun Iltapalat
Tapahtui tänään: 13.12.

Radio Novan Aamun Iltapalat

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2024 5:54


Tällä historiallisella päivämäärällä Abel Tasman löysi erään saaren, pystytkö päättelemään nimestä minkä? Kofi Annan valittiin YK:n pääsihteeriksi ja Lucia-päivää vietettiin Suomessa tiettävästi ensimmäistä kertaa yli 100 vuotta sitten.

Talking Vision
Talking Vision 758 Week Beginning 9th of December 2024

Talking Vision

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2024 28:27 Transcription Available


This week Sam speaks with Dale Pierce and Sharon Taylor, two participants heading along to take part in the Vision Australia Trek for Vision. The trek takes place over five days from April 29 to May 3 2025 on the Abel Tasman track on the South Island of New Zealand, to raise vital funds for Vision Australia client services such as the quality living groups helping people navigate life with vision loss. To donate to Dale and Sharon's trek you can visit this link to Dale's fundraising page or this link to Sharon's fundraising page If you would like to join Dale and Sharon or find out more about Trek for Vision you can visit visionaustralia.org/trekforvisionSupport this Vision Australia Radio program: https://www.visionaustralia.org/donate?src=radio&type=0&_ga=2.182040610.46191917.1644183916-1718358749.1627963141See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Aotearoa Adventures
105: A Multi-Day Canyoning Trip in Abel Tasman with Aimee Jules

Aotearoa Adventures

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2024 38:25


Aimee Jules is based out of Nelson and has recently started canyoning. As a beginner, she shares about what canyoning is, how to get started and what gear you need. Aimee shares about a five day canyoning trip with her partner in the Abel Tasman, where they kayaked between campsites and canyons. At one location, the duo had to make a hard call to bail on the canyon, after Aimee was feeling emotionally and physically exhausted and terrified. She talks about other awesome locations around NZ for canyoning. As a photographer and filmmaker, Aimee Jules loves to document her own and other people's epic adventures. KEA Outdoors is a kiwi brand on a mission to build innovative, versatile and reliable outdoor gear for the every-day adventurer. Use the code Adventure2024 for 15% off your next online order: bit.ly/458VGEG Thank you so much for tuning in and coming along for the ride. If you love the show and enjoyed listening, please take the time to leave a review on Apple or Spotify. I would also love to connect with you, so send me a DM on Instagram, leave me a voice message and I can't wait to see you next time. Until then, keep adventuring :) Follow Aimee on Instagram: instagram.com/aimeejulesphotography/ www.aimeejules.com Read the Blog: www.abigailhannah.nz Follow Abigail on Instagram: instagram.com/abigailhannnah/ Follow Abigail on TikTok: tiktok.com/@abigailhannnah/ Get my Ultimate NZ Map & Guide

Tracing The Path
Episode 56: Criminals, Oak Trees and the Resolute Desk

Tracing The Path

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2024 23:38


The Resolute Desk was a gift to the President as the movie National Treasure says. But did you know it involved Tasmania, Van Diemen's Land, Explorer John Franklin, Maritime Salvage Laws, Senator Lawrence S Foster, Abel Tasman, Anthony Van Diemen, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, the HMS Resolute, Sweden's 300,000 oak trees, Rutherford B Hayes and Harry Truman. 

History of Aotearoa New Zealand Podcast
137 - Pacific Enlightening

History of Aotearoa New Zealand Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2024 33:51


Europeans don't return to Aotearoa for over 100 years after the expedition of Abel Tasman so today we will be covering the broad strokes of what Europe was up to that would lead them back to exploring the South Pacific.Check out the website and shownotes!Become a Patron!Buy some merch! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aotearoa Adventures
096: Camping and Hiking in Northland as a Family with Waikato Mum Anna O'Brien

Aotearoa Adventures

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2024 37:37


Waikato Mum Anna O'Brien shares her love for hiking solo, with her kids or with her girlfriends. Her favourite trip was a Northland adventure with her three kids - from Whangaroa to Whangarei Heads, hiking and camping along the way. She talks about the simplicity and magic of their journey, an adventure that the whole family looks back on fondly. Anna's passion for the outdoors and motherhood is so evident in all her stories, and her positive attitude is contagious. Alongside family adventures, Anna tries to have one big solo adventure every year - time to herself to enjoy the outdoors. On one of these summer hikes, she crossed paths with host Abigail on the Old Ghost Road. She also tramped in the Tararua Ranges, Round the Mountain, Abel Tasman and more. KEA Outdoors is a kiwi brand on a mission to build innovative, versatile and reliable outdoor gear for the every-day adventurer. Use the code Adventure2024 for 15% off your next online order: bit.ly/458VGEG Thank you so much for tuning in and coming along for the ride. If you love the show and enjoyed listening, please take the time to leave a review on Apple or Spotify. I would also love to connect with you, so send me a DM on Instagram, leave me a voice message and I can't wait to see you next time. Until then, keep adventuring :) Follow Anna on Instagram: instagram.com/annaobnz/ Read the Blog: www.abigailhannah.nz Follow Abigail on Instagram: instagram.com/abigailhannnah/ Follow Abigail on TikTok: tiktok.com/@abigailhannnah/

SBS Dutch - SBS Dutch
NED-TUR op groot scherm bij Dutch Club Abel Tasman: voetbal onder het genot van bitterballen, kroketten en een bakkie koffie

SBS Dutch - SBS Dutch

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2024 3:56


Voetballiefhebbers in Melbourne opgelet: zondagochtend opent Dutch Club Abel Tasman haar deuren om 4.30AM voor de EK-kwartfinale Nederland-Turkije. Events manager Mariëlle Kossen verwacht veel mensen.

History of Aotearoa New Zealand Podcast
136 - Profitable Lands

History of Aotearoa New Zealand Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2024 31:19


Abel Tasman returns to Batavia after a 10 month expedition and his bosses give their final reports. How was Aotearoa's first European visitor to be remembered? Listen to find out!Check out the website and shownotes!Become a Patron!Buy some merch! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

History of Aotearoa New Zealand Podcast
135 - Back Into The Blue

History of Aotearoa New Zealand Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2024 25:21


Abel Tasman and his crew were successfully scared off by Ngāti Tūmatakōkiri at Mohua/Golden Bay after a brief skirmish. Today we will follow the Dutch as they make their way north along Aotearoa's coast before leaving our shores for the wider Pacific.Check out the website and shownotes!Become a Patron!Buy some merch! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

History of Aotearoa New Zealand Podcast
134 - I am the One Who Knocks

History of Aotearoa New Zealand Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2024 30:58


Abel Tasman has arrived in Mohua/Golden bay and the Māori of Taupo Point pā want to get the measure of these newcomers. It's time for the first meeting of Europe and Aotearoa.Check out the website and shownotes!Become a Patron!Buy some merch! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

History of Aotearoa New Zealand Podcast
133 - Knock Knock, It's Europe

History of Aotearoa New Zealand Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2024 23:41


For the last few episodes you would be forgiven for thinking this was the VOC Podcast. It's taken us a bit of time but we finally make it back to the part of the world that we are interested as we continue to follow Abel Tasman's 1642 expedition.Check out the website and shownotes!Become a Patron!Buy some merch! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

History of Aotearoa New Zealand Podcast
132 - Old Land, New Land

History of Aotearoa New Zealand Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2024 31:38


Abel Tasman finally gets his expedition underway in 1642, heading into the South Pacific in search of gold and glory. We also discuss a bit about our sources too!Check out the website and shownotes!Become a Patron!Buy some merch! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

HistoryBoiz
A General History of Aotearoa New Zealand Part 1

HistoryBoiz

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2024 96:34


Often left off maps or stuck inside a seam, the history of Aotearoa is often indicative of the consequences of colonialism. Sources: HANZ, Thomas. Historyaotearoa.Com, 20 Apr. 2024, https://historyaotearoa.com/?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0BMQABptIUbOg5ylpyqEphUIh6_0CvNv_K1raqlOZnQdvCEt6ICn48kov7mL1YwQ_aem_Af8K9eJ_RnvvvC5E6WCPVEwf63sYGX6libqhAoeWzaI85fhbbxoAVK9ba8-jlMQYTWQ. Accessed 1 Apr. 2024. King, Michael. Penguin History of New Zealand. Penguin, 2017. Thompson, Christina. Come on Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2011. Thompson, Christina. Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia. Harper, 2022. Wallis, Helen M. “Abel Tasman.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, inc., 10 Apr. 2024, www.britannica.com/biography/Abel-Tasman.

History of Aotearoa New Zealand Podcast
131 - Sailing Instructions

History of Aotearoa New Zealand Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2024 40:56


Today we discuss the instructions that Abel Tasman was given by the Batavian Council for his 1642 expedition. This included anything from what ships and supplies he would be given right through to how he should interact with indigenous peoples. This will help us understand Tasman's actions as well as give us a frame of reference for how the Council will judge the voyage upon its completion.Check out the website and shownotes!Become a Patron!Buy some merch! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

History of Aotearoa New Zealand Podcast

We continue Abel Tasman's story, this time in the lead up to his famous expedition in 1642, which sees him get caught up in the ongoing conflict between Europe and Japan.Check out the website and shownotes!Become a Patron!Buy some merch! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

History of Aotearoa New Zealand Podcast

Having covered the background of the Dutch Empire and the VOC in the previous episode, today we will be looking at the early life and career of our main character for the next little while, Abel Tasman. We talk about how he came to be part of the Dutch East India Company and take a look at his first major voyage.Check out the website and shownotes!Become a Patron!Buy some merch! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Mike Hosking Breakfast
Rebecca Ingram: Tourism Industry Aotearoa CEO on the price increase for Great Walks

The Mike Hosking Breakfast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2024 2:48


Completing a Great Walk is set to become more expensive for the first time in four years.  The Department of Conservation is increasing the price of a hut on a Great Walk or a campsite by 18% from July.  Paparoa will increase by 6%.  Fees will range from $19 to camp in the Abel Tasman, to $92 for a hut on the Milford Track.  Tourism Industry Aotearoa chief executive Rebecca Ingram told Mike Hosking that the majority of international tourists come to New Zealand for our scenery.  She says about 50% visit a national park each year, and for many it's a Great Walk.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

RNZ: First Up Podcast
First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 12 March

RNZ: First Up Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2024 50:06


On today's First Up pod: some ancient cave paintings and inflation is slowing in Argentina; we talk with a recovering tetraplegic who is tackling the Abel Tasman track and who's still really using their letterbox? First Up investigates. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!

Aotearoa Adventures
071: Travelling New Zealand in a Van and LOTR Filming Locations with Charlotte and James

Aotearoa Adventures

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2024 37:01


As part of their travels around the globe, Charlotte and James opted to spend a year in New Zealand on a working holiday visa, taking advantage of flexible working arrangements and travelling as much as possible in their van. Based out of Auckland, they share their favourite spots for weekend escapes and adventures, including Rangitoto, Waiheke and the beaches and maunga in Tāmaki Makaurau. For a further escape, they loved Waihi, Raglan and Matamata. As lovers of the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit movies, Charlotte and James have enjoyed visiting different filming sites around the country. They are currently exploring the South Island in their self-contained van from Kaikoura and Fiordland to Aoraki and Abel Tasman. The couple share some of the challenges of buying and owning their van, as well as some of their surprises and differences between New Zealand and the UK. For quick and easy meals for all your outdoor adventures, use the code ABIGAIL for free shipping on your next Back Country Cuisine order: ⁠bit.ly/44uFDAB⁠ Thank you so much for tuning in and coming along for the ride. If you love the show and enjoyed listening, please take the time to leave a review on Apple or Spotify. I would also love to connect with you, so send me a DM on Instagram, leave me a voice message and I can't wait to see you next time. Until then, keep adventuring :) Follow Charlotte and James on Instagram: ⁠instagram.com/charlotte_n_james/⁠ Read the Blog: ⁠www.abigailhannah.nz⁠ Follow Abigail on Instagram: ⁠instagram.com/abigailhannnah/⁠ Follow Abigail on TikTok: ⁠tiktok.com/@abigailhannnah/⁠

Instant Trivia
Episode 1049 - "b" prepared - A mighty wind - Relax, we're still rated g - On the old quarter - Tasmanian tidbits

Instant Trivia

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2023 7:16


Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1049, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: B Prepared. With B in quotes 1: A non-rigid flexible dirigible. blimp. 2: This type of piano is about 5 feet long. Baby grand. 3: This contagious disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis can be spread by fleas from infected rats. bubonic plague. 4: "I'll Go Home With Bonnie Jean" is one of many lively songs in this Lerner and Loewe musical. Brigadoon. 5: This Pennsylvania city was founded in 1741 and appropriately named on Christmas Eve. Bethlehem. Round 2. Category: A Mighty Wind 1: In 1951 they called the wind this in "Paint Your Wagon", but Ms. Carey might challenge the spelling. Maria. 2: In April 1934 Mt. Washington had a wind gust reach 201 of this unit equal to 1 nautical mile per hour. knots. 3: 2-word "aeronautical" term for the strong, generally westerly winds in the Earth's upper troposphere. the jet stream. 4: It has a low-pressure center and circular wind motion; the Coney Island ride opened June 26, 1927 is much more fun. a cyclone. 5: Volkswagen aficionados know this hot, dusty wind that blows from North Africa and affects Southern Europe. scirocco. Round 3. Category: Relax, We'Re Still Rated G 1: Paul Angelis voiced the chief Blue Meanie and some dude named Ringo in this 1968 film. Yellow Submarine. 2: The piscine lead in this '03 film: "If this is some kind of practical joke, it's not funny, and I know funny, I'm a clownfish". Finding Nemo. 3: For a category on G-rated films, that'll do, this 1995 title porker. That'll do. Babe. 4: Tom Hanks says, "That wasn't flying. That was...falling with style" in this 1995 animated movie. Toy Story. 5: In 2005 this title duo investigated "The Curse of the Were-Rabbit". Wallace and Gromit. Round 4. Category: On The Old Quarter 1: At 8 letters, it's the longest word (hint: it's Latin). pluribus. 2: The direction in which the figures are facing. left. 3: The single word at the top of the "heads" side. Liberty. 4: The leaves of this plant are depicted on the reverse of the quarter. (the) olive (tree). 5: The sole verb. trust. Round 5. Category: Tasmanian Tidbits 1: Tasmania is this country's smallest state. Australia. 2: Discovering the island in 1642, he named it Van Diemen's Land. Abel Tasman. 3: Also called wolfram, this metal used in lamp filaments is a big source of income. Tungsten. 4: The island is home to the Tasmanian devil and this animal. Wombat. 5: The Derwent River in Tasmania has a concrete one of these floating bridges. Pontoon bridge. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/ AI Voices used

Bear Island
Traveling Through Abel Tasman

Bear Island

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2023 7:25


Come with me as I adventure through Abel Tasman Park in New Zealand as I learn some new Kiwi slang.

The A to Z English Podcast
A to Z This Day in World History | December 13th

The A to Z English Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2023 3:23


Here are some major historical events that happened on December 13:1642: Abel Tasman becomes the first European to reach the island of Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania).1937: The Nanjing Massacre begins during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Japanese forces captured the city of Nanjing, leading to mass killings, rapes, and other atrocities against Chinese civilians and disarmed soldiers.2000: The Supreme Court of the United States, in its decision in Bush v. Gore, effectively ends the recount of the presidential votes in Florida, determining the outcome of the 2000 presidential election in favor of George W. Bush.2001: The Parliament of India is attacked by terrorists. Twelve people are killed, and many are injured in the incident.2003: Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is captured near his hometown of Tikrit by the United States Army.These events highlight a range of historical occurrences, spanning from explorations and discoveries to significant moments in wars and political history.Podcast Website:https://atozenglishpodcast.com/a-to-z-this-day-in-world-history-december-13th/Social Media:WeChat account ID: atozenglishpodcastFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/671098974684413/Tik Tok:@atozenglish1Instagram:@atozenglish22Twitter:@atozenglish22A to Z Facebook Page:https://www.facebook.com/theatozenglishpodcastCheck out our You Tube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCds7JR-5dbarBfas4Ve4h8ADonate to the show: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/9472af5c-8580-45e1-b0dd-ff211db08a90/donationsRobin and Jack started a new You Tube channel called English Word Master. You can check it out here:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2aXaXaMY4P2VhVaEre5w7ABecome a member of Podchaser and leave a positive review!https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/the-a-to-z-english-podcast-4779670Join our Whatsapp group: https://forms.gle/zKCS8y1t9jwv2KTn7Intro/Outro Music: Daybird by Broke for Freehttps://freemusicarchive.org/music/Broke_For_Free/Directionless_EP/Broke_For_Free_-_Directionless_EP_-_03_Day_Bird/https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcodehttps://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Joplin/Piano_Rolls_from_archiveorg/ScottJoplin-RagtimeDance1906/https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-a-to-z-english-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Mt Mamas Misadventures Podcast
Episode 116: Jenni - Secret Pools and Eyes in the Dark - New Zealand

Mt Mamas Misadventures Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2023 22:39


From tracking down Glow Worms in the night to exploring the secret pools of Abel Tasman, Jenni shares the dream that is New Zealand and why this gem needs to be on your bucket list!   Check us out at: mtmamas.org                            @mtmamasutah  @utahadventuremamas                            mtnmamasutah@gmail.com   Thanks as always to Sara, the Instrumentalist, for our music, "Salamanca"

This Day in History Class
Bessie Blount born / Tasman spots Tasmania - November 24th Flashback

This Day in History Class

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2023 11:46 Transcription Available


On this day in 1914, physical therapist and inventor Bessie Blount was born.On this day in 1642, Dutch explorer Abel Tasman recorded the first European sighting of the island now known as Tasmania.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

not serious wine chats
the not serious Rosie Finn

not serious wine chats

Play Episode Play 40 sec Highlight Listen Later Sep 8, 2023 82:00


One Tuesday morning in Tāmaki Makaurau mid August, Pete, John and I had the chance to sit down at the table at Coco's Sound Lounge and chew the fat with Rosie Finn of Neudorf Vineyards — and she can chat. Rosie almost broke Matt Dicey's record of such adept conversational flow that next to no editing was required. Dreamy! Matt still holds the record but Rosie was hot on his heels with only two short excerpts ending up on the cutting room floor. It was a total treat to chat to this fine wahine who is truly flying the flag for successful succession — quite a thing for the NZ wine industry — all the while being a relatively new Mum herself. Rosie's folks, Judy and Tim Finn (not the musician) started Neudorf in the 1970's. Like almost all of our wine pioneers that meant a mortgage or two and a lot of fast learning. Fast forward to 2023 and their daughter Rosie has stepped into the family biz as her folks step out to enjoy retirement.Rosie knows how to spin a yarn and in this chat she shares one of the best stories I've heard of pairing wine with food. It combines one wine and the cuisine of a Copenhagen based Michelin star restaurant and a night dive in an underwater cave set beneath Takaka Hill in the Kahurangi National Park. During our chat we had the pleasure of indulging in a sneak peak at the soon to be released 2022 Neudorf Rosie's Block Amphora Chardonnay (coming at you 1 October). To say the wine was delicious is an understatement. While we crushed a cup, Rosie chatted away about how a Facebook post from Jude landed her a job with the wonderful wine ambassador Mel Brown at Pop Brixton, London. After what looked like a few years of nothing but fun Rosie reluctantly had to leave, unable to secure a visa extension. She returned home and suffered the common culture shock most of us kiwis feel after a few years of cutting loose in Blighty. She dried her teary eyes and took firm hold of the torch from Judy and Tim as the next generation to  drive this incredible family business. This was a chat that flowed from the moment we sat down. Rosie Finn is one delightfully funny woman.  So, find yourself a comfy spot, close your eyes and imagine you're parked up somewhere on the beach in the Abel Tasman. The sun is shining that warming hue of Neudorf yellow and there's a delicious glass of Chardonnay in your hand. This is the not serious Rosie Finn chat.not serious wine chats would like to thank our supporters:TradecraftBy the BottleAntipodes Water Co. Special thanks to my pal, Benj Brooking of Popular.nz for his help with the editing. An expert filmmaker, editing these chats is being done as one mate helping another. Thanks Benj! join the chatinstagram | facebookIf you're struggling to put that glass down, perhaps our chats aren't the right ear candy for you. While the chats are not serious, living your best life is a very serious matter indeed and a life fuelled by addiction doesn't sound dreamy at all. If you think you need a hand, visit the Ministry of Health site for platforms that might help you take the first step towards taking control back. Our warmest wishes for success on that journey.

Aotearoa Adventures
026: Abel Tasman National Park and Adventure Tourism with Kyle Mulinder

Aotearoa Adventures

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2023 46:11


Kyle Mulinder moved to Abel Tasman 20 years ago for a "boring" sea kayaking job - and never left. Better known by his Instagram handle @barekiwi, I talk to Kyle about his career in tourism and photography and he shares wisdom from decades of guiding in New Zealand's smallest national park. If you haven't been to Abel Tasman yet, this episode is filled with tips to ensure you have an epic experience - whether you're walking, kayaking or on a water taxi. With so much to do at the top of the north, you don't want to skip over the Nelson Tasman region. Ps. Keep listening until the end for a surprise. Thank you so much for tuning in and coming along for the ride. If you love the show and enjoyed listening, please take the time to leave a review on Apple or Spotify. I would also love to connect with you, so send me a DM on Instagram, leave me a voice message and I can't wait to see you next time. Until then, keep adventuring :) Follow Kyle on Instagram: instagram.com/barekiwi/ Follow Kyle on Tiktok: tiktok.com/@barekiwi Follow Kyle on YouTube: youtube.com/barekiwi Nelson Tasman 100 Ways: instagram.com/nelsontasmannz/ Follow Abigail on Instagram: instagram.com/abigailhannnah/ Follow Abigail on TikTok: tiktok.com/@abigailhannnah Read the Blog: www.abigailhannnah.com

Bobs Your Uncle Podcast
Global Dental Relief with Kim Troggio

Bobs Your Uncle Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2022 18:09


We met on an airplane and she told me about this volunteer relief agency that is making a difference in 7 or 8 countries and I had to let you meet her. She has one husband and two teenage boys and has a never-ending supply of hope for a world that needs so much repair.  You can reach her at GlobalDentalRelief.Org. Meet Kimberly Troggio of Colorado.The historical marker includes Sir Frances Drake and Abel Tasman. Look what they found!The Bible text is Psalm 110. Quite eye-opening!Support the showThanks for listening. Please share the pod with your mates, and feel free to comment right here! Write to Bob on his email -- bobmendo@AOL.comLink to https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100078996765315 on Facebook. Bobs Your Uncle features the opinions of Bob Mendelsohn and any of his guests.To financially support the podcast, go to the Patreon site and choose Gold, Silver or Bronze levels. Thanks for that! https://www.patreon.com/BobsYourUncle To read Bob's 1999 autobiography, click this link https://bit.ly/StoryBob

SBS Dutch - SBS Dutch
'Nederlands-Australische architect Feiko Bouman droomt van museum voor Abel Tasman in Lutjegast'

SBS Dutch - SBS Dutch

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2022 8:50


De in 1944 geboren Feiko Bouman vertrok op 7-jarige leeftijd met zijn ouders van Groningen naar Australië. Daar groeide hij later uit tot een succesvol architect. Zo mocht hij meewerken aan de High Court of Australia in Canberra. En The Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame in Longreach Queensland is ook van zijn hand. Nu wil Feiko in het Groningse Lutjegast een museum neerzetten voor de ontdekker van Tasmanië, Abel Tasman. Onze verslaggever Jeroen Schouten sprak met hem over zijn plannen, maar vroeg hem eerst naar de 6-weekse bootreis die hem naar Australië bracht.

Instant Trivia
Episode 605 - Simply Simon - Rock Collecting - Cream - Nation"Z" - Ends With "Oof"

Instant Trivia

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2022 7:10


Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 605, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Simply Simon 1: This CBS private eye series starred Jameson Parker and Gerald McRaney. Simon and Simon. 2: simonsays.com is the web address of this publishing company founded in 1924. Simon and Schuster. 3: Her first Top Ten hit was "That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be" in 1971. Carly Simon. 4: This character has Uncle Tom beaten to death in "Uncle Tom's Cabin". Simon Legree. 5: In 1812 he penned the "Cartagena Manifesto". Simon Bolivar. Round 2. Category: Rock Collecting 1: The crack, chisel and sledge types of these tools are useful in the field. hammers. 2: It's the canine nickname for an amateur geologist. rockhound. 3: Diluted in water, this chemical, HCI, can be used to dissolve calcite deposits on specimens. hydrochloric acid. 4: This finishing process can be done by hand with silicon carbide or with a tumbling machine. polishing. 5: A mineral has this property if it glows under ultraviolet light. fluorescence. Round 3. Category: Cream 1: Your basic all-American baked potato often comes with this "cream" and chives. sour. 2: One type is made with chocolate and cream; another with damp soil, mostly by children. a mud pie. 3: Captain Parker's in Yarmouth is a 2-time winner of Boston Harborfest's competition in this creamy soup. clam chowder. 4: This Kraft Foods dessert topping comes in an extra creamy version. Cool Whip. 5: Teutonic name for a mousse made with whipped cream and set in a towering mold. Bavarian cream. Round 4. Category: Nation"Z" 1: This country has numerous national parks including Fiordland, Tongariro and Abel Tasman. New Zealand. 2: South America's largest known petroleum deposits lie in this country's Maracaibo Basin. Venezuela. 3: Its Latin name, Helvetia, appears on its coins and stamps. Switzerland. 4: It was once known as Portuguese East Africa. Mozambique. 5: The Baykonur Cosmodrome, Russia's space-launch facility, is actually in this nation. Kazakhstan. Round 5. Category: Ends With "Oof" 1: As a noun it's the horny sheath covering the toes of certain mammals; as a verb, it means "to dance". hoof. 2: To complain bitterly and loudly is to "raise" this. the roof. 3: This can be a careless mistake or a foolish person who might make one. goof. 4: Standoffish. aloof. 5: Accidental poisonings of kids under 5 have declined since this type of closure was introduced. childproof. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia! Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/

The Explorers Podcast
Abel Tasman - Part 2 - the South Seas, New Guinea and Australia

The Explorers Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2022 31:05


In part 2 of our series, Abel Tasman wraps up his first voyage of discovery, then undertakes a second expedition - this time exploring the area between New Guinea and Australia. The Explorers Podcast is part of the Airwave Media Network: www.airwavemedia.com Interested in advertising on the Explorers Podcast? Email us at sales@advertisecast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Explorers Podcast
Abel Tasman - Part 1 - Tasmania and New Zealand

The Explorers Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2022 32:31


In part one of our series, Dutch Explorer Abel Tasman goes searching for the legendary continent of Terra Australis. Instead, he will find Tasmania and New Zealand. The Explorers Podcast is part of the Airwave Media Network: www.airwavemedia.com Interested in advertising on the Explorers Podcast? Email us at sales@advertisecast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Friendly Potential Radio
Ep 311 pt.2 w/ Junus Orca

Friendly Potential Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2022 64:25


Junus Orca, an Ōtautahi-based deejay and producer. Since the release of his debut EP in 2020, Junus Orca has had releases on labels such as Echo Train Records, and collaborated with Kamandi. Junus Orca's forthcoming releases display his range, and include a crushing industrial banger with Social Sport, and a release pending with soft synth siren Instant Fantasy for Fis's eco label Saplings - both featured here. About the mix: "In this mix for Friendly Potential we are taken on an equally sonically diverse journey with unreleased exclusives from Junus Orca and friends, Scandinavian ambience, ASMR and even phone recordings from somewhere on the Abel Tasman track." @junusorca Flo Wilson - Prelude to a Requiem [Saplings] Instant Fantasy & Junus Orca - Bone Flower [Forthcoming Saplings] Junus Orca & Social Sport - Unnamed System (Sleep Paralysis Mix) [Self] Junus Orca - PB Possum (These Thoughts Are My Own) [Unreleased] Junus Orca - Hinge [Unreleased] oqbqbo & Vallmo - Eyelash Of A Wolf [Posh Isolation] Varg & AnnaMelina - Blue Line (112 Rådhuset) [Northern Electronics] Patella & Harvo - Hot Pants [Unreleased] FIS - Wiseman [Exit Records] Junus Orca & Social Sport - Unnamed System [Self] Integer - Scanner [Unreleased] Junus Orca - Briefly Dresden (Ornamental House) [Unreleased] Jess Aspinwall - MOURN [Unreleased] Junus Orca - Celestial Vanitas [Self] Malibu - Held [PAN] Junus Orca - Abel Tasman Phone Recording [Unreleased] Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher (Copycat Killer Version) [Dead Oceans]

Instant Trivia
Episode 546 - Truckin' - Uncommon Words - The "Real" World - That I Love You - Captains Courageous

Instant Trivia

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2022 7:35


Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 546, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Truckin' 1: Instead of "truck", the British use this other 5-letter word. Lorry. 2: You could drive this automaker's Silverado through an avalanche. Chevrolet. 3: This company's F-Series pickup, the USA's bestselling car or truck since 1981, turned 50 in 1998. Ford. 4: This maker of heavy duty trucks was founded by T.A. Peterman, who needed rigs to haul his lumber. Peterbilt. 5: This company gives its trucks an "F":150, 250 and 350. Ford. Round 2. Category: Uncommon Words 1: Your "funiculus" is usally called this, and it was cut right after your were born. umbilical cord. 2: A "monopode" has only 1 of these. foot. 3: What a "frugivorous" person eats. fruit only. 4: Of a little tree, a little barrel, or a little rodent, what a "firkin" is. little barrel. 5: The number of people who govern a "heptarchy". 7. Round 3. Category: The "Real" World 1: A simulated 3-D environment that a user can experience and manipulate as if it were physical. Virtual reality. 2: Land, including all the natural resources and permanent buildings on it. Real estate. 3: It finishes the 1942 advertising slogan: "The Only Thing Like Coca-Cola is Coca-Cola Itself. It's...". the Real Thing. 4: A process viewed while it actually happens is viewed in this mode. Real time. 5: In mathematics, a quantity that can be expressed as a finite or infinite decimal expression. Real number. Round 4. Category: That I Love You 1: He kicked into high gear with his 1999 marriage to Posh Spice-- on July 4, no less. David Beckham. 2: Kyra Sedgwick had a rasher of this actor ( and no degrees of separation) after their wedding on Sept. 4, 1988. Kevin Bacon. 3: He said "I want to father your children" as a line to Catherine Zeta-Jones-- it worked, they have 2. Michael Douglas. 4: In 1993 this "Fabulous Baker Boys" star ( and it wasn't Beau or Jeff Bridges) wed TV producer David E. Kelley. Michelle Pfeiffer. 5: Isla Fisher won Vince Vaughn's heart in "Wedding Crashers"; in real life, this "Borat" guy is glorious man type for her. Sacha Baron Cohen. Round 5. Category: Captains Courageous 1: In an early account of Jamestown's first year, he made no mention of his rescue by Pocahontas. John Smith. 2: A city and island in British Columbia are named for this sea captain who explored the area in 1792. Vancouver. 3: It took him and his crew 37 days to traverse the South American strait now named for him. Magellan. 4: In 1642 and 1643 this Dutch captain circumnavigated Australia without seeing it. (Abel) Tasman. 5: King Louis XVI gave this American a gold sword and made him a chevalier of France. John Paul Jones. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia! Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/

Conversation with a chef
Sarah Bonoma | Dancing Sands Gin

Conversation with a chef

Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2022 20:27


Today I'm talking to Sarah Bonoma from Dancing Sands Gin in Golden Bay, Aotearoa, New Zealand. This is the second in a series of special edition features showcasing New Zealand suppliers and producers to celebrate the launch of New Zealand Trade & Enterprise's 2022 Made with Care campaign in Australia. A global initiative designed to raise awareness of New Zealand's superlative produce, Made with Care shines a light on thoughtfully created and ethically manufactured food and beverages the country is famous for. New Zealand is recognised all over the world for its commitment to creating environmentally conscious, sustainably minded food and wine. This is not a sponsored or remunerated piece, but when I was asked if I was interested in something a little adjacent to Conversation with a chef and I read about the campaign, I jumped at the chance. Dancing Sands distillery is in Takaka, a tiny town at the top of the South Island and nestled between the Abel Tasman and Kahurangi National Parks and looking out over Golden Bay. It's a stunning part of the world. The Dancing Sands name comes from the Dancing Sands Spring, one of the freshwater springs within Golden Bay's Te Waikoropupū Springs — some of the clearest and freshest water springs in the world. Dancing Sands Gin is double distilled, and the botanicals are vapour infused before the spirit is blended with water sourced from the aquifer that feeds Dancing Sands Spring. They had me at gin made from incredible spring water, but there's even more to the Dancing Sands story and I loved chatting to Sarah and hearing about love, moving across the world and starting a distillery.

Instant Trivia
Episode 465 - Yes Sir, That's My Scientist - Tasmanian Tidbits - Lousy Scrabble Words - That's My Royal Nickname - Dr. No...guchi

Instant Trivia

Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2022 7:11


Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 465, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Yes Sir, That's My Scientist 1: Sir Alexander Fleming took a shot in the dark and discovered this in 1928. Penicillin. 2: The special interest of Nobel Prize laureate Sir Cyril Hinshelwood was how oxygen and hydrogen combine to form this. Water. 3: Sir David Brewster invented the Dioptic system of illumination for these on the seaside. Lighthouses. 4: In a fly-by-night operation in Africa, Sir David Bruce found that sleeping sickness was spread by this. Tsetse fly. 5: Sir Godfrey Hounsfield helped develop this medical imaging technology introduced in the 1970s. CAT Scan. Round 2. Category: Tasmanian Tidbits 1: Tasmania is this country's smallest state. Australia. 2: Discovering the island in 1642, he named it Van Diemen's Land. Abel Tasman. 3: Also called wolfram, this metal used in lamp filaments is a big source of income. Tungsten. 4: The island is home to the Tasmanian devil and this animal. Wombat. 5: The Derwent River in Tasmania has a concrete one of these floating bridges. Pontoon bridge. Round 3. Category: Lousy Scrabble Words 1: The story says little George couldn't tell one of these; 3 letters, 3 points. lie. 2: This conjuction usually works with neither; 3 letters, 3 points. nor. 3: While it may be 2,000 pounds, it's only 3 letters, 3 points. ton. 4: Fall into one of these furrows made by wagon wheels and it's 3 letters, 3 points. rut. 5: Overexert your muscles or pour through a filter and it's 6 letters, 6 points. strain. Round 4. Category: That's My Royal Nickname 1: Ottoman emperor styled "the Magnificent". Suleiman. 2: Bloody Romanian prince known as "the Impaler". Vlad. 3: He was "the Confessor" king of England in the 11th century. Edward. 4: Basil "the Bulgar-Slayer" was emperor of this, also called the Eastern Roman Empire. the Byzantine Empire. 5: Holy Roman emperor Charles II was known by this nickname; today we might call him "the Follicularly Challenged". "the Bald". Round 5. Category: Dr. No...guchi 1: Famed medical examiner Dr. Noguchi was a model for this Jack Klugman TV character. Quincy. 2: Dr. Noguchi autopsied this actress whose death in August 1962 is still the subject of debate. Marilyn Monroe. 3: Criticized for flamboyance, in 1982 Noguchi issued a terse statement on the death of this "SNL" comedian. John Belushi. 4: The appropriate one-word title of Dr. Noguchi's 1983 bestseller. "Coroner". 5: Dr. Noguchi concluded that in 1981 this star lost her life less than 200 yards from shore. Natalie Wood. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!

Brian Carlton: The Spoonman
Memories Aboard The Abel Tasman

Brian Carlton: The Spoonman

Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2022 3:33


After Woody and Tubes received the news that the old Abel Tasman,  ship was set to be dismantled, we relieved our memories onboard the vessel when it used to sail from Devonport to Melbourne  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Instant Trivia
Episode 456 - Presidential Elections - "J" Whiz - Eyes On The Prize - Scary Movies - Nation"Z"

Instant Trivia

Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2022 8:02


Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 456, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Presidential Elections 1: Some historians call the election in which this man beat John Breckinridge the most important in U.S. history. (Abraham) Lincoln. 2: This 1968 candidate reportedly urged South Vietnam's President Thieu to scuttle possible peace talks. (Richard) Nixon. 3: William Henry Harrison really had lived in one of these, his symbol in the 1840 campaign, but he added 12 rooms. a log cabin. 4: In early October 1992 he was spending $2 million a day, most of it his own money. (Ross) Perot. 5: In the Gore Vidal novel set in this election year, the hero pins his hopes on Tilden. 1876. Round 2. Category: "J" Whiz 1: It's a trip taken by a public official at public expense, ostensibly for official business. junket. 2: It's not a type of fruit spread, but a large extended campout for several Boy Scout troops together. jamboree. 3: It's believed that the Virgin Mary died in this Middle Eastern city. Jerusalem. 4: This 1847 novel takes place mainly at Lowood Orphan Asylum and Thornfield Hall. "Jane Eyre". 5: The Hagia Sophia in Istanbul was one of the many churches built by this 6th century Byzantine emperor. Justinian I. Round 3. Category: Eyes On The Prize 1: Winners of the Templeton Prize for Understanding of this include Baba Amte, Rabbi Jakobovits and the Rev. Peacocke. Religion. 2: (Lech Walesa delivers the clue, speaking in Polish: I'm Lech Walesa,) In 1983 I was picking mushrooms near Gdansk when it was announced I had won this prize. the Nobel Peace Prize. 3: In April 2002 at the age of 88, Henry Brant won this prize, also given to journalists, for music. the Pulitzer Prize. 4: The $100,000 Potamkin Prize is for research in this aging disease that afflicted Mrs. Potamkin. Alzheimer's disease. 5: This famous British gallery that has lots of J.M.W. Turner works gives the Turner Prize for Contemporary Art. the Tate Gallery. Round 4. Category: Scary Movies 1: Max von Sydow played Father Merrin, the title character of this devilish 1973 scarefest. The Exorcist. 2: Critic L. Maltin say this "unlucky" '80 film as a "clue to why S.A.T. scores continue to decline". Friday the 13th. 3: When Kate Hudson unlocks a hidden attic room that has a terrifying secret, she uses the title object of this 2005 film. The Skeleton Key. 4: In the 1982 film, Adrienne Barbeau was the object of his affection; in 1989 it's Heather Locklear. the Swamp Thing. 5: At about 40, Barbra Streisand played this title girl who disguises herself as a yeshiva boy and sings. Yentl. Round 5. Category: Nation"Z" 1: This country has numerous national parks including Fiordland, Tongariro and Abel Tasman. New Zealand. 2: South America's largest known petroleum deposits lie in this country's Maracaibo Basin. Venezuela. 3: Its Latin name, Helvetia, appears on its coins and stamps. Switzerland. 4: It was once known as Portuguese East Africa. Mozambique. 5: The Baykonur Cosmodrome, Russia's space-launch facility, is actually in this nation. Kazakhstan. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!

The Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin
Megan Singleton: Staying in Abel Tasman National Park.

The Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2022 3:44


Let's talk about staying in Abel Tasman National Park. I was initially set to take my tour to Awaroa Lodge, which I'd heard great things about. But a few days before we left, they had to unexpectedly close for the rest of the season as they had staff down with Covid. So, we were very lucky and managed to get into Wilson's Abel Tasman, which owns two lodges and runs multi-day tours which – usually – includes walks, kayaking and boating. However, my group were after a little more of a relaxed stay and we had the most sublime experience. Take a boat from Kaiteriteri to Meadowbank Lodge in Awaroa. Some people hike all the next day to Torrent Bay Lodge, or you could do a couple of hours and the boat will pick you up on the way past. We chose to boat between lodges! You'd want to book it for a week – and the reality is, while they offer a program, they're open to anything at the moment! Blogger at Large.com, Megan Singleton joined Francesca Rudkin. LISTEN ABOVE 

Instant Trivia
Episode 368 - Tv Drama - Presidential Nicknames - Nation"Z" - Foods Of The World - Phone Numbers

Instant Trivia

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2022 7:21


Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 368, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Tv Drama 1: (VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):(Hi, I'm Ollie North, and)I've played a mysterious intelligence operative named Ollie on 2 episodes of this CBS series about naval lawyers. "JAG". 2: Della Reese has won 3 NAACP Image Awards as outstanding lead actress for playing Tess on this series. "Touched By An Angel". 3: In 1994-95 this medical series finished second in the ratings, the highest ever for a first-year drama series. "ER". 4: This NBC crime drama is the 1st TV drama series executive produced by film director Barry Levinson. "Homicide: Life On The Street". 5: Tom Hanks was the executive producer of this 1998 HBO miniseries about the Apollo space program. "From The Earth To The Moon". Round 2. Category: Presidential Nicknames 1: "Elegant Arthur". Chester A. Arthur. 2: "The Little Magician", "Whiskey Van". Martin van Buren. 3: The "Wizard of Kinderhook". (Martin) Van Buren. 4: The "Kinderhook Fox". Martin Van Buren. 5: "Ten-Cent Jimmy", as well as "Old Buck". James Buchanan. Round 3. Category: Nation"Z" 1: This country has numerous national parks including Fiordland, Tongariro and Abel Tasman. New Zealand. 2: South America's largest known petroleum deposits lie in this country's Maracaibo Basin. Venezuela. 3: Its Latin name, Helvetia, appears on its coins and stamps. Switzerland. 4: It was once known as Portuguese East Africa. Mozambique. 5: The Baykonur Cosmodrome, Russia's space-launch facility, is actually in this nation. Kazakhstan. Round 4. Category: Foods Of The World 1: Some of this cheese named for Parma is cured for several years before it's grated over pasta. Parmesan. 2: The Sevruga type of this fishy treat is made of small, grayish eggs. caviar. 3: Cakes of this soybean curd should be stored in water, and the water should be changed daily. tofu. 4: Originally, this "modest" English pie was made with numbles, which are deer innards. humble pie. 5: Souvlaki, a Greek specialty similar to shish kebab is made with marinated chunks of this meat. lamb. Round 5. Category: Phone Numbers 1: For tourist info on this state, call 1-800-BUCKEYE. Ohio. 2: On Jan.12, 1968, AT and T announced this would be the nationwide standard emergency phone number. 911. 3: Across the country, it's the most common 3 digit number you'd dial for phone repair service. 611. 4: When this Jeff Goldblum/Ed Begley Jr. horror spoof rang into theaters, nobody answered. Transylvania 6-5000. 5: Dialing WE 6-1212 in Baltimore, San Francisco, Washington, D.C. and Pittsburgh will get you this service. weather. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!

RNZ: Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan
Critter of the Week: Abel Tasman Predatory Tree-climbing Snail

RNZ: Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2022 12:56


This week's critter is the critically endangered carnivorous snail Rhytida occonori that lives in just two locations in the beautiful Abel Tasman National Park.

Hôm nay ngày gì?
21 Tháng 1 Là Ngày Gì? Hôm Nay Là Sinh Nhật Của Cầu Thủ Công Phượng

Hôm nay ngày gì?

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2022 2:30


21 Tháng 1 Là Ngày Gì? Hôm Nay Là Sinh Nhật Của Cầu Thủ Công Phượng SỰ KIỆN 1875 – Ngân hàng Đông Dương (Banque de I'Indochine, viết tắt là BIC) được thành lập tại Paris theo sắc lệnh của Tổng thống Pháp Patrice de Mac-Mahon. 1976 – British Airways và Air France tiến hành các chuyến bay thương mại lịch trình đầu tiên bằng máy bay Concorde. 1971 - Trạm phát Emley Moor , cấu trúc đứng tự do cao nhất ở Vương quốc Anh thời điểm đó, bắt đầu truyền các chương trình phát sóng UHF . 1643 – Abel Tasman trở thành người châu Âu đầu tiên đặt chân đến quần đảo Tonga. 1911 - Cuộc đua Monte Carlo đầu tiên diễn ra. 1954 - Tàu ngầm chạy bằng năng lượng hạt nhân đầu tiên, USS Nautilus , được hạ thủy tại Groton, Connecticut Sinh 1905 – Christian Dior, nhà thiết kế thời trang người Pháp, thành lập Christian Dior S.A. (m. 1957) 1953 – Paul Allen, doanh nhân và nhà nhân đức người Mỹ, đồng sáng lập Microsoft 1995 – Nguyễn Công Phượng, cầu thủ bóng đá Việt Nam 1895 - Cristóbal Balenciaga , nhà thiết kế thời trang người Tây Ban Nha, thành lập Balenciaga (mất năm 1972) Mất 2012 - Nhật Ngân, nhạc sĩ người Việt Nam (s. 1942) 1901 - Elisha Grey , kỹ sư người Mỹ, đồng sáng lập Western Electric (sinh năm 1835) 1814 - Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre , nhà thực vật học và tác giả người Pháp (sinh năm 1737) Chương trình "Hôm nay ngày gì" hiện đã có mặt trên Youtube, Facebook và Spotify: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aweektv - Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AWeekTV - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6rC4CgZNV6tJpX2RIcbK0J - Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/.../h%C3%B4m-nay.../id1586073418 #aweektv #21thang1 #BritishAirways #AirFrance #AbelTasman #ChristianDior #Balenciaga #congphuong Các video đều thuộc quyền sở hữu của Adwell jsc (adwell.vn), mọi hành động sử dụng lại nội dung của chúng tôi đều không được phép. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/aweek-tv/message

Hôm nay ngày gì?
18 Tháng 12 Là Ngày Gì? Hôm Nay Là Ngày Sinh Của đạo diễn Steven Spielberg

Hôm nay ngày gì?

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2021 2:55


18 Tháng 12 Là Ngày Gì? Hôm Nay Là Ngày Sinh Của đạo diễn Steven Spielberg SỰ KIỆN 1956 – Nhật Bản gia nhập Liên Hợp Quốc. 1642 – Abel Tasman trở thành người châu Âu đầu tiên đặt chân lên New Zealand. 1892 – Vở balê Kẹp Hạt Dẻ của Tchaikovsky được công diễn lần đầu tại Sankt-Peterburg, Nga. 1958 - Dự án SCORE , vệ tinh thông tin liên lạc đầu tiên trên thế giới , được phóng. 1271 – Đại hãn Hốt Tất Liệt cải quốc hiệu từ "Đại Mông Cổ Quốc" thành "Đại Nguyên", chính thức khởi đầu triều Nguyên. Ngày lễ và kỷ niệm Ngày Người di cư Quốc tế (International Migrants Day) Sinh 1971 – Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, vận động viên quần vợt người Tây Ban Nha 1988 – Noo Phước Thịnh, ca sĩ, nam Diễn viên người Việt Nam 1969 – Hoài Linh, Diễn viên hài kịch người Việt Nam 1952 – Krystyna Janda, Diễn viên người Ba Lan 1890 - Edwin Howard Armstrong , kỹ sư người Mỹ, phát minh ra đài FM (mất năm 1954) 1941 - Nhạc sĩ Dzũng Chinh (m. 1969) 1943 – Keith Richards, là nghệ sĩ chơi guitar chính và đồng sáng lập của ban nhạc rock người Anh, The Rolling Stones. 1946 – Steven Spielberg, là một đạo diễn, nhà sản xuất kiêm biên kịch phim người Mỹ gốc Do Thái. Ông bắt đầu sự nghiệp của mình trong kỷ nguyên New Hollywood và là một trong những đạo diễn thành công nhất trong lịch sử điện ảnh. Spielberg đã nhận được nhiều giải thưởng khác nhau, bao gồm hai Giải Oscar cho đạo diễn xuất sắc nhất 1963 – Brad Pitt, là một diễn viên và nhà sản xuất phim người Mỹ. Brad Pitt được bình chọn là một trong những người đàn ông hấp dẫn nhất thế giới. Brad Pitt từng nhận được ba đề cử cho giải Oscar và nhận được một giải Oscar và một giải Quả cầu vàng. 1980 – Christina Aguilera, ca sĩ người Mỹ Mất 1985 – Xuân Diệu, nhà thơ người Việt Nam (s. 1916) 2006 – Joseph Barbera, họa sĩ biếm hoạ người Mỹ (s. 1911) 2017 – Kim Jonghyun, thành viên nhóm nhạc SHINee (s. 1990). Chương trình "Hôm nay ngày gì" hiện đã có mặt trên Youtube, Facebook và Spotify: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aweektv - Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AWeekTV - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6rC4CgZNV6tJpX2RIcbK0J - Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/.../h%C3%B4m-nay.../id1586073418 #aweektv #18thang12 #SánchezVicario #NooPhuocThinh #HoaiLinh #DzungChinh #TheRollingStones #StevenSpielberg #BradPitt Các video đều thuộc quyền sở hữu của Adwell jsc (adwell.vn) , mọi hành động sử dụng lại nội dung của chúng tôi đều không được phép. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/aweek-tv/message

This Day in History Class
Dutch explorer Abel Tasman sights modern day Tasmania - November 24th, 1642

This Day in History Class

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2021 9:22


On this day in 1642, Dutch explorer Abel Tasman recorded the first European sighting of the island now known as Tasmania. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Hôm nay ngày gì?
24 Tháng 11 Là Ngày Gì? Hôm Nay Là Ngày Mất Của Freddie Mercury Thành Viên Ban Nhạc Queen

Hôm nay ngày gì?

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2021 2:15


24 Tháng 11 Là Ngày Gì? Hôm Nay Là Ngày Mất Của Freddie Mercury Thành Viên Ban Nhạc Queen SỰ KIỆN 1947 – Oanh tạc cơ chiến đấu Grumman F9F Panther thực hiện chuyến bay đầu tiên, là kiểu máy bay được Hải quân và Thủy quân lục chiến Hoa Kỳ sử dụng rộng rãi trong Chiến tranh Triều Tiên. 1877 - Tiểu thuyết về quyền lợi động vật của Anna Sewell Người đẹp da đen được xuất bản. 1859 - Charles Darwin xuất bản bộ công trình nghiên cứu Về Nguồn gốc Các loài . 1642 – Abel Tasman dẫn đầu đoàn thám hiểm đặt chân tới vùng đất Van Diemen, nay là Tasmania, Úc. Ngày lễ và kỷ niệm Lễ kỷ niệm Các Thánh tử đạo Việt Nam. Ngày tiến hóa ( Lễ kỷ niệm quốc tế ) Sinh 1942 - Nhạc sĩ Nhật Ngân. Ông nổi danh trong làng nhạc miền Nam Việt Nam vào thập niên 1960 với bản nhạc đầu tay Tôi đưa em sang sông (đồng tác giả Y Vũ). Tiếp sau đó, ông thành công với đề tài người lính với nhữnng bài như Mùa xuân của mẹ, Xuân này con không về, Qua cơn mê và Một mai giã từ vũ khí Mất 1991 - Freddie Mercury, tượng đài âm nhạc thế giới. Ông được biết đến nhiều nhất với vai trò là giọng ca và người sáng tác chính cho ban nhạc rock Queen. Mercury nổi tiếng với phong cách trình diễn hào hoa trên sân khấu 1916 - Hiram Maxim , kỹ sư người Mỹ gốc Anh, phát minh ra súng Maxim (sinh năm 1840) 1982 - Barack Obama, Sr. , nhà kinh tế học và học thuật người Kenya, cha của Barack Obama, Tổng thống thứ 44 của Hoa Kỳ (sinh năm 1936) Chương trình "Hôm nay ngày gì" hiện đã có mặt trên Youtube, Facebook và Spotify: - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aweekmedia#chulalongkorn - Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AWeekTV - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6rC4CgZNV6tJpX2RIcbK0J - Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/.../h%C3%B4m-nay.../id1586073418 #aweektv #24thang11 #GrummanF9FPanther #CharlesDarwin #AbelTasman #FreddieMercury #Queen l #HiramMaxim #BarackObama Các video đều thuộc quyền sở hữu của Adwell jsc (adwell.vn) , mọi hành động sử dụng lại nội dung của chúng tôi đều không được phép. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/aweek-tv/message

Passage
Ort ohne Wiederkehr. «Überwachen und Strafen» in Port Arthur

Passage

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2021 51:58


1642 entdeckte der Niederländer Abel Tasman die «Insel unter der Insel». Im 19. Jhdt. entstand auf Tasmanien eines der gefürchteten Gefängnisse Australiens: Port Arthur. Es diente dem britischen Empire als Sträflingskolonie. Heute gehört Port Arthur zum UNESCO-Welterbe und ist ein Touristenmagnet. Altehrwürdig würde man die Einrichtung nennen, wäre sie eine Universität. Stattdessen saßen hier britische Sträflinge ein; Schwerkriminelle, politische Häftlinge und viele wegen Kleinigkeiten verurteilte Briten. In Port Arthur wurde auch die Isolationshaft erfunden. Wie Macht und Mächtige das Individuum drangsalieren, das hat Michel Foucault vor knapp 50 Jahren beleuchtet: «Überwachen und Strafen» gilt als eines seines wichtigsten Werke. Der französische Philosoph sah Disziplin als wesentliche Technologie der Macht.

Instant Trivia
Episode 217 - Potable Words - Kids In Books - Tasmanian Tidbits - Albert Camus - Car And Driver

Instant Trivia

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2021 7:07


Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 217, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Potable Words 1: A cotton-cleaning device, or a cry in a card game saying you've completed your hand. gin. 2: It's the opposite of starboard. port. 3: The band Looking Glass found her "a fine girl". "Brandy". 4: To strike with a fist or make a hole in a ticket. punch. 5: It's the residue coal leaves after destructive distillation. coke. Round 2. Category: Kids In Books 1: "The Sword in the Stone" is a book about a kid who grows up to be this king. King Arthur. 2: Based on a real child, a kid named Christopher Robin hangs out with this literary bear. Winnie the Pooh. 3: This collie was the faithful friend of a kid named Joe in a book by British novelist Eric Knight. Lassie. 4: Mowgli is the human kid hanging out in the woods with wolves and tigers in this Rudyard Kipling "Book". "The Jungle Book". 5: She's Beezus Quimby's pesky young sister. Ramona. Round 3. Category: Tasmanian Tidbits 1: Tasmania is this country's smallest state. Australia. 2: Discovering the island in 1642, he named it Van Diemen's Land. Abel Tasman. 3: Also called wolfram, this metal used in lamp filaments is a big source of income. Tungsten. 4: The island is home to the Tasmanian devil and this animal. Wombat. 5: The Derwent River in Tasmania has a concrete one of these floating bridges. Pontoon bridge. Round 4. Category: Albert Camus 1: On Dec. 10, 1957 Albert Camus received this prize in Stockholm, Sweden. Nobel Prize for Literature. 2: Camus' father Lucien died at the First Battle of the Marne, a major turning point in this conflict. World War I. 3: Camus was born in this then French colony, the setting for some of his works. Algeria. 4: Camus' attack on Stalinism in 1951's "L'Homme Revolte" strained his relationship with this other existentialist. Jean-Paul Sartre. 5: In an influential essay, Camus compared the human condition to the Greek myth of this rock pusher. Sisyphus. Round 5. Category: Car And Driver 1: In a 1978 movie musical:Greased Lightning. Danny Zuko (John Travolta). 2: On '80s TV:The General Lee, a souped-up Dodge Charger. The Dukes of Hazzard/Bo and Luke Duke (John Schneider and Tom Wopat). 3: On '60s TV:Black Beauty, the Green Hornet's car. Kato (Bruce Lee). 4: On '80s TV:KITT, a talking black Pontiac. Knight Rider/Michael Knight (David Hasselhoff). 5: Marty McFly went "Back to the Future" in this make of car. a DeLorean. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!

GOOD Awaits
Lee-Anne Jago - Purpose, Passion and Community

GOOD Awaits

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2021 64:41


In this episode, Debbie and Josie interview Lee-Anne Jago, owner of Waka Abel Tasman. Lee-Anne and her husband Todd offer waka experiences in the Abel Tasman within a cultural framework of Maori tikanga and world view. They place their community at the heart of everything they do in their business and are passionate about uplifting rangatahi (young people) and supporting their community to thrive.  Our conversation with Lee-Anne is in many ways a summary of the regenerative tourism principles we've discussed in previous episodes; demonstrating how tourism can help communities thrive, create deep and meaningful connections, place purpose and passion at the heart of business, and be more resilient and adaptive in this VUCA world. We hope you find much value and inspiration in this example of regenerative tourism. This episode is the final interview for season 1 of the GOOD Awaits podcast. We will be sharing one more episode, an extended reflection with Debbie and Josie to harvest some of the stories and learnings from the podcast. If you would like to contribute to this, please send us your ideas, reflections or questions and we would love to include them in our conversation.    Support our Work  This podcast is produced entirely by volunteers. If you are finding value in these conversations, please consider supporting us to continue this work by donating to our givealittle page. We are extremely grateful for your support.    Connect with us Website Connect on Facebook Follow on Instagram  Send us an email: Josie - josie@good-travel.org Debbie - debbie@newzealandawaits.com   Many thanks to: Lee-Anne for joining us on the podcast and sharing the inspiring story of her business and community  The teams at GOOD Travel and New Zealand Awaits Clarrie Macklin for our music and production  Erin Carnes for our logo and graphic design  Our givealittle donors for your generous support for our volunteer produced podcast   Episode Notes:  Lee-Anne Jago - https://www.linkedin.com/in/lee-anne-jago-jago-319a73147/  Waka Abel Tasman   Glossary: (Our guests will often use words from Te Reo Māori, New Zealand's indigenous language, in their interviews. We welcome and celebrate this, and for listeners outside of New Zealand for whom these may be unfamiliar, we offer an interpretation here to aid your understanding. For more detail, you can reference https://maoridictionary.co.nz/. We also offer explanations of acronyms and other industry terminology used in hope of making GOOD Awaits more accessible.) Aotearoa - New Zealand Waka - canoe Waka ama - outrigger canoe Whakapapa – genealogy, lineage Tikanga - cultural protocols and values  Te Ao Māori - The Māori world Koha - offering, donation Mahi - work Rohe - area Kaumatua - elder Kaitiakitanga - guardianship, stewardship Manaakitanga – hospitality, care, welcome Manaaki - to welcome and care for, to uplift others Kaitiakitanga - guardianship, stewardship Rangatahi - youth Kaupapa - purpose, policy or values Whakaaro – mindset, thought, opinion Karakia - incantation, ritual chant, chant

Midnight Train Podcast
Creepy New Zealand

Midnight Train Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2021 138:35


BECOME A PRODUCER! http://www.patreon.com/themidnighttrainpodcast   Find The Midnight Train Podcast: www.themidnighttrainpodcast.com www.facebook.com/themidnighttrainpodcast www.twitter.com/themidnighttrainpc www.instagram.com/themidnighttrainpodcast www.discord.com/themidnighttrainpodcast www.tiktok.com/themidnighttrainp   And wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts.   Subscribe to our official YouTube channel: OUR YOUTUBE   Boarding the train in Japan we're taking the imaginary bridge and heading to a beautiful island. What island is that you ask? We are heading to a place that has been kicking ass with listener support recently, and as we learned from a listener, they are not all pussies. We are heading to the land of Peter Jackson, Taika Waititi, Sir Edmund Hillary, Ernest Rutherford, who if you're not up on your scientists, was a  physicist who came to be known as the father of nuclear physics. Encyclopædia Britannica considers him to be the greatest experimentalist since Michael Faraday, Jean Batten, a female aviator who made the first solo flight from England to New Zealand, and the list could go on. Since we gave it away in the last description… You've probably guessed it… We're heading to New Zealand! Not only that… Creepy New Zealand!   So you know by now how we do it here on our creepy series, we like to give you a history of the location we're at and then drive into all that is creepy about said place! Having said that, let's check out the history of New Zealand. It all started when Bilbo Baggins found a ring. It was the one ring to rule them all… Oh wait.. Sorry… Wrong history… oh ya here we go.. Māori were the first inhabitants of New Zealand or Aotearoa, guided by Kupe the great navigator. When did Maori first arrive in New Zealand? According to Māori, the first explorer to reach New Zealand was Kupe. Using the stars and ocean currents as his navigational guides, he ventured across the Pacific on his waka hourua (voyaging canoe) from his ancestral Polynesian homeland of Hawaiki. It is thought that Kupe made landfall at the Hokianga Harbour in Northland, around 1000 years ago. You will not find Hawaiki on a map, but it is believed Māori came from an island or group of islands in Polynesia in the South Pacific Ocean. There are distinct similarities between the Māori language and culture and others of Polynesia including the Cook Islands, Hawaii, and Tahiti. More waka hourua followed Kupe over the next few hundred years, landing at various parts of New Zealand. It is believed that Polynesian migration was planned and deliberate, with many waka hourua making return journeys to Hawaiki. Today, Māori are part of an iwi (tribe), a group of people who are descendants of a common ancestor and associated with a certain region or area in New Zealand. Each iwi has their own hapū (sub-tribes). Iwi can trace their entire origins and whakapapa (genealogy) back to certain waka hourua. The seven waka that arrived to Aotearoa were called Tainui, Te Arawa, Mātaatua, Kurahaupō, Tokomaru, Aotea and Tākitimu. Māori were expert hunters, gatherers and growers. They wove fishing nets from harakeke (flax), and carved fish hooks from bone and stone. They hunted native birds, including moa, the world's largest bird, with a range of ingenious traps and snares.   Māori cultivated land and introduced vegetables from Polynesia, including the kūmara (sweet potato) and often cooked hāngi (an earth oven). They also ate native vegetables, roots and berries. Woven baskets were used to carry food, which was often stored in a pātaka — a storehouse raised on stilts.  To protect themselves from being attacked by others, Māori would construct pā (fortified village). Built in strategic locations, pā were cleverly constructed with a series of stockades and trenches protecting the inhabitants from intruders. Today, many historic pā sites can be found throughout the country.   Māori warriors were strong and fearless, able to skillfully wield a variety of traditional weapons, including the spear-like taiaha and club-like mere. Today, these weapons may be seen in Māori ceremonies, such as the wero (challenge). You can also find these traditional weapons in museums. While Māori lived throughout the North and South Islands, the Moriori, another Polynesian tribe, lived on the Chatham Islands, nearly 900 kilometres east of Christchurch. Moriori are believed to have migrated to the Chathams from the South Island of New Zealand. In the late 18th century, there were about 2000 Moriori living in the Chathams. However, disease and attacks from Māori saw the numbers of this peace-loving tribe become severely depleted. The last full-blooded Moriori is believed to have died in 1933.The first European to sight New Zealand was Dutch explorer Abel Tasman. He was on an expedition to discover a great Southern continent ‘Great South Land' that was believed to be rich in minerals. In 1642, while searching for this continent, Tasman sighted a ‘large high-lying land' off the West Coast of the South Island.   Abel Tasman annexed the country for Holland under the name of ‘Staten Landt' (later changed to ‘New Zealand' by Dutch mapmakers). Sailing up the country's West Coast, Tasman's first contact with Māori was at the top of the South Island in what is now called Golden Bay. Two waka (canoes) full of Māori men sighted Tasman's boat. Tasman sent out his men in a small boat, but various misunderstandings saw it rammed by one of the waka. In the resulting skirmish, four of Tasman's men were killed.   Tasman never set foot on New Zealand, and after sailing up the West Coast, went on to some Pacific Islands, and then back to Batavia (now Jakarta) in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). His mission to New Zealand was considered unsuccessful by his employers, the Dutch East India Company, Tasman having found ‘no treasures or matters of great profit'. Captain James Cook, sent to Tahiti to observe the transit of Venus, was also tasked with the search for the great southern continent thought to exist in the southern seas. Cook's cabin boy, Young Nick, sighted a piece of land (now called Young Nick's Head) near Gisborne in 1769. Cook successfully circumnavigated and mapped the country, and led two more expeditions to New Zealand before being killed in Hawaii in 1779. Prior to 1840, it was mainly whalers, sealers, and missionaries who came to New Zealand. These settlers had considerable contact with Māori, especially in coastal areas. Māori and Pākehā (Europeans) traded extensively, and some Europeans lived among Māori. The contribution of guns to Māori intertribal warfare, along with European diseases, led to a steep decline in the Māori population during this time.  Signed in 1840, the Treaty of Waitangi is an agreement between the British Crown and Māori.   Around this time, there were 125,000 Māori and about 2000 settlers in New Zealand. Sealers and whalers were the first Europeans settlers, followed by missionaries. Merchants also arrived to trade natural resources such as flax and timber from Māori in exchange for clothing, guns and other products.   As more immigrants settled permanently in New Zealand, they weren't always fair in their dealings with Māori over land. A number of Māori chiefs sought protection from William IV, the King of England, and recognition of their special trade and missionary contacts with Britain. They feared a takeover by nations like France, and wanted to stop the lawlessness of the British people in their country. As British settlement increased, the British Government decided to negotiate a formal agreement with Māori chiefs to become a British Colony. A treaty was drawn up in English then translated into Māori.   The Treaty of Waitangi was signed on February 6, 1840, at Waitangi in the Bay of Islands. Forty-three Northland Chiefs signed the treaty on that day. Over 500 Māori Chiefs signed it as it was taken around the country during the next eight months. The Treaty had three articles:   that the Queen (or king) of Great Britain has the right to rule over New Zealand; that Māori chiefs would keep their land and their chieftainships, and would agree to sell their land only to the British monarch; and that all Māori would have the same rights as British subjects. The second and third articles have caused controversy through the years, mainly because of translation problems. Successive governments believed the Treaty enabled complete sovereignty over Māori, their lands and resources. But Māori believed that they were merely giving permission for the British to use their land. Disputes over ownership followed involving a series of violent conflicts during the 19th century. These became known as the New Zealand Land Wars, and were concentrated around Northland and the southern part of the North Island during the 1840s, and the central North Island in the 1860s. Both sides suffered losses, with the British Crown the eventual victor. Land confiscation and questionable land sales carried on through to the 20th century, until the vast majority of land in New Zealand was owned by settlers and the Crown. Following its signing, many of the rights guaranteed to Māori in the Treaty of Waitangi were ignored. To help rectify this, the Waitangi Tribunal was set up in 1975. It has ruled on a number of claims brought by Māori iwi (tribes) and in many cases, compensation has been granted.   While disagreements over the terms of the treaty continue to this day, it is still considered New Zealand's founding document.   The grounds and building where the treaty was signed have been preserved. Today, the Waitangi Historic Reserve is a popular tourist attraction. Here you can explore the museum, watch a cultural performance inside the carved Māori meeting house, and visit the colonial mission house, historic flagstaff, and beautiful waka taua (Māori war canoe). Throughout the 19th and much of the 20th century, the ‘homeland' of Britain had an enormous influence on New Zealand. Government administration, education, and culture were largely built on British models. New Zealand troops fought, and suffered severe casualties in the Boer War and the two World Wars. As Prime Minister Michael Savage said about England in 1939, ‘where she goes, we go, where she stands, we stand'. After World War II, cultural ties with Great Britain remained strong. However, successive New Zealand governments saw the USA as their major ally and protector. New Zealand signed the joined SEATO (South-East Asia Treaty Organisation) and signed the ANZUS (Australia, New Zealand, and United States) Pact. New Zealand troops also fought with US forces during the Korean and Vietnam wars. While New Zealand is still heavily influenced by its colonial heritage, the country now has its own strong sense of identity. While still a member of the British Commonwealth, and maintaining close, friendly relations with the USA, New Zealand now has a far more independent trading and foreign policy. Since the mid 1980s, New Zealand has been a nuclear free zone, with its armed forces primarily focused on peacekeeping in the Pacific region. This history of the country was taken directly from NewZealand.Com. It was the best summation without getting too overblown we could find!  So now with that history of the country down let's get into the creepiness!!   First up, a ghost town!  Now farmland and Bush, Tangarakau once was a thriving community of 1200 people. It's a tiny dot on the map 90 minutes' drive from both Stratford and Taumarunui - so remote that it isn't even on the Forgotten Highway. You must turn off State Highway 43 and drive 6km into bush and rugged farmland to reach all that's left of it, which is almost nothing. There's a campground with cabins and provision for motorhomes, a working farm, the heavily rainforested banks of the Tangarakau River and surrounding hills to explore and plenty of outdoor activities: fossil collecting, kayaking, hunting. The name, which translates as "to fell trees” seems appropriate, for there's nothing but paddocks where a community of 1200 tunnellers and railway workers once thrived. Tangarakau was the epicentre of an epic construction job accomplished with picks, shovels and dynamite - a project which it's said would have cost $9 billion in today's money. Construction of the Stratford-Okahukura railway line began from Stratford in 1901 and took more than three decades to complete. The link was mothballed in 2009, though you can still ride over it in tourist railcarts. For most of its life this railway thrived, with goods trains carrying coal, stock and wool and passenger railcars travelling both ways every day. One feature of visiting Tangarakau on the railcarts is that the railway ballast on this part of the track is full of fossils. For about 10 years, during the height of construction, Tangarakau boasted a drapery store, hairdresser and tobacconist, boot shop, tearooms, confectioner and fruiterer, social rooms, post office and savings bank, police station, a boarding house, resident doctor and dispensary (formed by a co-operative Tangarakau Medical Association), a maternity home, cinema and social hall, lending library and reading room, a well-equipped school, recreation ground and tennis court. The streets were lit by a power station provided by the Public Works Department. According to Taranaki's Ghost Town by Derek Morris, men who built the Stratford-Okahukura railway line earned only a few pounds a week. But everyone gave a day's wages to the victims of the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake. After the line was completed in 1932, the workers drifted away and most buildings were dismantled and removed. During the 1960s, the population dwindled to eight. Now only Bushlands Holiday Park remains.   Not far from the ghost town, in the spectacular Tangarakau Gorge, is the grave of pioneer surveyor Joshua Morgan who died in 1893. Morgan was an extraordinary man - the first European to cross the Urewera Ranges and an eyewitness to the 1886 Tarawera eruption. He spoke fluent Maori and often used English and Maori interchangeably. Morgan fell ill while surveying the road linking Stratford and Taumarunui and did not survive to see the historic railway line through to completion. Morgan's tomb has become a place for travellers to pause and reflect on those who built the Stratford-Okahukura railway line. There's not a ton of sightings from this place but there are a few ghost stories. Some have stated that they've seen apparitions wandering the ground. And there are reports of strange noises in the area as well. Some campers at the campground have reported creepy things happening while they've stayed there including odd noises and something messing with their tents andRVs, wildlife or spirits of  the tallest workers that died working hard to complete the railway?    So we started out light to whet your whistles. Let's get into more creepiness!   Next up we head to Auckland! There we find the Ewelme cottage, which from what we can tell is considered one of the most haunted places in the area! Built in the 1860s, this charming cottage in Parnell was once home to Reverend Lush and his wife. It also functioned as a bolt-hole during times of tribal conflict in Howick, where Reverend Lush preached. This house has remained largely intact and virtually unchanged in the years since when it was built. It is a glimpse into what life in New Zealand used to be like!   It is also rumoured to be haunted by the spirits of women and children, and in particular by the spirit of a young girl. We found a description of a paranormal investigation done at the house and we're gonna share some of those findings. Rather high EMF levels were detected in a few places within the house.

Pushing The Limits
Episode 194: Inside the Mind of New Zealand Olympic Runner Rod Dixon

Pushing The Limits

Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2021 87:59


Becoming a championship medalist — or an Olympic medalist — is an ambitious goal that many athletes dream of. But are we training the right way? In reality, training to be an Olympic runner is more than just stretching your physical limits; it's also about your recovery, mental strength, environment and so much more.   In this episode, famed Olympic runner Rod Dixon joins us to talk about his journey in becoming an Olympic medalist and his victory at the NYC marathon. 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Check out the different benefits of each in the link.  Rod’s KiDSMARATHON is a running and nutrition educational programme organised to help children in the United States and the world! Check out his website. Connect with Rob: LinkedIn Episode Highlights [05:01] How Rod Grew Up with Running Rod shares that his brother John was a significant part of his running career. John helped coach Rod while Rod was young.  He fondly remembers his time growing up and always running from place to place.  His father used to explore and travel around Australia by bike, while his mother played basketball and did gymnastics.  [11:42] Early Years of Training  Learn by doing. You can run the same race twice, but don’t expect a different result when you do everything the same. Run differently. Rod grew up loving cross country racing, especially the beach races through dunes.  It was during this time that he was inspired to reach for the 1968 Olympics. His brother, John, immediately put him on a training regimen.  Once you have a goal, you need to know how to reach it and what you’re prepared to do for it. Multiple amazing runners inspired Rod to keep going for his goal. Tune in to find out who! [19:13] Approach to the Foundations Get the timing right first, not the miles. The foundation is to start with running long and slow.  Rod's brother, John, also helped keep a logbook of his training. This enabled them to narrow down what to improve and work on.  Athletes don’t get better from training; improvement comes from rest and recovery.  Learn to prioritise your health. This will bring more results than just pushing yourself too hard on your training all the time.  Know that there’s a period for different types of training. There will be times when you’ll need to set your foundations and conditioning right first.  [25:20] Rod’s Journey Towards Becoming an Olympic Runner Getting acclimated to an area is essential to planning an Olympic runner’s training regimen.  With the help of John, Rod realised he was a strength runner. This knowledge became crucial in planning for his races. When you train with runners, it will be a race. Train with marathon runners, and it will be a long and slow run. Choose your training partners based on your needs. Rod’s training with runners helped him learn more than just racing. His nutrition improved, too.  Listen to the full episode for Rod’s exciting account of his Olympic journey—from qualifications to his training!  [36:47] Handling Self-Doubt Rod shares that he also had bouts of self-doubt. During these times, he would look for his brother John, his mother and his grandmother.  Ground yourself and just run, not for training but to clear your head and be in the moment.  In a lot of things, confidence matters more than ability. The more confident you are, the more it will bring out your ability.   Don’t be influenced by bad habits.  What matters is finishing the race. Finishing in itself is already a win.  [42:02] Life as a Professional Athlete Training effectively resulted in Rod becoming an Olympic runner, medalist and breaking records.  Rod shares that he works full-time in addition to taking on small jobs to balance the costs.  Tune in to the episode to hear the ups and downs of being an Olympic runner and a professional athlete.  [50:07] Transition from Short to Long Races After his experiences as an Olympic runner, Rod wanted to focus on cross country and longer races.   Once you have your foundations, you will need to adjust your training for long races. It's not going to be much different from what you're already doing.  Rod shares that he had to work towards the NYC marathon through conquering half marathons and many other experiences.  Build on your experiences and learn to experiment. Rod discusses his training in the full episode!  [1:04:47] Believe in Your Ability When preparing for a big race, you need to protect your mindset and remember that running is an individual sport — it's all about you.  Don’t be influenced by others. Learn to pace yourself and run your own race.  A race starts long before you set your foot on the track. Listen to the full episode for Rod’s recounting of the NYC marathon.  [1:21:23] Build and Develop Your Mentality People will often hesitate when they face a hill. When you’re in this situation, just keep going.  Sometimes, some things won’t happen the way you want them to. But certainly, your time will come.    7 Powerful Quotes from This Episode ‘John would tell me. He said, ‘You know, you've run the same race twice expecting a different result.’ He said, ‘You've got to run differently.’  'He said, 'You know, you set a goal, but I won't tell you how to do it. So, you've got to figure out what you're prepared to do. And I think, [it was] then [that] I realised it was my decision making and I had to focus.' ‘You don't improve when you train, you improve when you recover.’ ‘Just remember to learn by doing.’ ‘I just thought this [the race] is about me. It's not about anybody.’ ‘I learned all that in my road racing. That sometimes, you just can't run away from people, but you can find out their vulnerable moments. And when they would come into a hill, they would hesitate because they’d look up the hill. And that's when you try.’ 'My mother had said that sometimes, things won't happen the way you want them to. Sometimes, you know, you're watching this, but your time will come at another point or another time. And I realised then what she was saying when I had one that was my defining moment. It just took longer than average.'   About Rod Rod Dixon is one of the most versatile runners from New Zealand. For 17 years, Rod continuously challenged himself with races. His awards include a bronze medal from the 1972 Olympic 1500m, two medals from the World Cross Country Championship and multiple 1500m championship titles from the United States, France, Great Britain and New Zealand. But most importantly, he is well-known for his victory at the 1983 New York City Marathon. Now, Rod is passionate about children's health and fitness due to the lack of physical exercise and nutrition among children. Through KiDSMARATHON, he helps thousands of children learn the value of taking care of their bodies and developing positive life-long habits. The foundation has since made a difference in many children’s lives.  You can reach out to Rod on LinkedIn.    Enjoyed This Podcast? 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So hope you enjoy the insights that Rod Dixon is going to provide for you today. If you're a runner, you will love this one. But even if you just love interesting, amazing people then check out this interview with Rod Dixon.   Lisa: Well, welcome everybody. Today. I have an absolute legend with me on the show. I have Rod Dixon, one of my heroes from way back in the day, Rod, welcome to the show. It's wonderful to have you on Pushing the Limits. Thanks for taking the time.   Rod Dixon: Lisa, thank you. I mean, of course, I've known about you and read about you but this is our first time, and it's come about through the pandemic. So, some good things have come out of this.   Lisa: There’s definitely some good things come out of it. And I've definitely known about you sort of pretty much my entire, since I was a little kid. So you’re one of my heroes back in the day, so I was like, ‘Oh, wow’. And the funny thing is, we got to meet through a friend in America who just happened to know you. And I was talking with them, and they're like, and I'm like, ‘Can you introduce me?’ Via America we've come, but to get you to Kiwi, so wonderful to have you on the show, Rod.    Rod, you hardly need an introduction. I think people know sort of your amazing achievements as an athlete and runner are many, and we're going to get into them. I think one of the biggest, most incredible things was winning the 1983 New York City Marathon. And that iconic image of you with your hands in the air going, and that guy behind you not such good shape. That's one of the most famous images there is. But Rod, can you tell us a little bit about your story, where you came from, how did that you were such a good runner? Give us a bit of background on you.   Rod: I think, Lisa, I started… I was born in Nelson, and living out at Stoke, which is just not far out. And my brother, John, three years older, he went to Stoke Primary School. And so, I was in a centre, I think. And my mother came out to check on me. And there’s a young Rod, and he sees, and he said in the centre, ‘I'll go and take my shower now’. And that was my chance to then put all the things that I've learned of how to climb over the gate. And I climbed over the gate, then off I went. My mother got the phone call from the Stoke school. ‘Where is your son, Rodney?’ He said, ‘Oh he’s at the back, hanging in the sand’, and she's, ‘No, well, he's down here at the Stokes school with his brother’. Because we used to walk John down to school and walk and go and meet him to walk him back. And so, I knew that way. And here is my chance, so I think, Lisa, I started when I was four years old, when I ran out.   Lisa: When you are escaping? And your brother John. I mean, he was a very talented, amazing runner as well. And actually, he's got into it before you did. Tell us a little bit of his story,  because he was definitely been a big part of your career as well. Tell us about John a little bit.   Rod: Yeah, well, my mother's family were from Mishawaka. They're all farmers. And fortunately, they were tobacco farmers, hot guns, and sheep and cattle. And so, we would be over with the family a lot of the time. And of course, a big farm, and John would always say, ‘Let's go down and catch some eels’ or ‘Let's go chase the rabbits’. And so we're on, outside running around all over time. And I think, then we used to have running races. And John would say, ‘Well, you have 10 yards and say, for 20 yards, 50 yards, and see if you can beat me down to the swing bridge.’ And I would try, and of course he’d catch me. So, there was always this incredible activity between us. And my dad was a very good runner, too. And so, we would go down for our, from the north we’ll go down to the beach for swim. Pretty well, most nights we could walk and run down there. So we would all run down. And then we would run along the beach to the estuary, and run back again.    And then my dad, of course, he would stride out and just make sure that we knew our packing order. Slowly but surely, you see John waited for his moment where he beat dad. And I think, dad turned around and came back to me and he said, ‘I won't run with John, I'll just run with you’. So, I knew what the story was that I had to do the same, but it took me another couple of years before I could beat my dad. So, running was very much an expression, very much part of us. We’d run to school, we’d run home. I would deliver the newspapers in the neighbourhood, most of the time I would run with dad. So, and then at 12 years old, I was able to join the running club, the Nelson Amateur Athletic Harriot and Cycling Club. There’s three or four hundred in the club, and it was just incredible because it was like another extension of the family. And so we would run on farms and golf courses and at the beach or at the local school, sometimes the golf cart would let us run on the golf club. So, there was this running club. So the love of running was very part of my life.   Lisa: And you had a heck of a good genetics by the sound of it. You were just telling me a story,  how your dad had actually cycled back in the 40s, was this around Australia, something like 30,000 miles or something? Incredible, like, wow, that's and on those bikes, on those days. And what an incredible—say he was obviously a very talented sports person.   Rod: I think he was more of an adventurer. We’ve got these amazing pictures of him with his workers in those days, they have to wear knee high leather boots. He’s like Doctor Livingstone, explorer. And so he was exploring and traveling around Australia, just his diaries are incredible. What he did, where he went, and everything was on the bike, everything.. So, it was quite amazing, that endurance, I think you're right, Lisa...   Lisa: You had it in there.   Rod: ...there’s this incredible thing and genetically, and my mother, she played basketball, and she was very athletic herself and gymnast. So I think a lot of that all came together for us kids.   Lisa: So you definitely had a good Kiwi kid upbringing and also some very, very good genetics, I mean, you don't get to the level that you have with my genetics that much. We're just comparing notes before and how we're opposite ends of the running scale, but both love running. It’s lovely. So Rod, I want to dive in now on to a little bit of, some of your major achievements that you had along the way and what your training philosophies were, the mentors that you had, did you follow somebody and started training? Who were you— so, take me forward a little bit in time now to when you're really getting into the serious stuff. What was your training, structure and stuff like back in the day?   Rod: Well, it's very interesting, Lisa. This was after did, in fact, incredibly, he was working, and with Rothmans, and he would travel the country. And he would come to the running clubs to teach the coaches, to impart his principles and philosophy with the coaches. And my brother being three years older, I think he tended to connect with that more so, as younger kids. And but we were just pretty impressed, and Bill Bailey used to come in as a salesperson, and he would come and we'd all go out for lunch with Bill and he would tell stories. And we were fascinated by that, and encouraged by it, and inspired by it. So, I think what John did, as we started, John will get to Sydney in 1990. And he noticed that young Rodney was starting to — our three favourite words, Lisa, it’s learned by doing. So I would learn from this race and I would adopt something different. I would try. When I knew, I mean, John would tell me, he said,  ‘You've run the same race twice expecting a different result.’ He said, ‘You've got to run differently’. And I would go out train with John and then he would say, ‘Okay, now you turn around and go back home because we're going on for another hour’. So he knew how to brother me, how to look after me or study.    And so really, as I started to come through, John realised that maybe Rodney has got more talent and ability than I do. So, he started to put more effort into my training and that didn't really come to us about 18. So, he allowed those five, six years just for club running, doing the races, cross-country. I love cross country — and the more mud and the more fences and the more steep hills, the better I ran. And so that cross country running say I used to love running the beach races through the sand dunes. And I love trackless, fascinated with running on the grass tracks because of  Peter Snell and yeah Murray Halberg. And also too fascinated with the books like The Kings Of Distance and of course, Jack Lovelock winning in 1936. One of the first things I wanted to do was to go down to Timaru Boys High School and hug the oak tree that was still growing there, 80 years old now, Lisa because they all got a little oak sapling for the end, and that is still growing at Timaru Boys High School,   Lisa: Wow. That was so special.   Rod: There's a lot of energy from all around me that inspired me. And I think that's what I decided then that I was going to take on the training, John asked me, and I said yes. And he said, ‘What do you want to do?’ And he said, and I said, ‘Well, I just listened to the 1968 Olympics on my transistor radio’ — which I tell kids, ‘That was Wi-Fi, wireless’. And I said, I want to go to the Olympics one day. And he said, ‘Right, well, they know you've made the commitment’. Now, obviously, during the training, John would say, ‘Well, hold on, you took two days off there, what's going on? So, that’s okay’, he said, ‘You set a goal, but I told you how to do it. So you've got to figure out what you're prepared to do’. And I think then I realised it was my decision making and I had to focus.   So I really, there was very, very few days that I didn't comply — not so much comply — but I was set. Hey, my goal, and my Everest is this, and this is what it's going to take.   Lisa: And that would have been the 19, so 1972.   Rod: No, 1968.   Lisa: 1968. Okay.   Rod: So now, I really put the focus on. Then we set the goal, what it would take, and really by 1970 and ‘70 or ‘71, I made the very, my very first Kewell Cross Country Tour. And I think we're finishing 10th in the world when I was just 20. We realised that that goal would be Olympics, that’s two years’ time, is not unreasonable. So, we started to think about the Olympics. And that became the goal on the bedroom wall. And I remember I put pictures of Peter Snell, Ron Clark and Jim Ryun and Kip Keino on my wall as my inspiration.   Lisa: Your visualisation technique, is that called now, your vision board and all that. And no, this was really the heyday of athletics and New Zealand, really. I mean, you had some, or in the 70s, at least, some other big names in the sport, did that help you — I don't think it's ever been repeated really, the levels that we sort of reached in those years?   Rod: No, no. know. It certainly is because there was Kevin Ross from Whanganui. He was 800, 1500. And then there's Dick Tyler, because he went on incredibly in 1974 at the Commonwealth Games, but Dick Quax, Tony Polhill, John Walker wasn't on the scene until about ‘73 right. So, but, here are these and I remember I went to Wanganui to run 1500. And just as a 21-year-old and I beat Tony Polhill who had won the British championships the year before. So we suddenly, I realised that —   Lisa: You’re world class.   Rod: First with these guys, I can — but of course, there were races where I would be right out the back door. And we would sit down with it now, was it tactics, or was it something we weren't doing in training, or was it something we overdid the train. And we just had to work that out. It was very, very feeling based.   Lisa: And very early in the knowledge  like, now we have everything as really — I mean, even when I started doing ultramarathons we didn't know anything. Like I didn't even know what a bloody electrolyte tablet was. Or that you had to go to the gym at all.  I just ran, and I ran slow and I ran long. And back then I mean, you did have some—I mean absolutely as approach what’s your take on that now like looking back and the knowledge we have now that sort of high mileage training stalls. What's your take on that?   Rod: Well, John realised, of course I am very much the hundred mile a week. John realised that and the terrain and I said, ‘I don't want to run on the right job. I just don't like that.’ He said, ‘Okay, so then, we’ll adapt that principle, because you like to run on the cross-country and mounds all around Nelson’. Yeah. And, and so we adapted, and I think I was best around the 80, 85 miles, with the conditioning. There would be some weeks, I would go to 100 because it was long and slow. And we would go out with the run to the other runners. And the talk test showed us how we were doing.   At 17, I was allowed to run them, Abel Tasman National Park. And of course, the track was quite challenging in those days, it wasn’t a walkway like it is now. And so you couldn't run fast. And that was the principle behind bringing us all over there to run long and slow. And just to get the timing rather than the miles.   Lisa: Keep it light then, the time is for us to use it.   Rod: So, he used to go more with time. And then after, we’d come to Nelson and he would give John time. And John would, of course, I would have to write everything down in my diary. And John would have the diaries there. And he would sit with Arthur and I would go through them. And afterwards, we would give a big check, and say that ‘I liked it. I like this, I liked it. I like to see you doing this’.  And because we're still the basic principles of the period with the base as the foundation training, as you go towards your competitive peak, you're starting to narrow it down and do shorter, faster, or anaerobic work and with base track. And John, we just sit straight away, you don't improve when you train, you improve when you recover.   Lisa: Wow, wise.   Rod: Recovered and rest and recovery.   Lisa: Are you listening, athletes out there? You don't get better training alone. You need the rest and recovery, because that's still the hardest sell. That's still the hardest sell for athletes today, is to get them to prioritise the recovery, their sleep, their all of those sort of aspects over there. And like you already knew that back then.   Rod: And I said once again, just remember to learn by doing. So, unless you're going to record what you've learned today, you're not going to be able to refer to that. Sometimes John would say, ‘Ooh, I noticed today that you didn't do this and this. Bring your diary over.’ And on those days, of course, it was a blackboard and chalk. And he would write the titles at the top. And then from our diary, he would put under, he would take out, and he'd put under any of those headings. And then we'd stand back and said, ‘Now look at this. There's three on this one, nine on this one, two on this one, six on this one.’ We want to try and bring the lows up and the highs down. Let's get more consistency because this is your conditioning period. We don't need to have these spikes. We don't need to have this roller coaster. I want to keep it as steady as we can because it's a 8, 10-week foundation period. So those are the ways that we used to be. And John just simply said, he would say, when you wake up in the morning, take your heart rate. Take your pulse for 15 seconds, and write it down. And then he would say ‘Look, the work we did yesterday, and the day before, yesterday, I noticed that there's a bit of a spike in your recovery on Tuesday and Wednesday. So instead of coming to the track tonight, just go out for a long slow run’.   Lisa: Wow and this was before EPS and heart rate monitors, and God knows what we've got available to us now to track everything. So what an incredible person John must have been like, because he also gave up pretty much his potential, really to help you foster your potential because you obviously genetically had an extreme gift. That's a pretty big sacrifice really, isn’t?   Rod: He was incredible. And I just saw him yesterday, actually. And he used to live in the Marlborough Sounds. And of course, now that moved back to Nelson and so it's wonderful. I mean, I would always go down there and see him, and I used to love—well, I wouldn't run around — but I was biking around, all around the Marlborough Sounds, Kenepuru Sound. and I do four- or five-hour bike rides in the head. He says to me, ‘What was your big thing?’ And I said, ‘Well, I saw three cars today, John, for three hours’, and he said, ‘Oh, yes, and two of those were in the driveway’. It was amazing. I just loved down there, but now he's back here we see each other and talk and we go through our bike rides, and we go for a little jiggle, jog, as we call it now.   Lisa: And so he helped you hone and tailor all of this and give you that guidance so that you boost your really strong foundation. So what was it, your very first big thing that you did? Was it then, would you say that for the Olympics?   Rod: I think qualifying — no, not qualifying — but making the New Zealand cross-country team, The World Cross Country Team at 1971. I think that was the defining moment of what we were doing was, ‘Well, this is amazing.’ And so, as I said, 1971, I finished 10th in the world. And then then John said, ‘Well, what are you actually thinking for the Olympics? Are you thinking the steeplechase or the 5000 meters?’ And I said, ‘No, the 1500.’ ‘Why?’ And I said, ‘Oh, Jack Havelock, Peter Snell, John Davies’, and then, he said, ‘Good. You're committed, so let's do it’. Okay. Of course, once I have announced that, then, of course, I got all the — not criticism — but the suggestions from all the, ‘Well, I think Rod's a bit optimistic about the 1500. He hasn't even broken 1’50 for the 800 meters. He hasn't yet been broken 4 minutes for a mile. He wants to go to the Olympics. And I think he should be thinking, and John said, ‘Put the earmuffs on.’   Lisa: That is good advice. Don’t listen to the naysayers.   Rod: Off we go. And then slowly, but surely, I was able to get a lot of races against Dick Quax and Tony Powell, and Kevin Ross, in that. And then I remember, in Wellington at Lower Hutt, I was able to break the four-minute mile, then I got very close in a race to the Olympic Qualifying time. And then of course, you look at qualifications. And a lot of those runners didn't want, they already realised that they hadn't got anywhere near it. So they didn't turn out for the trials. So John gave up any idea of him going to the Olympics. And he said, ‘I'm coming to Auckland to pace you. And this time, you will stay right behind me. And when I move over and say go, go’. And so because we've done a couple of these earlier in the season, and ‘I said that I can sprint later.’ And of course, I missed out at the time, but this was it. And so, he said, ‘Our goal is for you to win the trials and to break the qualification’. And he made it happen. He said, he ran in one second of every lap to get me to 300 meters to go.  When he moved over, and he said ‘Go!’ I got the fight of my life and took off.   Lisa: You wouldn't dare not, after that dedication order. And you qualified you got–   Rod: I won the trials and qualified. And Tony Polhill had qualified in his and he had won the national championship. So he qualified when the nationals and now I've qualified and won the trials. So, they actually, they took us both incredible. He was an A-grade athlete, I was a B-grade athlete. You got everything paid for, be in your head to train.   Lisa: Yes, I know that one. And so then you got to actually go to the Olympics. Now what was that experience like? Because a lot of people, not many people in the world actually get to go to an Olympics. What's it like? What's it like?   Rod: So we went to Scandinavia, and to Europe to do some pre-training. And on those days, we used to say, ‘Well, no, you got to acclimatised’. I mean, nowadays you can kind of go and run within a few days. But in my day, it was three to four weeks, you wanted to have  —   Lisa: That's ideal to be honest.   Rod: Yeah, if they were right.   Lisa: Yeah. Get their time and like that whole jet lag shift and the changing of the time zones, and all of that sort of stuff takes a lot longer than people think to actually work out of the body. So yeah, okay, so now you're at the Olympics.   Rod: So here we were, so and John gave me a written for a track that schedule every day, and this was a training, and he had bounced with knowing that I was going to be flying from London to Denmark. And then, we're going to go to Sweden, and then we're going to go to Dosenbach. And so he expected in all the traveling, all the changes, and really a lot of it was I was able to go out there pretty well stayed with that. Now again, I realised that that wasn't going to work. And but what he had taught me, I was able to make an adjustment and use my feeling-based instinct, saying, ‘What would John say to this?’ John would say this because those all that journey, we'd have together, I learned very, very much to communicate with him. Any doubts, we would talk, we would sit down, and we would go over things. So, he had trained me for this very moment, to make decisions for myself. Incredible.   Lisa: Oh, he's amazing.   Rod: Absolutely.   Lisa: That’s incredible. I'm just sort of picturing someone doing all that, especially back then, when you didn't have all the professional team coaches running around you and massage therapists and whatever else that the guys have now, guys and girls.   Rod: It was the two days he knew that I would respond, it would take me four to five races before I started to hit my plateau. I found early in those days that — see, I was a strength trainer to get my speed. I came across a lot of athletes who had speed to get their strength. And so, what I wrote, I found that when I would go against the speed to street, they would come out of the gate, first race and boom, hit their time.   Lisa: Hit their peak.   Rod:  Whereas, I would take three, four or five races to get my flow going. And then I would start to do my thing. My rhythm was here, and then all of a sudden, then I would start to climb my Everest. I've been new. And so John said, ‘These are the races that the athletic, the Olympic committee have given us. I want you to run 3000 meters on this race, I want you to run 800 meters if you can on this race. If you can't run 800, see if you can get 1000. I don't want you running at 1500 just yet. And so, then he would get me under, over. Under, and then by the time that three ball races, now it's time for you to run a couple of 1500s and a mile if you can. Then, I want you to go back to running a 3000 meters, or I want you to go back out and training’.   Lisa: Wow. Really specific. Like wow.   Rod: He was very unbelievable. Also to that at that time, I had these three amazing marathon runners, Dave McKenzie, our Boston Marathon winner, Jeff Foster, who is the absolute legend of our running, and a guy called Terry Maness. And John said to me, ‘Don't train with quacks and all those other guys. Run, do your runs with the marathon runners’. You see, and they would take me out for a long slow run. Whereas if you went out with the others, you get all this group of runners, then they’d all be racing each other.   Lisa: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Don’t race when you're training   Rod: Your ego. With the pecking order, when you ran with the marathon runners, there was no pecking order.   Lisa: It's all about pacing and —   Rod: And of course, and I would eat with them too because I learned how to eat because they were better eaters than me. I would eat more carbohydrates and more organic foods because it was the long run. I learned to do that. It was interesting because Jack pointed out to me said, ‘Now you see those two guys that were at the track today. And they were doing, and you are quite overwhelmed because they are your competitors and they were doing this incredible workout’. And I said to them, I said, ‘Woop, that what I was up against’. And Jack said, ‘Put it behind you. I want you to come to the dining room with us tonight, and we'll try and see if we can sit with them or near them.’ And I’m sure enough, there they were over there and they were talking. And they were pushing their food all around their plate and they weren't eating much’. And Jack said, ‘Look at you, you've eaten everything, and you're going back for seconds and thirds. If they're not replacing their glycogen, they won’t be able to run very well in a couple of days because they're not eating right’. So that gave me the confidence. Oh, I'm eating better than them. So they may have trained better. And sure enough, you didn't see them at the track. And the coach had taken them off because they were obviously racing too hard, they were racing their and not recovering.   Lisa: Recovering. Yeah, so don't be intimidated. Because it's very easy, isn't it, when you start to doubt your own methods and your own strategies, and you haven’t done it right, and so-and-so's got it better than me, and they're more talented. And this is — all that negative self-talk, and you found a couple of guys to go, ‘Hang on, you've got this part better than they've got.’ What a great sort of mentoring thing for them to have done, to put you in that sort of good headspace. On the headspace thing, how did you deal with the doubts? Did you ever have lots of self-doubts? I mean, I know I certainly I did, where you don't feel good enough. Like you're what am I doing here? The old imposter syndrome type thing? Did that ever rear its head in your world? Or were you able to focus and...?   Rod: No, absolutely, Lisa. I mean, I would often, fortunately, I could go to John with any question. There is nothing, no stone left unturned. He was amazing. Because he sensed it too, by the way, that being that brother, playing and training. And he was very, very connected with me because he would train with me, and he would sense things. And he'd say to me, he said, ‘Oh, you’re a little bit down today, aren’t you?’ and he said, ‘What's happened?’ There are like bit of a bullying going on in school and this or that, or ‘That girl won't talk to me anymore, and I love her’ and that stuff.   Lisa: Yeah, yeah, all that stuff.   Rod: And so he was like Marian, my mother. She was very, very on to me, too. She would sit with me and talk with me. And her mother, my grandmother, amazing, amazing people. And I will say this, right now, when my mother was 95 years old, she asked me to come and sit with her on her birthday. And she held my hand. And she said, ‘You can call me Marian from now on’. And I said, ‘Wow, this is fantastic’. And that was my mother's gift to me because I've always called her mother. I never call her mum. No. Always ‘mother’. And that relationship with my mother was very, very powerful, and it came through in my running. And John would now and again have to kind of toughen me up a little bit — that was incredible balance. So I never had anything that I had, I took to bed with me, I never had anything that I would go out.   Lisa: Get it all out.   Rod: I would say, sometimes, if you're running through the Dan Mountain Retreat. And he said, ‘I know what you get yourself wound up’. He said, ‘Stop, take your shoes off, and hug a tree.’   Lisa: These guys is just so like, what astounds me is that your mom, your brother, these good mentors and coaches that you had were so advanced. And this is the stuff that we’re talking about now, like, I'm telling my athletes to take your shoes off and go and ground yourself every day. And go hug a tree and get out in the sunlight and get away from the screens and do all these basic sort of things. But back then there wasn't that, like, there wasn't all this knowledge that we have now, and they obviously innately just nurtured. It sounds like you had the perfect nurturing environment to become the best version of yourself.   Rod: Yes, I think so, Lisa. I was very, very, — and wonderfully, even in the club, in our running club, get this, our chairman of our running club was Harold Nelson, 1948 Olympian. Our club captain was Carrie Williams, five times Australasian cross-country champion. And they took time to run with us kids. They didn't all go out and race. The club captain and Harold would come down and talk with us kids and we would run. And then, I remember Carrie Williams, when he took us for a run. And he said, ‘Right’. He said, ‘Now there's a barbed wire fence in, there's a gate’. And he said, ‘We've got the flag there and the flag there’. He said, ‘You got a choice of going over the barbed wire fence or over the gate’. He said, ‘Come on, you boys, off you go’. And of course, 9 out of 10 went over the gate. And a friend of mine, Roger Seidman and I, we went over the barbed wire. And then he said, ‘Why did you do that?’ And I said, ‘Because it was shorter.’ And they turned to the others, and he said, ‘I like his thinking’. And he said, ‘You've got to have, to jump over a barbed wire fence, you've got to have 100%, you got to have 90% confidence and 10% ability.   Lisa: And a lot of commitment. That is a good analogy.   Rod: Things like that, all started to, there's this big, big jigsaw puzzle. And all those pieces started to make sense. And I can start to build that picture. And when I started to see the picture coming, I understood what they were telling me. And once again, learn by doing — or another word, another thing that John had above my bed was a sign, ‘Don't be influenced by habits’.   Lisa: Wow, that's a good piece of advice for life. I think I might stick that on my Instagram today, Rod Dixon says.   Rod: And, of course, wonderfully, all these I've carried on with my programme that I did with the LA marathon, and bringing people from the couch to the finish line now. And when I was going through, we're putting through, I started off with five or six hundred. But I got up to over 2000 people. And basically, it's the matter that I used for my kids’ programme is, ‘Finishing is winning. Slow and steady. The tortoise won the race.’   Lisa: Well, that's definitely been my bloody life history, that's for sure. Finishing is winning and the tortoise wins the race. Yeah, if you go long enough, and everyone else has sort of stopped somewhere, and you're still going. That was my sort of philosophy, if I just keep running longer than everybody else, and whatever. Let's go now, because I'm aware of time and everything, and there's just so much to unpack here. I want to talk about the New York City Marathon because it was pretty, I mean, so you did the Olympics. Let's finish that story first, because you got bronze medal at the 1500 at the Olympics. Now, what was that like a massive, life-changing thing to get an Olympic medal? You did it four times, the first time?   Rod: I mean, my goal, and I remember, I've still got a handwritten notes of John. And our goal was to get to the sideline at the first heat. And if you can qualify for the next thing, would we give you this, that, if you're there, this is what we've worked for. And of course, and I remember 1968 again, when I was listening to my transistor radio, to the 1500 meters with Keino and Ryun, Jim Ryun, the world record holder, Kip Keino, Commonwealth champion from Edinburgh in 1970. And here he was, this incredible race, and we were absolutely going in there, listening to it, and it was incredible. And to think they said that four years later, I'm on the start line, and beside me, is Kip Keino.   Lisa: Yeah, it'd be, it’s pretty amazing.   Rod: And then the next runner to come and stand beside me was Jim Ryun, the world record holder and here I am. And I'm thinking because I don't pick it out, when we got the heats, well you've got the world record holder, silver medallist, and you've got the Olympic gold medallist in my race, and only two go through to the next leap. So I'm going for it but I never, I wasn't overwhelmed by that because John has said to me, our goal is, and I wanted to please John by meeting our goal, at least get to the next round. Well, history has shown that Jim Ryun was tripped up and fell and I finished second behind Keino to go through to the next round. And then and then of course, I won my semi-final. So, I was in the final, and this was unbelievable, it’s no doubt is –   Lisa: It’s like you’re pinching yourself, ‘Is this real?’ All that finals and the Olympics. And you ended up third on that race, on the podium, with a needle around your neck on your first attempt in a distance where the people sent you, ‘Yeah, not really suited to this tribe’.   Rod: And what was amazing is that just after we know that we've got the middle and went back to the back, and after Lillian came in into the room to congratulated me and Bill Bailey. And they said, ‘You realise that you broke Peter Snell’s New Zealand record’. And I was almost like, ‘Oh my god, I didn't mean to do that’.   Lisa: Apologising for breaking the record. Oh, my goodness. I'm sure that's just epic. And then you went on to more Olympic glory. Tell us from...   Rod: So at that stage, we went back to… New Zealand team were invited to the Crystal Palace in London for what they called the International Athletes Meet. And it was a full house, 40,000 people, and I didn't want to run the 1500 — or they didn't actually have a 1500 — they had a 3000, or two mark, this right, we had a two-mark. And that's what I wanted to run, the two mark, and that was Steve Prefontaine, the American record holder, and he just finished fourth at the Olympics. And I went out and we had a great race — unbelievable race. I won it, setting a Commonwealth and New Zealand record. He set the American record. And that was just like, now, it was just beginning to think, wow, I can actually run further than 1500.   Lisa: Yeah, yeah, you can. You certainly did.   Rod: So we got invited to go back to Europe at ‘73. And so we have the called, the Pacific Conference Games in ‘73, in Toronto. So, I asked the Athletic people, ‘Can I use my ticket to Toronto, and then on to London?’ Because I had to buy—may they allow me to use that ticket. And then Dick Quax and Tony Polhill said they were going to do the same. And then we had this young guy call me, John Walker. And he said, ‘I hear you guys are going to England. And could I come with you?’ And I said, ‘Yeah’, because he didn't go to the Olympics, but he ran some great races, we thought it was heavy. And he said, ‘Now do you get me the ticket?’ And I said, ‘No, you have to get the ticket’. And he said, ‘Oh, how do I do that?’ And I said, ‘If you, can't you afford it?’, and he said, ‘Not really’. I said, have you got a car? He said, ‘Yes’. I said, ‘Well, sell it’. And he said, ‘Really?’ So he did. And my reasoning is that, ‘John, if you run well enough, you'll get your tickets back again, which means you'll be able to buy your car back again.’ And that was John...    Lisa:  Put your ass on the line and forward you’re on, because this all amateur sport, back in the day. And it was hard going, like to be a world-class athlete while trying to make a living and  how did you manage all of that, like, financially? How the heck did you do it?   Rod: Well, before I left in ‘73, I worked full time, eight hours a day. I did a milk run at night. I worked in a menswear store on a Friday night. And then of course, fortunately, I was able to communicate with Pekka Vasala from Finland. And he said, ‘We can get you tickets. So the thing is, get as many tickets as you can, and then you can cash them in’. Right. But then, so you get the ticket, of course, there you wouldn't get the full face of the ticket because you were cashing it in. But if you got enough to get around. And you did get expenses, double AF and those rows you're able to get per diem, what they call per diem. Yep. But by the time you came back, you kind of hopefully, you equal, you weren't in debt.    Lisa: Yeah.    Rod: Well, then you go back and comment for the Sydney Olympics. Very good friend of mine allowed us to go do shooting and we would go out every weekend and then sell with venison. Yeah. And that was giving another $100 a weekend in, into the kitty.   Lisa: Into the kid. And this is what you do, like to set, I mean, I must admit like when I represented New Zealand, so I did 24-hour racing and it's a ripe old age of 42. Finally qualifying after eight years of steps. And I qualified as a B athlete, I did 193.4 in 24 hours and I had to get to 200. I didn't make the 200, but hey, I qualified. And then we didn't even get a singlet, we, and the annoying thing in my case was that we qualified for the World Champs but they wouldn't let us go to the World Champs. And I've been trying for this for eight years before I could actually qualified. And I was desperate to go to the World Champs and then just on the day that the entries had to be in at the World Champs athletics, New Zealand athletic said, ‘Yes, you can actually go’ and I'm like, ‘Well, where am I going to pull $10,000 out of my back pocket on the day of closing?’ So I didn't get to go to the World Champs, which was really disappointing. So I only got to go to the Commonwealth Champs in England and got to represent my country, at least. Because that had been my dream for since I was a little wee girl, watching you guys do your thing. And my dad had always been, ‘You have to represent your country in something, so get your act together’. And I failed on everything. And I failed and I failed, and failed. And I was a gymnast, as a kid, it took me till I was 42 years old to actually do that and we had to buy our own singlet, we'd design our own singlets, we didn't even  get that. And that was disappointing. And this is way later, obviously, this is only what 2010, 9, somewhere, I can't remember the exact date. And so, so fight, like you're in a sport that has no money. So to be able to like, still has, to become a professional at it, I managed to do that for a number of years, because I got really good at marketing. And doing whatever needed to be done —  making documentaries, doing whatever, to get to the races. So like, even though I was like a generation behind you guys, really, it's still the same for a lot of sports. It's a hard, rough road and you having to work full time and do all this planning. But a good life lessons, in a way, when you have to work really hard to get there. And then you don't take it for granted.   Now, I really want to talk about the New York City Marathon. Because there’s probably like, wow, how the heck did you have such a versatile career from running track and running these,  short distances? It's super high speeds, to then be able to contemplate even doing a marathon distance. I mean, the opposite ends of the scale, really. How did that transition happen?   Rod: Yeah, I think from ‘73, ‘74, I realised that John Walker's and then Filbert Bayi and some of these guys were coming through from the 800,000 meters. And so I knew, at that stage, it was probably a good idea for me to be thinking of the 5000 meters. So that was my goal in 75 was to run three or four 5000 meters, but still keep my hand in the 1500. Because that was the speed that was required for 5000. You realise that when I moved to 5000, I was definitely the fastest miler amongst them, and that gave me a lot of confidence, but it didn't give me that security to think that they can't do it too.   So I kept running, the 800s, 1500s as much as I could, then up to 3000 meters, then up to five, then back to 3000, 1500 as much as I can. And that worked in ‘75. So then we knew that programme, I came back to John with that whole synopsis. And then we playing for ‘76 5000 meters at the Montreal Olympics. Pretty well, everything went well. I got viral pneumonia three weeks before the Olympics.   Lisa: Oh my gosh. Didn’t realise that.   Rod: Haven’t talked about this very much, it just took the edge off me.   Lisa: It takes longer than three weeks to get over pneumonia   Rod: And I was full of antibiotics, of course. It might have been four weeks but certainly I was coming right but not quite. Yeah. So the Olympics ‘76 was a disappointment. Yeah, finishing fourth. I think the listeners set behind the first.   Lisa: Pretty bloody good for somebody who had pneumonia previously.   Rod: Then I went back to Europe. And then from that point on, I didn't lose a race. And in fact, in ‘76, I won the British 1500 meters at Sebastian Coe and  Mo Crafter, and Grand Cayman, and those guys. So, then I focused everything really on the next couple of years, I’m going to go back to cross-country. And I'm going to go back to the Olympics in 1980 in Moscow, this is going to be the goal. And as you know, Lisa, we, New Zealand joined the World Cup. And we were actually in Philadelphia, on our way to the Olympics, when Amelia Dyer came up to John Walker, and I said, ‘Isn’t it just disappointing, you're not going to the Olympics’. And I look at John and go...   Lisa: What the heck are you talking about?   Rod: No, and we don't? New Zealand joined the boycott. So at that stage, they said, ‘Look, we've still got Europe, we can still go on, we can still race’. And I said, ‘Well, I'm not going to Europe. I'm not going to go to Europe and run races against the people who are going to go to the Olympics. What? There's nothing in that for me’. And I said, ‘I heard there's a road race here in Philadelphia next weekend. I'm going to stay here. I'm going to go and run that road race. And then I'll probably go back to New Zealand’.   Well, I went out and I finished third in that road race against Bill Rogers, the four-time Boston, four-time New York Marathon winner, Gary Spinelli, who was one of the top runners and I thought, ‘Wow, I can do this’. And so, I called John, and we started to talk about it. And he said, ‘Well, you really don't have to do much different to what you've been doing. You've already got your base, you already understand that your training pyramid’. He says, ‘You've got to go back and do those periodisation… Maybe you still got to do your track, your anaerobic work.’ And he said, ‘And then just stepping up to 10,000 meters is not really that difficult for you’.    So, I started experimenting, and sure enough, that started to come. And in those days, of course, you could call every day and go through a separate jar. I had a fax machine, faxing through, and then slowly but surely, I started to get the confidence that I could run 15k. And then I would run a few 10 milers, and I was winning those. And then of course, then I would run a few races, which is also bit too much downhill for me, I'm not good on downhill. So I'll keep away from those steps to select. And then I started to select the races, which were ranked, very high-ranked, so A-grade races. And then I put in some B-grade races and some C. So, I bounced them all around so that I was not racing every weekend, and then I started to get a pattern going. And then of course, I was able to move up to, as I said, 10 mile. And I thought now I'm going to give this half marathon a go. So, I ran the half marathon, I got a good sense from that. And then, I think at the end of that first year, I came back rank number one, road racing. And so then I knew what to do for the next year. And then I worked with the Pepsi Cola company, and they used to have the Pepsi 10K races all around the country. And so I said, I’d like to run some of these for you, and do the PR media. And that took me away from the limelight races.   And so, I would go and do media and talk to the runners and run with the runners and then race and win that. And I got funding for that, I got paid for that because I was under contract. And so I was the unable to pick out the key races for the rest of the set. And then slowly but surely, in 82, when I ran the Philadelphia half marathon and set the world record — that's when I knew, when I finished, I said, ‘If I turn around, could you do that again?’ And I said, ‘Yes’. I didn't tell anybody because that would be a little bit too —   Lisa: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Praising yourself.   Rod: So I just thought I'd make an honest assessment myself. And when I talked to John, he said, ‘How?’ and I said, ‘Yes, I couldn't’. And he said, ‘Well then, we’re going to look at that’.   Lisa: We got some work to do.   Rod: He said, ‘What we will do in 1982, you're going to come back and you're going to run the Pasta Marathon in Auckland, and that was going to be my trial. And Jack Foster was trying to be the first 50-year-old to break 2:20. So, I got alongside Jack and I said, ‘Now this is my first marathon. What do I do?’ And he said, ‘I see all these runners going out there and warming up and I don't want to run 29 miles...   Lisa: For the marathon? I need to do some extra miles warmup.   Rod: ‘Use the first mile as a warmup, just run with me’. I said, ‘That'll do me’. So, I went out and ran with Jack and then we time in, started down to Iraq, and we're going through Newmarket. And he said, ‘I think it's time for you to get up there with the leaders’. He said, ‘You're looking at people on the sidewalk. You're chatting away as if it's a Sunday run. You’re ready to go’.  I said, ‘You're ready?’ and he said, ‘Yeah, go’. And so, alright, because this is Jack Foster.   Lisa: Can't leave him.   Rod: 1974 at 42 years old. Jack said, ‘You can climb Mount Everest,’ I would do it. Yeah. So, I got up with the leaders and join them and out to Mission Bay. And on my way back, and I was running with Kevin Ryun, he who is also one of our legends from runners. And Kevin, he said, ‘We're in a group of four or five’. And he said, he came out, he said, ‘Get your ass out of here’. I said, ‘What do you mean?’ He said, ‘You're running too easy. Make you break now.’ So I said, ‘Yes. Kevin’.   Lisa: Yes, Sir, I’m off.   Rod: So I ran one that and then that was when I talked with John, that was going to be the guidelines that maybe not another one this year, but certainly look at 83 as running a marathon at some point.   Lisa: How did you work the pacing? Like going from such a shorter distances and then you’re going into these super long distances, where you're pacing and you're fuelling and all that sort of thing comes into it. Was it a big mind shift for you? Like not just sprint out of the gate, like you would in, say, 1500, the strategies are so very different for anything like this.   Rod: Certainly, those memories of running with the marathon boys in 72. And I went back to Dave McKenzie and Jack Foster and talked to them about what it takes. And then, John, my brother, John was also too, very, very in tune with them, and he knew all the boys, and so we started to talk about how it would be. And he said, ‘So I want you to do, I want you to go back to doing those long Abel Tasman runs. I want you to do those long road aerobic runs, and just long and slow.’ And he said, ‘I don't want you going out there with your mates racing it. I want you to just lay that foundation again.’ And he said, ‘You’ve already done it’, he said, ‘It's just a natural progression for you’.   So it was just amazing, because it just felt comfortable. And at that time, I was living in Redding, Pennsylvania, and I would be running out or out through the Amish country and the farms and roads, they're just horse and cats.   Lisa: Awesome.   Rod: I had this fabulous forest, Nolde Forest, which is a state park. And I could run on there for three hours and just cross, but I wouldn't run the same trails. I mean, you'd run clockwise or anti-clockwise, so. And then, but I kept — I still kept that track mentality and still did my training aerobically but I didn't do it on the track. Fortunately, the spar side, they had a road that was always closed off only for emergencies. And it was about a three-

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RunRunLive 4.0 - Running Podcast
Episode 4-447 – Mental Health in Lockdown – Dr. Sarb

RunRunLive 4.0 - Running Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2021 49:29


The RunRunLive 4.0 Podcast Episode 4-447 – Mental Health in Lockdown – Dr. Sarb  (Audio: link) audio:http://www.RunRunLive.com/PodcastEpisodes/epi4447.mp3] Link MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - Intro: Hello and welcome to episode 4-447 of the RunRunLive podcast.   Here we are, the middle of January and I've got a lot to talk about today.  Which is good, because one of the things that bothers me about house arrest is that I don't get enough experiential input.  I'm not out traveling and running races so I have less input, less to talk about.  I had to take a week off from running last week.  I managed to give myself an infected toe.  I'll talk about that in Section One.  It's better now and I went out for an hour in the trails yesterday.  It seems to be ok.  I'm a week into a course of antibiotics and that seems to have cleared it up.  The good news is that I'm not going to die a slow painful death from gangrene.  The bad news is that I lost a week of training and I had to take a course of antibiotics.  I don't like taking antibiotics.  IT wipes out all the helpful and friendly bacteria in your body as well as the cantankerous buggers living in your cuticles.  The antibiotics mess up my digestion, especially with my diet that includes a lot of roughage.  It basically gives me the digestive system of a Canadian goose.  It also compounds the dry skin I get this time of year.  I think in general we underestimate all the helpful things that a community of symbiotic bacteria do for you.  Today we're going to talk to Dr. Sarb. I've ‘known' Dr. Sarb for many years from the online running community. He's a New Zeeland based psychologist and is just now putting out a book about how to survive the Covid.  I had some tech problems and had to cut him short so I had him send me a preamble which I'll stick on the front of the interview.  By the way why is it called New Zeeland?  Doesn't that imply an Old Zeeland? Isn't this a British colony? Zeeland isn't very British.  In fact the is an old Zeeland and it's north of Amsterdam in the Netherlands.  The first people to ‘discover' what would become New Zeeland were Dutch.  Specifically a dude named Abel Tasman.  Yup, that's how you get Tasmania.  At the time he thought he had run into Argentina.  His GPS must not have been charged.  Anyhow, subsequently the Dutch thought, hey, this place is made up of islands like Zeeland, which in old Dutch means “Sea Land” and so you have New Zeeland.    In section two I'll talk about living life like it's improvisational art.  … At the risk of being the crazy old etymologist, I want you to think about the word ‘compassion'.  It's a good old Latin word.  The first bit means ‘with' the second bit means ‘suffering'.  Having compassion means the ability to understand and feel another's pain and suffering.  “With Suffering”.  At this point most writers will go off on a screed about how you have to suffer for what you want.  How passion is the ability to suffer for a goal.  I'm not going to do that, although it's a great screed.  Very biblical.  Has the smell of ancient empires and codes of honor to it.  Unsurprising it's Roman in origin.  I'm going to talk about having compassion for someone else.  Understanding and appreciating someone else's suffering.   If you think about anyone you know, live with or work with – to some extent they are all suffering.  Whether they show it or not.  And the ones that are suffering the most are the one's that are the hardest to have empathy for.  Because they are typically externalizing that suffering in ways that are negative.  It doesn't mean you have to agree with them. It doesn't mean you have to like them.  It doesn't mean they shouldn't be held accountable.  It means you understand their suffering.  This is important because people who are suffering tend to externalize that suffering.  They lash out.  They act out.  It is in our nature to suffer.  It is in our nature to be passionate.  It makes us human.  Passion by it's nature is irreconcilable with the norm.  Passionate people are outliers in one way or another.  If you can bring yourself to look for the suffering behind another's actions it will help you understand them.  It will help your own suffering because it will allow you to understand.  Understanding converts emotion to reason.  And with that reason you are in a better position to deal with those who are suffering.  But compassion also means celebrating those who are achieving happiness.  It is part of empathy and growth.  When was the last time you told someone you were happy for them? Try saying this in a moment of contemplation while visualizing someone you know who has achieved something that has made them happy. Because that empathy for others happiness begets joy in yourself. Now try saying this: "May I have appreciation for my own joy. May my happiness grow." And notice how that makes you feel and how the two are intertwined.  On with the show! About Zero ZERO — The End of Prostate Cancer is the leading national nonprofit with the mission to end prostate cancer. ZERO advances research, improves the lives of men and families, and inspires action. Link to my ZERO page: (for Donations) … I'll remind you that the RunRunLive podcast is ad free and listener supported.  What does that mean? It means you don't have to listen to me trying to sound sincere about Stamps.com or Audible.. (although, fyi, my MarathonBQ book is on audible) We do have a membership option where you can become a member and as a special thank you, you will get access to member's only audio. There are book reviews, odd philosophical thoughts, zombie stories and I curate old episodes for you to listen to.  I recently added that guy who cut off is foot so he could keep training and my first call with Geoff Galloway.   “Curated” means I add some introductory comments and edit them up a bit.  So anyhow – become a member so I can keep paying my bills.   … The RunRunLive podcast is Ad Free and listener supported.  … Section one – The infected Toe - http://runrunlive.com/the-infected-toe   Voices of reason – the conversation Dr. Sarb Johal  – Mental Health in Covid     I'm Dr Sarb Johal. I'm a clinical psychologist, consultant, speaker, and media commentator with an insatiable curiosity about this human experience.   Over my 30-year career in psychology, I've been privileged to work alongside many brilliant minds producing phenomenal psychological research into the way our brains work.   The problem is that very little of this incredible work filters down in a useful way to the people it could really help. Ordinary people trying to sustain relationships, bring up kids, hold down a job, lead a team or an organisation, make a contribution and generally do life well. In other words, all of us.   Until now. Through my videos, podcasts, consulting and speaking, I uncover and interpret the latest psychological research from experts around the globe, transforming complex concepts into useful insights that help individuals, leaders and organisations navigate this ever-changing world.   Section two – Life as Improv -   Outro Ok my friends we have holed up in our home offices for almost an entire year, and most certainly,  through the end of Episode 4-447 of the RunRunLive Podcast.   I've got a couple stories for you to take you out, but first remember to go listen to my new podcast the apocalypse serial “After the Apocalypse”.  Like it, write a review, forward it to your friends and share it on social, please.  It was a busy week back at work.  This seemed to be the week when everyone showed back up from vacation looking to get stuff done. Since I wasn't running it was weirdly ok because I had one less thing to do.  I've been at this new job for a year now, so I guess I have to stop calling it a new job.  I'm grateful to have made the decision to move back into a bigger company.  Doesn't' look like we'll be getting out of lock down any time soon.  I'm eyeballing a April event but not sure I'll want to get on a plane and not sure I'll be able to visit the home office.  I'm also feeling a weird “maybe I don't have what it takes to run an ultra anymore” feeling.  I only made it through a  week of heavier training before I broke myself this time. I guess I'm feeling a bit mortal which isn't a great feeling.  Maybe it has something to do with the psychology of the Apocalypse.  Ironically my new pair of Hokas showed up the same day I had to go to the clinic for the infected toe.  I down graded to the Challenger ATR's from the SpeedGoat's. I just can't stomach paying $180 for a pair of shoes.  These new Challengers seem much lighter than the older versions.  The outsole seems stiffer too.  And of course the toe-box is a bit roomier! I did end up partially breaking those $30 UBI Bluetooth headphones.  I say partially, because the left ear still works, which is actually ok for podcasts.  Might be a million dollar idea there folks – make an athletic version of those single ear-piece Bluetooth headphones.  Let me take you out with a home-office story.  And it might be a little unsettling for those of you with an aversion to rodents.  So there are mousetraps involved, if that's triggering for you, you might want to skip ahead.  One of the mornings this week I carry my coffee and avocado toast up to my office to read the news on my computer, like I do most mornings.  I notice, what I think are sesame seeds from the toast on the pad in front of the keyboard.  And I almost drop them into my avocado, before I realize they are mouse turds.  It's been a low-mouse invasion year because we got the new garage doors in December.  But I left them open last weekend whilst clearing snow.  (how many people do you know that use the word ‘Whilst'?) Anyhow, I think “crap, there's a mouse living in my office crawling around on my desk eating my breakfast crumbs.  So, I set a couple traps along the baseboard and kept my day going. Then my big-boss calls, can you be on this call in 15 minutes where the corporate blah, blah, is talking about blah, blah.  OK, I can do that, luckily I'm showered and dressed at this point.  So I'm at my stand up desk, on the video call, acting like I have some sort of intelligence, knowledge and authority – when ‘Snap!' the trap goes off about a foot and a half from where I'm standing.  But, it doesn't kill the mouse right away.  So, I'm stuck talking to these people on this video call while the mouse is thrashing about on the floor next to me.   They never knew.  Say what you want about this remote work, it comes with new experiences.  I think the biggest challenge of extended home arrest is the sameness of it.  The ground-hog day nature of it.  But that can be comforting too.   It can lead you to feel uninspired and pointless.  And when that happens I think we just have to keep moving.  Like Dr. Sarb suggests you have to make up rules that simplify things for your over-taxed brain.  One I've found useful is to commit blocks of time.  30 minutes is a good block of time when you're having trouble focusing.  Shift the focus from, “I need to do this thing” to I'm going to work on this one task for 30 minutes non-stop.  The old Pomadoro Method.  Adds structure.  I've rejoined Twitter after a few years away.  As always I'm cyktrussell.  I've got about 13,000 followers.  I tweet about running stuff.  I retweet from the back-catalogue of 1,000 plus articles I've written on my website RunRunLive.com.  I mostly make snide comments and tweet Grateful Dead Lyrics.  Follow me and we'll exchange snark. Ok my friends, whether you feel like a Rockstar or the mouse, let's make 2021 the best year yet by showing up and doing the work and bringing the joy. And, hopefully,  I will see you out there. MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - Rachel -> Coach Jeff ->  

RunRunLive 4.0 - Running Podcast
Episode 4-447 – Mental Health in Lockdown – Dr. Sarb

RunRunLive 4.0 - Running Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2021 49:29


The RunRunLive 4.0 Podcast Episode 4-447 – Mental Health in Lockdown – Dr. Sarb  (Audio: link) audio:http://www.RunRunLive.com/PodcastEpisodes/epi4447.mp3] Link MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - Intro: Hello and welcome to episode 4-447 of the RunRunLive podcast.   Here we are, the middle of January and I’ve got a lot to talk about today.  Which is good, because one of the things that bothers me about house arrest is that I don’t get enough experiential input.  I’m not out traveling and running races so I have less input, less to talk about.  I had to take a week off from running last week.  I managed to give myself an infected toe.  I’ll talk about that in Section One.  It’s better now and I went out for an hour in the trails yesterday.  It seems to be ok.  I’m a week into a course of antibiotics and that seems to have cleared it up.  The good news is that I’m not going to die a slow painful death from gangrene.  The bad news is that I lost a week of training and I had to take a course of antibiotics.  I don’t like taking antibiotics.  IT wipes out all the helpful and friendly bacteria in your body as well as the cantankerous buggers living in your cuticles.  The antibiotics mess up my digestion, especially with my diet that includes a lot of roughage.  It basically gives me the digestive system of a Canadian goose.  It also compounds the dry skin I get this time of year.  I think in general we underestimate all the helpful things that a community of symbiotic bacteria do for you.  Today we’re going to talk to Dr. Sarb. I’ve ‘known’ Dr. Sarb for many years from the online running community. He’s a New Zeeland based psychologist and is just now putting out a book about how to survive the Covid.  I had some tech problems and had to cut him short so I had him send me a preamble which I’ll stick on the front of the interview.  By the way why is it called New Zeeland?  Doesn’t that imply an Old Zeeland? Isn’t this a British colony? Zeeland isn’t very British.  In fact the is an old Zeeland and it’s north of Amsterdam in the Netherlands.  The first people to ‘discover’ what would become New Zeeland were Dutch.  Specifically a dude named Abel Tasman.  Yup, that’s how you get Tasmania.  At the time he thought he had run into Argentina.  His GPS must not have been charged.  Anyhow, subsequently the Dutch thought, hey, this place is made up of islands like Zeeland, which in old Dutch means “Sea Land” and so you have New Zeeland.    In section two I’ll talk about living life like it’s improvisational art.  … At the risk of being the crazy old etymologist, I want you to think about the word ‘compassion’.  It’s a good old Latin word.  The first bit means ‘with’ the second bit means ‘suffering’.  Having compassion means the ability to understand and feel another’s pain and suffering.  “With Suffering”.  At this point most writers will go off on a screed about how you have to suffer for what you want.  How passion is the ability to suffer for a goal.  I’m not going to do that, although it’s a great screed.  Very biblical.  Has the smell of ancient empires and codes of honor to it.  Unsurprising it’s Roman in origin.  I’m going to talk about having compassion for someone else.  Understanding and appreciating someone else’s suffering.   If you think about anyone you know, live with or work with – to some extent they are all suffering.  Whether they show it or not.  And the ones that are suffering the most are the one’s that are the hardest to have empathy for.  Because they are typically externalizing that suffering in ways that are negative.  It doesn’t mean you have to agree with them. It doesn’t mean you have to like them.  It doesn’t mean they shouldn’t be held accountable.  It means you understand their suffering.  This is important because people who are suffering tend to externalize that suffering.  They lash out.  They act out.  It is in our nature to suffer.  It is in our nature to be passionate.  It makes us human.  Passion by it’s nature is irreconcilable with the norm.  Passionate people are outliers in one way or another.  If you can bring yourself to look for the suffering behind another’s actions it will help you understand them.  It will help your own suffering because it will allow you to understand.  Understanding converts emotion to reason.  And with that reason you are in a better position to deal with those who are suffering.  But compassion also means celebrating those who are achieving happiness.  It is part of empathy and growth.  When was the last time you told someone you were happy for them? Try saying this in a moment of contemplation while visualizing someone you know who has achieved something that has made them happy. Because that empathy for others happiness begets joy in yourself. Now try saying this: "May I have appreciation for my own joy. May my happiness grow." And notice how that makes you feel and how the two are intertwined.  On with the show! About Zero ZERO — The End of Prostate Cancer is the leading national nonprofit with the mission to end prostate cancer. ZERO advances research, improves the lives of men and families, and inspires action. Link to my ZERO page: (for Donations) … I’ll remind you that the RunRunLive podcast is ad free and listener supported.  What does that mean? It means you don’t have to listen to me trying to sound sincere about Stamps.com or Audible.. (although, fyi, my MarathonBQ book is on audible) We do have a membership option where you can become a member and as a special thank you, you will get access to member’s only audio. There are book reviews, odd philosophical thoughts, zombie stories and I curate old episodes for you to listen to.  I recently added that guy who cut off is foot so he could keep training and my first call with Geoff Galloway.   “Curated” means I add some introductory comments and edit them up a bit.  So anyhow – become a member so I can keep paying my bills.   … The RunRunLive podcast is Ad Free and listener supported.  … Section one – The infected Toe - http://runrunlive.com/the-infected-toe   Voices of reason – the conversation Dr. Sarb Johal  – Mental Health in Covid     I’m Dr Sarb Johal. I’m a clinical psychologist, consultant, speaker, and media commentator with an insatiable curiosity about this human experience.   Over my 30-year career in psychology, I’ve been privileged to work alongside many brilliant minds producing phenomenal psychological research into the way our brains work.   The problem is that very little of this incredible work filters down in a useful way to the people it could really help. Ordinary people trying to sustain relationships, bring up kids, hold down a job, lead a team or an organisation, make a contribution and generally do life well. In other words, all of us.   Until now. Through my videos, podcasts, consulting and speaking, I uncover and interpret the latest psychological research from experts around the globe, transforming complex concepts into useful insights that help individuals, leaders and organisations navigate this ever-changing world.   Section two – Life as Improv -   Outro Ok my friends we have holed up in our home offices for almost an entire year, and most certainly,  through the end of Episode 4-447 of the RunRunLive Podcast.   I’ve got a couple stories for you to take you out, but first remember to go listen to my new podcast the apocalypse serial “After the Apocalypse”.  Like it, write a review, forward it to your friends and share it on social, please.  It was a busy week back at work.  This seemed to be the week when everyone showed back up from vacation looking to get stuff done. Since I wasn’t running it was weirdly ok because I had one less thing to do.  I’ve been at this new job for a year now, so I guess I have to stop calling it a new job.  I’m grateful to have made the decision to move back into a bigger company.  Doesn’t’ look like we’ll be getting out of lock down any time soon.  I’m eyeballing a April event but not sure I’ll want to get on a plane and not sure I’ll be able to visit the home office.  I’m also feeling a weird “maybe I don’t have what it takes to run an ultra anymore” feeling.  I only made it through a  week of heavier training before I broke myself this time. I guess I’m feeling a bit mortal which isn’t a great feeling.  Maybe it has something to do with the psychology of the Apocalypse.  Ironically my new pair of Hokas showed up the same day I had to go to the clinic for the infected toe.  I down graded to the Challenger ATR’s from the SpeedGoat’s. I just can’t stomach paying $180 for a pair of shoes.  These new Challengers seem much lighter than the older versions.  The outsole seems stiffer too.  And of course the toe-box is a bit roomier! I did end up partially breaking those $30 UBI Bluetooth headphones.  I say partially, because the left ear still works, which is actually ok for podcasts.  Might be a million dollar idea there folks – make an athletic version of those single ear-piece Bluetooth headphones.  Let me take you out with a home-office story.  And it might be a little unsettling for those of you with an aversion to rodents.  So there are mousetraps involved, if that’s triggering for you, you might want to skip ahead.  One of the mornings this week I carry my coffee and avocado toast up to my office to read the news on my computer, like I do most mornings.  I notice, what I think are sesame seeds from the toast on the pad in front of the keyboard.  And I almost drop them into my avocado, before I realize they are mouse turds.  It’s been a low-mouse invasion year because we got the new garage doors in December.  But I left them open last weekend whilst clearing snow.  (how many people do you know that use the word ‘Whilst’?) Anyhow, I think “crap, there’s a mouse living in my office crawling around on my desk eating my breakfast crumbs.  So, I set a couple traps along the baseboard and kept my day going. Then my big-boss calls, can you be on this call in 15 minutes where the corporate blah, blah, is talking about blah, blah.  OK, I can do that, luckily I’m showered and dressed at this point.  So I’m at my stand up desk, on the video call, acting like I have some sort of intelligence, knowledge and authority – when ‘Snap!’ the trap goes off about a foot and a half from where I’m standing.  But, it doesn’t kill the mouse right away.  So, I’m stuck talking to these people on this video call while the mouse is thrashing about on the floor next to me.   They never knew.  Say what you want about this remote work, it comes with new experiences.  I think the biggest challenge of extended home arrest is the sameness of it.  The ground-hog day nature of it.  But that can be comforting too.   It can lead you to feel uninspired and pointless.  And when that happens I think we just have to keep moving.  Like Dr. Sarb suggests you have to make up rules that simplify things for your over-taxed brain.  One I’ve found useful is to commit blocks of time.  30 minutes is a good block of time when you’re having trouble focusing.  Shift the focus from, “I need to do this thing” to I’m going to work on this one task for 30 minutes non-stop.  The old Pomadoro Method.  Adds structure.  I’ve rejoined Twitter after a few years away.  As always I’m cyktrussell.  I’ve got about 13,000 followers.  I tweet about running stuff.  I retweet from the back-catalogue of 1,000 plus articles I’ve written on my website RunRunLive.com.  I mostly make snide comments and tweet Grateful Dead Lyrics.  Follow me and we’ll exchange snark. Ok my friends, whether you feel like a Rockstar or the mouse, let’s make 2021 the best year yet by showing up and doing the work and bringing the joy. And, hopefully,  I will see you out there. MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - Rachel -> Coach Jeff ->  

Destinate NZ - Bringing NZ to the World
23. Elections, Politics and Kiwi Holidays

Destinate NZ - Bringing NZ to the World

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2020 30:11


This week, Chambers is back from her kiwi holiday around the top of the South Island, we check in on her #DoSomethingNewNZ activities along with how Good Vibes went in Abel Tasman.  Can you imagine 150 skydivers all having the time of their life in the sky high above us?  We also cover off the changes in our central government and our new...... Tourism Minister!  Welcome Stuart Nash, we hope you enjoy the episode. We couldn't let the week go by without a mention of the US Elections (bye bye Trump) and finally we discuss some of the insights shared at the recent Tourism New Zealand roadshow events.  Thanks for listening.  www.destinatenz.com  #election2020 #nzpol #Tourism #TourismMarketing #DoSomethingNewNZ 

Saturday Morning with Jack Tame
Jack Tame: Should we change New Zealand's name?

Saturday Morning with Jack Tame

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2020 3:39


How’s your geography?If I gave you a World map and thirty seconds to find the city of Terneuzen, would you be able to point it out? No cheating allowed. No index. Just thirty seconds on the clock. How would you fare?What about if I told you Terneuzen is a city in Zeeland. The original Zeeland. The single least populated province in The Netherlands?Sure, that might narrow things down a little... but how many of us honestly wouldn’t be able to identify Zeeland, either?Back in 2016, I supported changing the New Zealand flag during the referendum debate because I don’t think our current flag is at all representative of our country today. That’s not to say I don’t have the highest respect for people who fought under its banner. It’s not to say I’m looking to expunge our colonial history or pretend we were never part of the commonwealth. I just don’t think a flag with a prominent Union Jack that is barely discernible from Australia’s is a flag that represents us.I feel much the same way about the name ‘New Zealand.’ If you actually stop and think about it, it’s a silly name. What does New Zealand mean? Well, it means Sea-Land. But NEW. And in Dutch.  By contrast... what does Aotearoa mean? There are a few translations, but the most popular and literal is The Land of the Long White Cloud. As per some Māori mythology, it was the great explorer Kupe who used the phrase when he first spied this land. Say what you will... that’s a way cooler explanation than Zeeland. But NEW. And in Dutch.There are a few inevitable tired arguments against changing our name. Some will argue that the first person to discover land should get the right to name it. But obviously that rules out Abel Tasman. After all, he didn’t discover this land. Some will argue too, that we should stick with the name because we’ve had it for a few hundred years and it’s in common usage. Well, it wasn’t so long ago that people said exactly the same thing about Mt Egmont and Mt Cook.There is an easy solution to this, of course. A name that reflects our history. A name that succinctly illustrates a relationship between the indigenous and European cultures that have developed the country into what it is today. A name fit for 2020, that would put us a the top of the drop down country list when you’re putting in your details for some online shopping.That name is simple. Aotearoa New Zealand.

RNZ: Checkpoint
Tourism Minister defends Strategic Asset funding choices

RNZ: Checkpoint

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2020 9:17


Tourism operators say government criteria and advice prevented them from applying for funding to save key attractions. The Strategic Assets Protection Programme has been under fire from the industry for its selection process and criteria, labelled by some as confusing and misleading. The Abel Tasman tourism operator, R&R Kayak, is among those who did not apply, as the owner, Rohan Haskell, didn't think his business fit the criteria. Lisa Owen asked Tourism Minister Kelvin Davis if he stands by his funding decisions.

Adventure Geek Walking Podcast
EP9 - EXPLORING THE ABEL TASMAN TRACK IN NEW ZEALAND, AND ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT HIKING SOCKS

Adventure Geek Walking Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2020 41:02


PODCAST IN A NUTSHELL #1 - We always start the podcast with a bit of a quiz in the form of “guess the sound”.  This week we have one of the most dangerous animals that roam this planet! #2 - Segment two continues with the adventures of Janet & John’s latest antics.  This week the brother and sister duo enjoy some riparian entertainment. #3 - Segment number three is an interview with Neil Sinclair.  If you have ever fancied exploring New Zealand, especially the Abel Tasman track then this is the podcast for you. #4 - The fourth segment is an education slot. This week I am going to tell you the good, the bad and the ugly about walking socks. #5 - We then end the show with Derek & Doreen’s latest antics as they discover that sometimes torches don’t always help us to see in the dark.   LINKS AS PROMISED:  1. Find out more about the Abel Tasman Trail here.  2. Hiking socks links Bridgedale Ladies ultralight hiking socks – https://amzn.to/2Igjvkj   Xsocks runners socks – https://amzn.to/32QkfpY   Hilly Compression socks – https://amzn.to/2IkNfgc   Otter waterproof socks – https://amzn.to/2VIu8V7 Seal Skin Waterproof socks – https://amzn.to/3ar7rc3   Coolmax Liner socks – https://amzn.to/2uXGgqs   Bamboo socks – https://amzn.to/2uSrRvv Darn Tough socks - https://amzn.to/2XYjVn6 

Forty six and 2 (The Friday at 5 edition)
Forty six and 2 (The Friday at 5 edition) - Mar 20 20

Forty six and 2 (The Friday at 5 edition)

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2020 58:51


More great(ish) music from Matt and Maria before Matt heads into the Abel Tasman for 4 days with the boys... stinky!

Real Trail Talk
Episode 55 - Abel Tasman Coast Track

Real Trail Talk

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2020 53:05


In this episode we are joined by the other half of The Long Way's Better to discuss their Christmas expedition on the Abel Tasman Coast Track in New Zealand. This 4.5 day coastal hike is a relaxing escape from the usual rigours of multi-day hiking with stunning scenery, nice huts to stay in and some casual distances on each day. 

Echt Gebeurd
Afl. 234 Met de auto: Joke van den Kerkhof

Echt Gebeurd

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2020 13:26


Net als Abel Tasman wil Joke van den Kerkhof naar Nieuw-Zeeland. Maar dan wel met de auto, een droombus die ze Tobias doopt.

RNZ: The Aotearoa History Show
3: Early Encounters

RNZ: The Aotearoa History Show

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2019 19:12


Abel Tasman and James Cook’s first contacts with Māori were complex and sometimes violent. Europeans brought new technologies, food and ideas, such as muskets, potatoes and Christianity. In some cases this worked out well for Tangata Whenua - but in other cases it was devastating. 

SBS Dutch - SBS Dutch
Henry van Zanden 1642 Abel Tasman Deel I - Abel Tasman is wel degelijk aan land gegaan, zegt Henry van Zanden

SBS Dutch - SBS Dutch

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2019 16:04


News from the year 1642: Abel Tasman himself did go onshore. - Nieuws uit 1642: Abel Tasman is wel degelijk aan land gegaan. Frans Warffemius praat met Henry van Zanden.

SBS Dutch - SBS Dutch
Henry van Zanden 1642 Abel Tasman Deel II - Henry van Zanden over de Abel Tasman tijd en overlevende schipbreukelingen

SBS Dutch - SBS Dutch

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2019 9:22


'Dead' soldier's decendant found. - De nazaat van vermeend dood bemanningslid Abel Tasman is gevonden! Henry van Zanden praat met Frans Warffemius.

Colin Home
E14: Abel Tasman Coastal Track

Colin Home

Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2019 25:05


Frjálsar hendur
James Cook og viðbrögð Maóría

Frjálsar hendur

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2019 52:00


126 árum eftir að Abel Tasman kom að ströndum Nýja Sjálands og staldraði stutt við, þá kom James Cook siglandi á skipinu Endeavour. Og hvernig brugðust Maóríar við því?

Frjálsar hendur
James Cook og viðbrögð Maóría

Frjálsar hendur

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2019


126 árum eftir að Abel Tasman kom að ströndum Nýja Sjálands og staldraði stutt við, þá kom James Cook siglandi á skipinu Endeavour. Og hvernig brugðust Maóríar við því?

The Wild Podcast
#3 Kyle "Barekiwi" Mulinder - Keeping it Real in the Wild World of Social Media

The Wild Podcast

Play Episode Play 30 sec Highlight Listen Later Mar 4, 2019 43:38


Kyle Mulinder aka Barekiwi is a New Zealand-based photographer, social media influencer (although he'd cringe to hear us say that), and sea kayak guide in Abel Tasman National Park. We talk about love and the dare that led to Kyle meeting his wife, how to make money from your passion even when everyone's doubting you, the story of how a seal slapped him in the face with an octopus and made him a global viral sensation (no joke!), and the social responsibilities that come with having a large social media following.For more information on Kyle, visit http://barekiwi.com/ Follow him on Instagram @barekiwi

Andrew Dickens Afternoons
Andrew Dickens: Is it time to change New Zealand's name?

Andrew Dickens Afternoons

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2019 5:04


What a lovely Waitangi day. We spent the morning at the beach. Had a meal at a café and fell asleep in the afternoon. Then fired up the barbecue and sat down to watch the cricket in Wellington.It was a bit of a surprise to see everyone rugged up like it was autumn, but I’m sure the cool change was welcome, particularly in Nelson where two terrible fires were raging. Perhaps not so much at the Phil Collins concert in Hawkes Bay!It was a lovely night of cricket watching as both the men and women’s cricket teams took good revenge against the Indians.It was particularly pleasing to watch the women. The White Ferns posted a good enough 159 for four. But the Indians at the 12th over were cruising at 102 for one. We’d given up watching and were cooking in the kitchen, listening to the radio and then the collapse happened and it was riveting. The final nine wickets falling for just 34 runs.We’d rushed back to the TV. The crowd was in good voice. What a good thing for women’s sport. Sharing a big stage they showed that drama is drama, no matter who’s playing.Then the men came and completely conquered.  Seifert’s great opening knock. Given a surprise place at the top of the innings because of Guptill’s back injury he took the chance with both hands scoring 84 runs off 43 balls, featuring six sixes. Roy of the Rovers stuff and now he’s in fine contention for this year's world cup.The Black Caps went on to set a stadium record then skittled the Indians with Tim Southee, in particular, looking sharp.The whole time they were playing in a shirt that said Aotearoa. Both the White Ferns and the Black Caps had swapped out New Zealand for Aotearoa on the front of their shirts in commemoration of Waitangi Day.  This had passed me by during the week and so I was taken by surprise.  Apparently, it’s not the first time this has happened, they did during an ODI series against Zimbabwe in 2015The shirts looked great. I liked it. I wondered if NZ Cricket was brave enough to have the same shirts for the rest of the season, which they’re not. The shirts led to a conversation about why we’re called New Zealand from the boys, which horrified me to be fair. So I told them about Abel Tasman arriving in 1642 and naming us after a province in the Netherlands. It was priceless to see their faces and hear them asking what on earth Zealand has to do with us. It’s a fair point. It’s also a fair point that Simon Bridges made at Waitangi that we need more New Zealand history taught at schools.I told them I have some radical friends who reckon that within 10 to 20 years we’ll be called Aotearoa. That didn’t worry them but they said it would be sad to lose New Zealand as it was all they had ever known.Now I’m not going to suggest that we start changing the name of the country.  Anyone who lived through hosting talkback during the flag debate knows that’s never going to win friends or influence people.But I am going to say that when you step aside from your own personal history with the country and the flag, and you look at the reasons we made the decisions to be called New Zealand with a particular flag you realise that it’s bonkers in 2018. With a new generation coming up that is not as attached to these traditions and history, then perhaps my radical friends are right.

In The Gate
In The Gate #399 - Races of the Year

In The Gate

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2018 13:45


Which made our list of the top 10 races of 2018? Did Justify crack our list?

KXnO Sports Fanatics
Horse Racing Talk with Emery Songer and John Hernandez - August 29, 2018

KXnO Sports Fanatics

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2018 63:46


Emery and John decipher exactly what we saw on Travers Day at Saratoga. The guys interview Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith about his Triple Crown victory aboard Justify and his controversial ride on Abel Tasman in Saturday's Personal Ensign. They also chat with NYRA Paddock Analyst Maggie Wolfendale-Morley about everything we saw on Travers Day.

We Talk About Dead People
EP 50: Alex Jones, Colonel Sanders, and Abel Tasman

We Talk About Dead People

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2018 104:47


The story of a man becoming a lie. www.patreon.com/wetalkaboutdeadpeople www.twitter.com/wtadppodcast www.facebook.com/wetalkaboutdeadpeople www.soundcloud.com/wetalkaboutdeadpeople

Epik Fails of History
E1 - The Dumbest Moments In History?

Epik Fails of History

Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2018 28:42


In the first episode of "Epik Fails of History", Erik Slader and Chris Carroll dive into the Great London Beer Flood of 1814, wade through the Late Victorian Manure Crisis, and get lost trying to find Australia with Abel Tasman...  (Check out EpikFails.com for more!)

Real Life with John Cowan
2018-01-28 Interview: Duane Major

Real Life with John Cowan

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2018 24:38


John Cowan interviews the youth worker and Abel Tasman beach campaigner Duane Major.

Sonates
Sonates : la Nouvelle-Zélande // 28.01.2017

Sonates

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2018 57:10


Sonates est l’émission de musique classique de Radio Campus Paris. Notre huitième émission, diffusée le dimanche 28 janvier 2018, est consacrée à la Nouvelle-Zélande. Nous partons à un peu plus de 19000 kilomètres de la France, à 21h de vol, en Nouvelle-Zélande. Si le pays est en ce moment dans l’actualité dans notre pays suite au vent de fraîcheur apporté par sa première ministre, nous allons aujourd’hui nous intéresser à l’histoire et à l’actualité de sa musique. Le 6 février, ce sera la fête nationale néozélandaise, célébrée depuis 1840. Elle commémore le jour où les chefs maoris et les Anglais ont signé sur place le traité de Waitangi qui reconnaît la souveraineté de la Nouvelle-Zélande et donc, la colonisation britannique. Mais c’est aussi le jour où les Maoris ont pu commencer à jouir des mêmes droits que ceux accordés aux britanniques et ont pu conserver leurs terres. Le peuple Maori s’est installé sur l’archipel au 13ème siècle, avant qu’un navigateur néerlandais, Abel Tasman, n’en découvre les côtes en 1642, puis, qu’un siècle plus tard, en 1769, James Cook en fasse une colonie britannique. La Nouvelle-Zélande, ou “Aotearoa”, pays du long nuage blanc, selon les Maori, est un pays indépendant du Royaume-Uni depuis 1907. Nous allons donc nous pencher sur différents compositeurs, compositrices et différentes oeuvres quelque peu méconnues en Europe.

GreenplanetFM Podcast
Catherine Murupaenga-Ikenn: Māori Cosmology, the Fractal Universe, Quantum Consciousness & Awakening

GreenplanetFM Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2017 59:26


Māori were living in Aotearoa, New Zealand when Abel Tasman from Holland in 1642 but especially English navigator James Cook in 1769 - put NZ on the map - that’s when the British and Europeans took notice with the early arrivals introducing many different ways of life. This included firearms, alcohol, the bible and private ownership.   Loss of Connection This progressively diminished Māori connection especially with the natural elements and within their own Māori peoples - that upon the colonialisation of NZ - this was not what Māori thought was going to be the end result of the ‘te Tiriti o Waitangi' - (the English version of which is known as the ‘Treaty of Waitangi') – an agreement between two sovereign parties: the British Crown and the Māori . Misinterpretations and violations of the ‘Spirit of the Treaty’ led to break down and huge personal loss which were basically ignored - and Māori grievances becoming prominent as a result, marginalising many in their own country. Wars over land and confiscation by the new Government were widespread. But this was no different from European conquest in Africa, the Americas, Australia etc.the original inhabitants became tenants in their county of birth. Whakapapa - Genealogy - Bloodlines (and more) Overriding Māori connection is the central theme of Māoridom being whakapapa …  and papa   pa and pa  - two words - Catherine’s understanding is that - pa - denotes the idea of touching something - and when it is doubled - one can literally say that it doubles the original idea.  If pa is touch, what is double that? Imagining when we see a double word like that - it is a transcendent idea of the original idea …. In this example it’s “connection”, which is central to Papatuanuku - Mother Earth - that connection - that is sacred - integral  - so whakapapa is a core essence of who you are - because it’s our bloodlines, but more than that - it is that Māori belief is that they descend from God.  That we´are children of God.    Catherine’s learning comes from her Kaumātua and Kuia - her male and female elders. Kaupapa  purpose (and more) Kaupapa   kau means  - two parts - ka and u - ka is like an activator - it sets you in space and time -  u - is like the idea to grasp something  … kaupapa and - the papa part reminds you of your whakapapa - which reminds you of your connection to Papatuanku - the Earth Mother - the deity - the divine personality which is our Earth  - and she then connects us back to Io-matua-kore  - our parentless one - who was the first child if you like of pure potential energy …  that Māori track back to the source energy - the source of everything. She said that we need to fundamentally realise that from way back up until now that we need to grasp the idea that we are a divine spark  - so  from that awareness, what are we to do? What is our kaupapa? Catherine says that upon this spark realisation - she is not going to be small … she is not here to waste time :)  It's just “pono”: Truth. Listen to her passion and power! Realising our Potential Catherine decodes for us the divine art within all people - and that we can grow into the light of our own true selves - when we are fortified with this deeply acquired knowingness - coupled to Aroha (compassion). This is where Catherine vibrantly expresses herself in a very big way - that she wishes to leave a legacy - and change the world - and she is acutely aware that this is possible. We can make truly glorious transformations in this world. A river being recognised as a living being This lively interview covers the Whanganui (awa) river here in New Zealand with a catchment area of over 7,000 square kilometres as finally being legally recognised as a living entity in its own right - that under Maori auspices ‘ the river owns itself’ - and that it can now be revered as a living extension of Papatuanku - Mother Earth that is in itself heralding a paradigm shift to one where we recognise the sacredness of life and that we exist in a living pulsing universe. Same for the Te Urewera park being over 2,000 square kilometres being the historical home of Tūhoe. Part of their traditional territory. This interview introduces Bolivia and Ecuador and ‘ the rights of nature’ under the umbrella of Pachamama  - that the world is waking up on a planetary scale that within the the atmospheric bubble of the biosphere we are far more intimately connected than we realise. Through air, water and minerals.  Plus an essence as well. That things within nature are our relatives - we are all connected through the web of life - that all biota share breath - be it animals, trees and vegetation plus humans all breathing in air and like other animals we humans breathe in oxygen and breath out CO2 whilst other more fixed biota - trees and vegetation breath out O2 and breathe in CO2 - in a profound symphony of interconnectedness and homeostasis. And she says why should only humans get rights? Nature needs them too, which then brings up the intrusion into the natural world of Corporations declaring themselves as having legal personalities and in the US where it is entrenched and they are really pushing this agenda of Corporations having human rights. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_personhood Where Corporations are saying they are equal to humans in having human rights and even superior to humans and natural persons and environmental rights and she sees this as just an abomination - that the judiciary and the legislature of countries are going down that road and have abused and corrupted such a critical idea. That as she has a Law degree, she carries more weight in her knowingness. The interview continues around a statement that Tim poses to Catherine, who deftly answers it in a diplomatic matter and from a higher level of consciousness. Tim states: That because the Māori acknowledge and revere their ancestors and their past, whereas the Pakeha or white man especially in NZ, Australia, Canada and the USA, who as recent immigrants to these countries have all left their origins of Britain or Europe in the 17 and 18th century - have in many ways separated from their roots and in not honouring the past, instead consume the future - which we see as Corporations extracting from mother earth at an increasingly furious rate and leaving environmental desecration behind them - including major social purples for the localised inhabitants. We are all Consciousness Catherine, answers by stating - we could look at this and possibly get bogged down  - instead she ramps this thread to a higher level, saying before we start looking at us based on colour or culture - that we are consciousness first - that she is ‘wairua’ in spirit and that we are humans first - then our other identities follow - that she is a woman - and then you can say she is Māori and that she does not want to get into separation an us and them thing - it is a ‘we’ thing - that’s what we are - humans living on a planet. That there are so many crises on earth today and we have to address them together and we all have value and we all have something to offer to find the solution and she implores us to come together in the spirit of cooperation and solve that which is surrounding us and coming up over the horizon. Unity of Purpose So this is both our opportunity as well as our challenge - this she says ‘is the holy grail of where we must go’ - so can we come together and collaborate more and see the commonalities and not go to the differences - first - that just our reaction to go to these differences first when the true answer is the coming of unity of purpose and embracing goodwill in our individual and collective journey. Catherine says we are here to experience diversity but in peaceful accord or words to that effect. Listen … She is a superb communicator    The Journey is the Reward It’s not about the destination - it's about the journey - and the discovery during this process / unfoldment. She talks about some of her friends that have been given over to their grand parents for their upbringing - and they are a different breed of people - and it is clear as night and day - and it's lovely - that the children have a reverence and a respect as well as a calmness about them - that they are more grounded. She notices that in most cases their perspective is more expansive. Catherine would like to see this happen more, because Māori have done this before, but through the colonisation of NZ many old Māori traditions have been diluted and changed and many lost. Children and Education - Knowledge of your Surroundings. Knowing the bird life in their local area, their sounds, plus how many grasses does a child know? - and insects? - the difference between benevolent insects in comparison to honey bees and wasps and hornets. Plus trees and herbs, especially for their health giving properties. Fish names and whereabouts also. Catherine covers earthing - getting outside on the lawn or in a field and lying in the grass and connecting barefoot. Or tree hugging and the electromagnetic science of feeling the electromagnetic field - that we can become in-balance if we are sensitive to be a ‘body whisperer’ in being receptive to what the environment and nature itself is whispering and breathing into us. People say knowledge is power and Catherine jumps in saying ‘nah nah nah’ - acting on knowledge - is power … She talks about academic associates who keep adding degrees to their name and continuing to educate themselves but possibly not having the time to share this new knowledge as in receiving and then giving. The same goes for our body and spirit - we need both a healthy spirit - wairua and a healthy body ‘temple' - it’s all about balance and combining all the parts of ourselves to become a full whole being. And she says that we have to be our best at the same time communing with nature to grow into the light of our own true selves. Covering James Cameron’s movie Avatar that all the roots of trees were interconnected into one vast neural network right around Pandora the moon - and that the indigenous Na’vi could also connect through their hair to both trees and animals that were part of the natural order of that whole ecosystem. That there was in fact no separation - all living beings, Na’vi, animals and trees were interconnected. We humans are too -with the sharing of breath. Chaos theory that has ended in it order Catherine mentions chaos theory and eventual order out of chaos as in Mandelbrot theory - where all the parts are reflections of the whole - like the Russian dolls one inside the other - inside the other - inside the other - of nesting dolls Matryoshka - matry for matriarchal - motherly. The ubiquitous Bruce Lipton comes up in Catherine’s conversation that we as a humanity ‘the human race’ are an evolving giant organism’ in our own right - as well as our planet being a super organism as well - that within the universal context that God is flowing to evolve what she is (she laughs) - universal consciousness or whatever we want to call it - Io (in Māori) and that the whole shebang - God is continually expanding and refining and finding new ways to experience itself - and so it is never ending … being eternal. That we need to recognise this and that we are a part of that which surrounds us as we shift our consciousness to another higher level. Catherine excitedly states that she really wants to lean into this as she feels like it is being on the fringe of something new - where we can break out of our skin encapsulated ego and awaken to the true brilliance of who we really are. Involving Everyone and Looking Within. Then the question how do we assist in engaging people to encourage them into the realisation that we are all on a profound spiritual unfoldment, if we only shined our focus into our inner life and illuminated our shadow and our ego, that actually holds us back when we are here to release ourselves of our darker limitations.  That the fear of ‘change’ being one of our barriers to engaging …  We tend to make sure we avoid pain and seek out all kinds of pleasure …  as people like and prefer certainty and dislike uncertainty intensely and that is why people fear change. Thus our society remains conservative. Catherine talks about the ego looking back to the pleasures of the past or the future - when in fact the goal for us all is to be in the present - because that is where all the gifts are. Cosmologies. That the universe is both Yin and Yang it is both Tapu and Noa from a Māori perspective The breath of Life -  the Ha - comes into Catherine’s - discourse  - including change and chaos. Tim throws this into the conversation: Ourplanet.org - is the Mothership of GreenplanetFM.com  - his key quip - ‘it’s more than a revolution it is a paradigm shift.’ New and Larger Concepts That we are co creators - if we are born of the Divine and we are divine sparks we must … have some of the characteristics and attributes of God - or universal wisdom and energies … which is creative power and being co creators     * She thinks that the young and the millennial are moving fast and awakening to many empowering possibilities     * Science and spirituality is converging - quantum mechanics and unified field understandings and wholeness     * Science is also saying that most indigenous people have been right all along - that our body has another energy field or soul/spirit and that our planet is a super organism.  That everything is an illusion - that we are all just energy fields - same for all matter     * That the Golden Rule for Māori is tika, what is right and correct - Pono truth and integrity -  and Aroha is compassion - and more … Love     * If we are just mindful to the best of our abilities - (as above) we will go far and create miracles       * It’s about values and your 'wairua' - spirit She talked about consequences when violating natural law = Cause and Effect Teaching Children - Tamariki (children) and Mokupuna (grandchildren)   that acting too proud has consequences Wants the study of ‘Civics’ to be in the curriculum into schools as most young people are disempowered and lack real connection to one’s local community Civic - relating to the duties or activities of people in relation to their town, city, or local area and iwi - Māori peoples. Plus more science into schools - the study of basic consciousness and basic quantum physics as she thinks the cart (focus on the molecular world) is currently before the horse (understanding consciousness). Then at the end I belatedly ask her about her moko - her chin tattoo - and an interesting exchange happens. First Nation Peoples in the South West of the USA have them too. This was a very insightful energised interview and sharing that is very compelling for all who wish to deepen their inquiry into indigenous matters. The ‘kaupapa' (purpose) of Catherine's website is to share knowledge and wisdom that expands the collective consciousness, and contributes to the empowerment of people everywhere to be happy and free.   This kaupapa is underpinned by her desire to progressively realize her own personal happiness and freedom.  But, as often said, one cannot be truly happy and free unless ALL are happy and free - so, I guess this will be an ever-evolving journey rather than a destination. https://www.catherinem-ikenn.com Catherine (Bl/B.Soc.Sci, LLM) hails from the two Māori peoples of Ngāti Kuri and Te Rarawa whose traditional territories are located in the Far North of the North Island of Aotearoa, New Zealand.  Married with one son, she has a strong passion for indigenous human rights, environmental protection and lifelong education. In the mid 90's she worked as a Government Policy Analyst and as a solicitor in Wellington. Since 2000, she project managed her Te Rarawa peoples’ historical Treaty claims settlement negotiations with the Crown, and later became a negotiator herself for her Ngāti Kuri peoples' settlement negotiations - both settlements of which were legislated in 2015. In 2005 Catherine was awarded the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Indigenous Fellowship (representing the Pacific), and continues to represent her peoples in different UN work, as well as on two technical working groups (regarding climate change, and the Monitoring Mechanism for the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples) affiliated with the National Iwi Chairs Forum. She has also held several trustee positions for her peoples’ governing boards, and local schools (she's currently on the Board for Kaitaia College).

Daily Racing Form
The Matt Bernier show - May 12th, 2017

Daily Racing Form

Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2017 30:41


Join Matt Bernier as he analyzes the performances of Always Dreaming and Abel Tasman in the Kentucky Derby & Oaks. In addition he takes a look at a big weekend at Belmont. ​

Daily Racing Form
DRF Players' Podcast Show 219, March 10, 2017

Daily Racing Form

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2017 57:56


Previews of the San Felipe and Tampa Bay Derby plus three more stakes races, as well as a discussion on the transfer of Abel Tasman to Bob Baffert's barn, are among the topics discussed by Peter Thomas Fornatale, Mike Hogan, and Jonathon Kinchen.

Daily Racing Form
DRF Players' Podcast Show 196, December 13, 2016

Daily Racing Form

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2016 59:37


Mastery winning the CashCall Futurity, Abel Tasman winning the Starlet, advice for people looking to get into the racing industry, and other questions from listeners are among the topics discussed by Peter Thomas Fornatale, Mike Hogan, and Jonathon Kinchen.

players mastery starlet mike hogan abel tasman jonathon kinchen peter thomas fornatale
Trouwreportages door bruidsfotograaf Allround Fotografie
Trouwen op het IJsselmeer - Linda en Peter (15 juni 2012)

Trouwreportages door bruidsfotograaf Allround Fotografie

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2012 4:30


Zie: http://www.allround-fotografie.com/bruidsreportage/ Linda en Peter uit Lelystad (Flevoland) hadden ons al lange tijd geleden geboekt voor hun trouwreportage op het partyschip de "Abel Tasman" op het IJsselmeer. Dus gingen wij op 15 juni 2012 met twee trouwfotografen richting Lelystad. De ene trouwfotograaf ging naar Peter en de andere trouwfotograaf naar Linda. Later kwam Peter zijn bruid Linda ophalen, waarna wij met hen naar de haven gingen om vervolgens aan boord van de Abel Tasman te stappen. Het schip voer op de motor de haven uit. Eenmaal op het IJsselmeer hebben we eerst aan boord de trouwreportage gemaakt en en zodra het partyschip voor de wind kon gaan, werden de zeilen gehesen en kon de huwelijksvoltrekking plaatsvinden. Na het uitspreken van het "Ja"-woord, de toast en het aansnijden van de bruidstaart hebben we de groepsfoto's gemaakt. Eenmaal terug in de haven hebben we foto's gemaakt van het diner, waarvan wij ook mochten meegenieten. Daarna zat onze taak erop. Trefwoorden: trouwreportage , Lelystad, Flevoland, partyschip, Abel Tasman, IJsselmeer, trouwfotograaf, bruidsfotograaf, bruidsreportage, bruiloft, trouwvideo, trouwdag, huwelijk Bekijk ons kanaal: http://www.youtube.com/user/AllroundFotografie Je vindt ons ook op de volgende social media sites: *) Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/AllroundFoto *) Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AllroundFotografie *) Google+: https://plus.google.com/b/116191578946566465447/ *) Hyves: http://allroundfotografie.hyves.nl/ *) Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/allround-fotografie/ *) 500px: http://allroundfotografie.500px.com/ Of bezoek gewoon onze website op: http://www.allround-fotografie.com/ We zijn gevestigd op: Allround Fotografie Ketelboetershoek 14 7328 JE Apeldoorn Tel. 087-7841336

A Cup Of English
Magnificent New Zealand.

A Cup Of English

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2009 5:03


Beginners. I'm back from a wonderful trip. Do you want to hear about it? Do you know anything about New Zealand? I'll give you some of the most important details. It is situated in Oceania which is in the Pacific Ocean in the Southern Hemisphere. It's population is about four million, so, it is not very populated. It is about one hundred and four square miles in size, spread out over two main islands, North and South, and a few smaller islands. English is the main language, though there is a second, native language of Maori, from the people of the same name. The Maoris arrived from Polynesia about a thousand years ago. They were hunter gatherers who lived off of the land and sea. In 1642 the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman sighted* the land, then in 1769 Captain James Cook, the English explorer, landed. Many Europeans came soon afterwards to hunt whales and seals, others to farm and develop towns. Of course, there were conflicts and wars between the Europeans and the Maori over land. In 1840 the British crown gained control of the country, but still there are disputes over who really owns 'Aotearoa' which is the Maori name for the country. The Kiwis, or natives, are extremely proud of their country, especially of its natural beauty: the Snowy Alps, sunny beaches, massive fiords, volcanoes, lakes, forests, and quiet rolling hills. Grammar notes.  Related vocabulary: population/ populated, language, hunters, explorer, conflicts, natives, crown, to gain, to know something about..., to sight. Exs: I don't know anything about mechanics, but my brother does. Do you know anything about the subjunctive? It's really not too difficult in English. The sailor sighted an island that had never been seen before. * Though 'to sight' is related to the verb 'to see' it is used in terms of search and discovery. Advanced. I wish that I had had more time to discover the amazing land of New Zealand. In total, I only had about one week there, from arriving to leaving. I did, however, make the most of it. I whizzed around at 100 miles per hour, trying to see as much as possible. "You travel really well, Anna!" said my brother, observing me after I had been there for a couple of days. I had not experienced any jetlag, and I was determined that I wouldn't. I didn't want anything to spoil my treat! I spent two days in Christchurch, where my brother lives. What a beautiful city! It is like a spotless park. The Kiwis take pride in keeping their country clean, and they recycle just about everything. Then I flew South to Queenstown. I stayed at a Youth Hostel right on the lake which had 'The Remarkables', a line of mountains, to the side. I toured Fiordland which you can see a little of in my photo. Then, on my last day there, I treated myself to a helicopter ride over part of the Alps. Wow! Can anyone say spectacular? What views! We flew over dense forests that I have seen before in some of  the Lord of the Rings. The whole experience was like being in a story book. My last few days were spent with my brother. We went sight seeing* to wineries, beeches, and even a thermal spa. I was sad to say goodbye to my brother, but after being in New Zealand, I fully understand why he has lived there for the past eleven years.  Grammar notes. Useful vocabulary: to sight see, to make the most of ..., to whizz around, spotless, to take pride, to treat oneself/ a treat. ** With the expression 'to sight see', the word 'see' only changes slightly with a change of tense. We never say "I sight saw" for the past. And it sounds awkward to use 'seen', as in "Have you ever sight seen?" It is best to use the past of the verb 'to go: We went sight seeing all over the place. Have you ever been sight seeing? We will need to sight see some more before we leave this city.  The Pluperfect: Exs:They hadn't had enough time to study, but they took the test anyway. He had lived in the South for twenty years, but he got married and has lived in the North for the past year.