Between Two Beers Podcast

In 2015, Mils Muliaina walked off the field in England and into four police officers and two cameras. [Verified outcome, e.g. “The charge was later dropped.”] For more than a decade he’s never really spoken about it. Here, he talks about the silence, the headlines, and finding out who his real friends were.It’s a long way from Invercargill, where he grew up one of eight kids in a two-bedroom house and the food bank pulling up was one of the best days of the week. At 17, in trouble and sent to Auckland, all he wanted was to go home. He knew the family couldn’t afford it. He stayed, and it became 100 Tests for the All Blacks and the first house his mum ever owned.Mils talks about racing Jonah Lomu, practising the haka alone in a hotel room before his debut, what Wayne Bennett told the All Blacks after 2007, life after rugby helping Pacific families into homes of their own, and what he’d tell any 17-year-old who thinks they’ve blown it.Between Two Beers is proudly brought to you by One New Zealand. We believe that One NZ connects New Zealand, while Between Two Beers connects New Zealanders. And together, we are NZ’s most trusted connection platform.Steve and Seamus are proud to be dressed by Barkers Clothing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What changes when your business gets bigger than you?Rowan Simpson, employee #3 at Trade Me and an early Xero investor, is back for a second session with Steve, Seamus and business coach Di Foster. This time he’s answering your questions on scaling, from your sixth hire to your first departments, and everything that breaks in between.In this episode:The biggest mistake founders make at hire number six, and why a rugby team beats a rowing eightThe five skills of the business pentathlon (and why, if you can’t see the sales team, you are the sales team)Work, family, friends, fitness, sleep: which two go when you’ve got a newborn and a businessHow to tell the difference between failing fast and quitting too earlyHitting the ceiling on your own hours, and learning to hire your replacementAnd so much more!Missed part one? Rowan picked apart our own business in the last episode of Accidental Business Owners. His book is How to be Wrong: a crash course in startup success.This episode is proudly sponsored by Xero - one platform for accounting, payroll, payments and reporting, so your business stays in control as it grows. Start your free trial by searching Xero today. Terms apply.Steve and Seamus are proud to be dressed by Barkers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Five months after retiring from international cricket, Kane Williamson sits down for a rare long-form conversation.He explains why he stepped away between tests against England rather than hang on for a farewell tour or the 10,000-run milestone, and the conversation with Virat Kohli the day before he announced it.He shares the personal principles he wrote in a notebook that guided the rest of his career, why a duck against Dale Steyn’s South Africa left him at peace, and how the Black Caps rebuilt their culture under Brendon McCullum.Plus the 2019 World Cup final, a Covid detour through the Maldives on the way to the World Test Championship, why he never read his own press, and life now with three kids under five.Between Two Beers is proudly brought to you by One New Zealand. We believe that One NZ connects New Zealand, while Between Two Beers connects New Zealanders. And together, we are NZ’s most trusted connection platform.Steve and Seamus are proud to be dressed by Barkers Clothing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Five years ago Paddy Gower came on Between Two Beers over a lockdown video call, sitting between about seven craft beers.He’s back on Hambassadors, and he’s now off the drink completely. We talk about what giving up drinking and the Newshub redundancy did to him, why election night is “the Everest” of live TV (this is his seventh), and what he’s hearing from Kiwis on the campaign trail.He also gets the challenge of explaining the overhang like we’re ten years old. Plus a question from Jason Pine, and Paddy’s case for the Phoenix in Saturday’s Kiwi derby.Before that: Kane Williamson spent a full day in the studio before his episode drops on Sunday night, then refused to leave the golf sim. Our flight to Christchurch circled for 40 minutes before getting diverted to Wellington. We emceed a golf day with a hole-in-one stunt that got the whole room checking under their seats, and hosted a live Q&A for Apollo Projects’ 25th birthday with the Reflections team. Rowan Simpson beat us at golf too.Also: Between Two Bits (Auckland FC v Wellington Phoenix), a first wedding anniversary on What’s the Occasion, and a look back at our episode with Dame Catriona Williams. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

NZ showjumper and eventer Catriona Williams broke her neck in a fall from a horse and became tetraplegic. Fourteen months into her marriage, she told her husband Sam to leave. He stayed, and 23 years on she calls herself lucky, not inspirational.Through her charity CatWalk she has helped raise $28 million for spinal cord research. She has hand-cycled to Everest Base Camp, been made a dame and stood up again.In 2021 a second accident broke her neck again. Before surgery she signed a form saying she might not survive it, and her answer was “it’s okay.” Now she’s preparing to hand-cycle 3,000 miles across America, and her goal is to one day dance with Sam.Between Two Beers is proudly brought to you by One New Zealand. We believe that One NZ connects New Zealand, while Between Two Beers connects New Zealanders. And together, we are NZ’s most trusted connection platform.Steve and Seamus are proud to be dressed by Barkers Clothing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.