Episodes

  • Suzie Bates: "A world f#$%ing champion" cricketer

    Suzie Bates: "A world f#$%ing champion" cricketer
    Oct 29 2024
    Paddy chats to White Ferns legend Suzie Bates on what it takes to win a Cricket World Cup, after failing and failing and failing. Meet the 'Yarnties" - a knitting group from Orewa that has donated over 3000 items THIS YEAR, to women and children escaping domestic abuse. Plus, move over Marmite and Vegemite... there's a new kiwi player on the 'mite' scene.
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    31 mins
  • All Black Anton Lienert-Brown opens up about his crippling anxiety

    All Black Anton Lienert-Brown opens up about his crippling anxiety
    Oct 22 2024
    All Black midfielder Anton Lienert-Brown talks to Paddy about the crippling anxiety he lives with. We meet the Kiwi woman who should be dead from Pancreatic cancer but has survived 97 rounds of chemotherapy. Yes, 97! And don't miss Paddy's yarn with Jono, the guy that pranked Prime Minister Christopher Luxon at the Auckland FC game at the weekend.
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    32 mins
  • Louis Crosby, Emirates Team New Zealand ‘Cyclor’ on how to suffer and make the boat go faster

    Louis Crosby, Emirates Team New Zealand ‘Cyclor’ on how to suffer and make the boat go faster
    Oct 15 2024
    In the middle of the America’s Cup regatta, Paddy has one question - “what and why is a ‘Cyclor’?” So he interviews Emirates Team New Zealand cyclor Louis Crosby about suffering, fake uncles, and who is going to win the Cup. Paddy meets the Brainy Kiwi going global with technology that can predict your health future by using AI to analyse a routine eye exam. Our Good Kiwi is the angel in Wellington giving free dental care to the homeless. And Paddy warns us not to take the kiwi bird for granted.
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    26 mins
  • Dame Lisa Carrington: On identity, her Te Reo journey, and writing a children's book

    Dame Lisa Carrington: On identity, her Te Reo journey, and writing a children's book
    Oct 8 2024
    Paddy talks to Dame Lisa Carrington about her Te Reo journey and her creative process writing a children’s book. Femmi is a Kiwi app for women athletes that actually takes menstruation, pregnancy, contraception into account instead of ignoring it. Meet the Good Kiwi who, despite living with cancer, continues her incredible work feeding the homeless in suburban Auckland. And... Paddy accidentally crashes a wedding.
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    31 mins
  • Dai Henwood: The most positive man in New Zealand

    Dai Henwood: The most positive man in New Zealand
    Oct 1 2024
    Hey everyone, Paddy here. Welcome to my new show which is all about bringing positivity into the news world. Our first TFN guest is Dai Henwood, who is facing terminal cancer with optimism. Dai has gotta be the most positive man in New Zealand right now! There's also a bunch of other good kiwis, great kiwis and brainy kiwis in this episode... enjoy your weekly dose of TFN. To contact Paddy email paddy@tfn.co.nz Come and See Paddy Live: join Paddy at his national The F@#$ing News tour this November and December all around New Zealand. Visit paddygower.co.nz for tickets.
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    26 mins
  • Trailer: The F#$%ing News

    Trailer: The F#$%ing News
    Sep 27 2024
    The F#$%ing News flips the script on the news - short, upbeat, inspirational and f%$#ing good fun journalism with the nation’s favourite everyman reporter, Paddy Gower. TFN sees Paddy talking to Kiwis who are the good, the great and the brains of our nation.
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    1 min