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ShedLife NZ with Jason & Mates
by ShedLife NZ
Welcome to ShedLife NZ a place for good chats with good people. Jason Davis sits down with everyday legends, local characters, and anyone with a story worth sharing. The chats are honest, unpolished, and straight from Kiwi life.It's all about the people, the moments, and the laughs along the way.
Episodes
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What Happened in the Second Half of the ABs? And the Rest of the Weekend | ShedLife Sport
The All Blacks came flying out against the Wallabies, but what happened to that attacking spark in the second half? And after a cracking Kiwis versus Kangaroos rugby league clash, how close are New Zealand to turning the tables on Australia? Jason Davis and Quentin Hill are back for another...
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How does a Kiwi arm wrestler end up in a video game? - Maateiwarangi Heta-Morris The Beast
From arm wrestling on school rubbish bins to playing Tai Kaliso in Gears of War, Maateiwarangi has one of the most unusual stories in New Zealand sport.Aotearoa arm wrestling champion since 2012, four-time and current Oceania champion, six-time Australasian champion, Arnold Classic champion in…
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All Blacks Smash the Wallabies + Waikato Fall Short | ShedLife NZ Sport Weekly Wrap
#AllBlacks #NPC #Rugby The All Blacks answered all the talk about the Eden Park record with a statement win over the Wallabies. Did they just prove the fortress still stands? This week on ShedLife NZ Sport Weekly Wrap, Jason Davis and Quentin Hill (now a father of two, congratulations Quentin)...
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From South Africa to Silver Fern World Champion | Leana de Bruin
From representing South Africa to becoming a World Champion Silver Fern, Leana de Bruin has one of the great stories in New Zealand netball. 34 international tests for South Africa, 104 for New Zealand, a Netball World Championship, two Commonwealth Games gold medals and a return to the court at...
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Can the All Blacks Protect the Eden Park Fortress? | ShedLife NZ Sport Weekly Wrap
Can the All Blacks keep their incredible Eden Park record intact against the Wallabies? This week on ShedLife NZ Sport Weekly Wrap, Jason Davis and Quentin Hill get into the Bledisloe Cup clash, Australia’s five game winning streak and the All Blacks’ remarkable run at Eden Park. We look at the...
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What's It Like Playing Heartland Rugby? | Patrick Hedley
Patrick Hedley joins Jason Davis on ShedLife NZ for a conversation about King Country rugby, life in the Heartland Championship, goal kicking, club rugby and what it means to represent the region you grew up in.Patty grew up in Te Kuiti before heading to the University of Waikato, where he played...
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How Much Should You REALLY Be Able to Bench? | Ashleigh Hoeta
Ashleigh Hoeta is the first woman in the world to bench press over 300kg. She's a five-time New Zealand arm wrestling champion. A mother of two, currently studying to become a physio. But her journey to the top started with heartbreak, nearly ended before it began, and was carried by a promise…
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Leighton Cosgrave: From Sweeping Floors to Exporting Radix Nutrition from the Waikato, NZ, to the World
Leighton Cosgrove left Hamilton Boys' High at 16 with no real plan, no job lined up, and a simple ultimatum from his dad: you can leave school, but you don't come home until you've found work. What he found instead was a workshop with its doors open — and he offered to sweep the floors for free,...
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Newcastle’s 12 Man Miracle + Counties Lift the Ranfurly Shield | ShedLife NZ Sport Weekly Wrap
We are back for another ShedLife NZ Sport Weekly Wrap, getting into the NRL finals, Bunnings NPC, Waikato Rugby, the Black Ferns, Heartland Championship, NZ Breakers, boxing, grassroots league and international rugby. The Knights produced a huge performance against Penrith, playing part of the…
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The Warriors Season Is Over, But What a Ride | ShedLife NZ Sport Weekly Wrap
The Warriors season is over, but this one is bigger than just the final result.Jason Davis and Quentin Hill look back on the 2026 NZ Warriors season, the atmosphere at Eden Park, the players who stood out and why following the Warriors means so much more than wins and losses.Jason was there for…
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All Blacks Fall Short + Warriors Keep the Faith | ShedLife NZ Sport Weekly Wrap
The All Blacks fall short against South Africa, the Warriors still have another life, and there is plenty happening across New Zealand sport this week. Jason Davis and Quentin Hill are back for the ShedLife NZ Sport Weekly Wrap, starting with rugby’s biggest rivalry and what stood out from the…
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Francis Waitai KO’s Cowin Ray | What’s Next for NZ Boxing?
WBA Oceania champion Francis Waitai is back in the ShedLife NZ Studio with his coach Shaun George from Never Surrender, fresh off a first-round knockout of Cowin Ray.We get straight into the fight. Francis and Shaun break down how a game plan they had drilled for weeks ended the contest in about...
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Warriors Win, Finals Are Here + All Blacks vs Springboks | ShedLife NZ Sport Weekly Wrap
The Warriors finish the regular season with a massive one-point win, and Jason Davis and Quentin Hill are back in the ShedLife NZ Studio to wrap another big week across New Zealand sport.The Warriors got it done against Manly in a tight one, closing it out with a late drop goal and building…
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Kenny Short: He Lived on a 2.5km Circus Train and Rode BMX for Disney
Kenny’s journey is anything but ordinary. From the dirt jumps of Minnesota to living on a mile-and-a-half-long circus train with 300 people from 14 different countries, his stories are wild. We dive into his 2.5 years with the legendary Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, the transition to...
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Springboks Strike Back, Warriors Charge On & NPC Wrap | ShedLife Sport
What a weekend of sport! The Springboks got the job done 33–26 to level the series, but how good was that jet flyover?! Absolutely unreal. Quentin and I break down the Test, talk about where the All Blacks fell short and give our predictions for the big decider in Johannesburg. We’re still…
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All Blacks Beat the Boks, Warriors Go #1 & NPC Wrap | ShedLife Sport
What a weekend for New Zealand sport — the All Blacks beat the Springboks at Ellis Park, the Warriors are NUMBER ONE in the NRL, and the NPC has produced one of the great Ranfurly Shield stories. Jason Davis is joined by rugby expert Quentin Hill for this week’s ShedLife Sport, starting with the...
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Dwayne Sweeney: Pulled Out of Class at 17 — Then Ian Foster Gave Him a Waikato Debut
Dwayne Sweeney’s rugby story started in a maths class at Hamilton Boys’ High - when he was called to the principal’s office, handed a phone number, and suddenly found Ian Foster on the other end telling him he was about to make his Waikato debut at just 17 years old.From there came a career built...
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What a Weekend for NZ Sport! | Shedlife Sport Ep. 7
NZ sport is firing, and we’re covering all the action in Episode 7 of Shedlife Sport! The Warriors are flying high and pushing towards the NRL minor premiership, NPC rugby is delivering incredible games, and the Heartland Championship has kicked off with a bang. We also celebrate Hauraki North...
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Lima Sopoaga on How One Year on Social Media Changed His Life After Rugby
Former All Black, Highlanders champion and Samoa international Lima Sopoaga joins ShedlifeNZ for an honest conversation about the historic 2015 Super Rugby title, his unforgettable debut at Ellis Park, and the year on social media that changed his life after rugby. From feeling like a superhero…
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Warriors Make a Statement, Waikato Go 2 from 2 & Nyika Wins | ShedLife Sport
Big weekend of sport and plenty to yarn about on this one.The Warriors were unreal, Waikato are 2 from 2, the All Blacks are building nicely, and David Nyika got another big win.Quentin and I also get into the NPC picks, Sheilla Yama, Manu Vatuvei vs Rene Ranger, a bit of arm wrestling, local...
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Ken Rutherford: 317 in a Day, Batting With Martin Crowe in 1992 and Captaining the Black Caps
Former Black Caps captain Ken Rutherford made his test debut at 19 against the greatest fast bowling attack in cricket history, scored 12 runs in his first seven innings, and came back to play 56 tests, captain New Zealand and be part of the 1992 Cricket World Cup run that stopped the country....
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Ryan Fox: The Kiwi Everyman Who Conquered The Open
Ryan Fox has delivered one of New Zealand sport’s great feel-good stories. In this episode of Shed Life Sport, KJ and I unpack Foxy’s remarkable Open triumph - from nearly missing the cut to becoming a major champion. We discuss what makes him so relatable, the challenge of links golf, the...
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36 Medals, First Round Knockouts & Waikato's Biggest Crowd in 8 Years | ShedLife NZ Sport Ep 5
#FrancisWaitai #Waikato #NPC #CommGames #NRL Waikato smash Bay of Plenty in the NPC opener, Francis Waitai delivers a brutal first-round KO, and New Zealand haul in 36 medals at the Commonwealth Games. It was a stacked weekend of Kiwi sport, and we cover it all. Episode 5 of the ShedLife NZ Sport...
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How Lightwire Became Rural New Zealand's Trusted Internet Provider | Mike Cook
Mike from Lightwire caught up with Jason at Fieldays for a chat about a genuine Kiwi success story. Lightwire's hooked up Jason's own internet out on the farm for the last 12 years, so this one's personal.Mike's the GM of Infrastructure at Lightwire, which started out as a Waikato University...
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All Blacks Tour Squad, Commonwealth Games & Waikato’s NPC Opener | Episode 4
Jason and Quentin are back for Episode 4 of Talking Sport, covering a massive week across New Zealand sport.They break down the newly named 44-man All Blacks squad, the bolters selected for the upcoming South African tour, returning players and the combinations that could be taking shape ahead of...
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Waikato’s 2026 NPC Squad Revealed | Inside the Season Launch
Fresh faces and a new coaching group are setting the tone for Waikato’s 2026 NPC campaign. Jason Davis and Quentin Hill catch up with Japanese international Daiki Nakajima, James Tucker, Hamilton Burr and other Mooloos about their club roots, returning from injury, fighting for game time and the...
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Hautapu Break the Marist Grip to Win the Final | All Blacks Defend the Fortress & Ryan Fox Wins
Ryan Fox wins The Open, Hautapu pull off a stunning comeback final, and the All Blacks make it 53 unbeaten at Eden Park — it was a massive weekend of New Zealand sport, and we cover the lot.Part 3 of the ShedLife NZ Sport Weekly Wrap is here with Jason Davis, Quentin Hill and Mark Davis — your...
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James Brodie on Faith, Music, and Writing His Way to a Fresh Start
Caught up with singer-songwriter James Brodie at Fieldays for a chat that went a lot deeper than we expected. James talks us through how he got into music as a young kid, picking up guitar lessons before getting serious about songwriting at 16 on the advice of a counsellor. Music became his way…
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Catching up with BMX legend John Kelly at Fieldays 2026
Caught up with BMX legend John Kelly at Fieldays this year for a good yarn about all things BMX.John's up from Mangawhai and gave us the full story on the old Orewa mini ramp, the very same half pipe he dropped in on as a kid, now getting rebuilt and given a new home at the Mangawhai Skatepark....
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From Junior All Black to 75+ Waikato Games: James Tucker’s Rugby Journey
James Tucker played 13 years of professional rugby for Waikato, the Chiefs, Blues, Hurricanes and Brumbies, plus stints in Italy and Japan, and along the way racked up 22 surgeries, including two blown ACLs, a broken sacrum and rib cartilage snapped clean in half on both sides. He joins us on the...
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Using AI to Build a Website Live on Air | Leonardo Garcia Curtis
Leonardo Garcia Curtis joins the ShedLife NZ Podcast. Leonardo's the former CEO of Zyber, an award winning ecommerce agency, and now runs WABOOM AI helping Kiwi businesses actually use AI properly. In this one we got Claude to build a live website for Waikato Sheds while we sat there talking…
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From NZ Sport to World Sport, We Cover It All | ShedLifeNZ Sports Chat
Part 2 of the ShedLifeNZ sports chat is here, from NZ sport to world sport, we cover it all this week.On the home front, Hautapu are through to the final after a big semi win and out to stop Marist's three peat, the All Blacks are building nicely after that win over Italy with Will Jordan now the...
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Lulu Bejot: BMXer, Pilot, Ski Jumper and Chef, Hear His Story
He was raised to be an Olympic ski jumper in France. Years later, on the other side of the world, he's a BMX rider, a commercial pilot, and a head chef, all at once. Lulu Bejot sits down with Jason and Mark on ShedLife NZ to tell the full story.He started ski jumping at 5 years old on tiny 5…
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Kicking Off Our New Rugby Series with the Big Picture | Quentin Hill
New series kicking off in the shed. Quentin Hill, project manager at Waikato Sheds and a genuine weapon on the wing for Hautapu, sits down to talk rugby. Born in South Africa, he grew up chasing the All Black dream like every Kiwi kid. These days he's just loving life scoring tries for Hautapu,...
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Nitro Circus Legends Talk World Records and Travelling the World Doing Crazy Stunts
Jed Mildon and Nick Franklin join us on the ShedLife NZ Podcast, and this one's an absolute ride.Jed's the Taupo BMX rider who landed the world's first ever triple backflip, then went back a few years later and pulled off the world's first quad. Nick's spent his whole career in freestyle…
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Parties Over Practice: What Did It Cost His Cricket Career? | Ollie Pringle
At just 17 years old, Ollie Pringle packed his bags and headed to Bristol, England to play club cricket. What started as a sporting opportunity turned into four years of travel, lifelong friendships and lessons that shaped who he is today. Now a Business Development Manager at Tutill Carriers,...
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He's Announced Nearly 100 Fight Nights. The Big Stage Is Next | MC Mike
New Zealand ring announcer MC Mike sits down with Jason Davis on the ShedlifeNZ Podcast to talk about the journey from combat sports fan to one of the busiest MCs on the NZ fight scene. MC Mike wasn't always behind the mic. He grew up loving fighting, training in combat sports, and living the...
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What the World Taught Waikato NPC Rugby Coach Leon Holden
Leon Holden joins the Shed Life Podcast for a proper rugby yarn about the journey from Hauraki North to coaching Waikato in the NPC. In this episode, Leon talks through his early days in club rugby, the people who shaped him, coaching in New Zealand, Japan and England, his time with London Wasps,...
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From the Cowshed to the Classroom | Ngaire Harris on Teaching, Character & Community
In this special Shed Life episode, Jason sits down inside Kaihere School with Ngaire Harris, a local education legend whose story began on a dairy farm and led to a lifetime of teaching, leadership, and service.From helping her younger brother with maths to ending up with around 100 kids at her...
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The Secret Behind NZ’s Best Speakers | Shaun O’Neill
In this episode of ShedLife, Jason and KJ sit down with Shaun O'Neill, founder of Essential Talent, one of New Zealand’s leading keynote speaker agencies.Sean shares his journey from growing up in Timaru, sneaking away to listen to talkback radio in a tin shed, starting out in radio as a...
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First Female CEO of Waikato Rugby | Dr Amy Marfell on Leadership, Rugby & Sideline Behaviour
In this episode of ShedLife, Jason sits down with Dr Amy Marfell, CEO of Waikato Rugby, to talk about leadership, women in sport, junior rugby, sideline behaviour, and the future of the game in the Waikato.Amy shares her journey from academia and Sport Waikato into becoming the first female CEO…
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Sheila Yama: From Papua New Guinea to World Title Contender
In this episode of Shed Life, Jason sits down with Sheila Yama, the Papua New Guinea-born, Hamilton-based unbeaten boxer who is quickly rising through the professional ranks.Sheila shares her journey from growing up in a village in Papua New Guinea, training as a nurse, moving through the Cook...
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The Story behind Billy Brown
Billy Brown does not hold back. In this episode, Jason sits down with Billy for one of the most direct conversations we’ve had on ShedLifeNZ. They get into the New Zealand political landscape, Māori leadership, the elite of NZ, culture, identity, cost of living, and how they believe this country...
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How To Get a Job In The AI World - Brigitta Warren from RecruitNet
In this episode of Shedlife NZ, we sit down with Brigitta Warren from RecruitNet to discuss the rapidly changing landscape of the job market. With AI changing how companies hire and how candidates search, navigating your career path requires a new set of rules.Brigitta shares her professional...
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KJ Shares His Greatest Moments at Seddon Park
KJ joins the podcast to share some of his most unforgettable moments from Seddon Park Cricket Stadium, including one of the most memorable matches ever played there.From New Zealand’s massive chase against Australia, Matthew Hayden’s incredible 185 not out, Brendan McCullum’s last-over heroics…
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His Mum Survived Hiroshima, But The Effects Still Live On Today - ShedLifeNZ Ep 22
In this episode of ShedLifeNZ, we sit down with Hiroshi to hear a deeply personal story shaped by one of history’s most devastating events.Hiroshi’s mother survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, but the impact did not end there. We explore how that experience has carried through generations,...
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From Builder to Business Owner - The Story of Reon Patterson | ShedLifeNZ Episode 21
What does it take to go from being a builder on the tools… to building and leading a nationwide construction business?In this episode of ShedlifeNZ, Jason Davis sits down with Reon Paterson — Master Franchisee of Smith & Sons New Zealand, who has spent over 30 years in the building industry,...
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Inside NZ Construction: Talking Concrete with Ken Pumipi | ShedLifeNZ Episode 20
Concrete looks simple… until you’re the one doing it.Early starts. Tight deadlines. No room for error.Ken Pumpi from Prestige Concreting sits down with Jason to talk about what it’s really like working in the NZ construction game — the pressure behind the scenes, the standards you have to meet…
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Change Your Mindset & Habits: High Performance Coach Explains | ShedLifeNZ Episode 19
Everyone talks about high performance — but how many people understand what it actually takes to build it? In this episode, we sit down with Andrew from Roar Coaching, a high performance mindset coach who takes us back to where it all began — starting out as a banker before completely shifting...
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Beach Hop Founder Noddy Watts Talks Classic Cars, Route 66 Tours & NZ Car Culture
Everyone knows Beach Hop, but not everyone knows the man who founded it. In this episode, we sit down with Noddy Watts, founder of Beach Hop, to unpack the story behind New Zealand's biggest classic car event. From his early days at the NZ Post Office to building Hot Rods and running tours Route...
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Welcome to ShedLife NZ a place for good chats with good people. Jason Davis sits down with everyday legends, local characters, and anyone with a story worth sharing. The chats are honest, unpolished, and straight from Kiwi life.It's all about the people, the moments, and the laughs along the way.
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