Kiwi Flees

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Ollie Law - Resilience Guru, Services Exporter, Front-Door Opener.

2026-09-2901:07:17

In this pod I catch up with Ollie Law, Co-Founder and Group Managing Director of Fixinc Group, who joins me from Kuala Lumpur after leaving Christchurch in late January 2026. Ollie is the freshest Kiwi Flee I’ve spoken to, to date. At the time of recording, he’s only been out of New Zealand for eight months, which gives this conversation a different edge. This isn’t someone 20 years offshore looking back. It’s a conversation with someone still validating the move, and working out the cost-ben...

Helen von Dadelszen - Courageous Action Champion, Public Speaking & Vocal Coach, Author.

2026-09-1558:55

In this pod I catch up with public speaking and vocal coach, Helen von Dadelszen - a Kiwi now living in Crassier, Vaud, near Geneva in Switzerland. Helen works with professionals who want to speak with confidence and impact. Her coaching draws on psychology, theatre, singing, improv, and vocal training, along with the useful but slightly terrifying truth that simply having something important to say doesn't automatically mean people will hear it. Helen left NZ in the early 2000s withou...

Imogen Thirlwall - The Kiwi Soprano Singing in Germany’s Opera World

2026-09-0159:20

In this pod I catch up with Tauranga-born, Stuttgart-based lyric coloratura soprano Imogen Thirlwall, who works full-time as an opera singer in Germany at the Stuttgart State Opera. After training in Wellington and building her early career through New Zealand Opera, Imogen moved to Europe in 2017 to chase the dream. She has performed in 75 professional opera, operetta, and musical theatre productions in her career to date, including more than 180 performances at Staatstheater Meiningen...

Callum Meehan - Bangkok-Based Functional Fitness Entrepreneur, Elite Athlete, Crucible Fitness Games Founder

2026-08-1856:26

In this pod I catch up with Petone-born and now Bangkok-based Callum Meehan who left New Zealand in 2017 and has since become one of the most accomplished functional fitness athletes and fitness event entrepreneurs in South East Asia (SEA). Callum’s athletic CV sits in the brutal world of fitness racing and obstacle course racing. He has set three HYROX Asia-Pacific records, been ranked the number one Spartan athlete in both Malaysia and Singapore, been part of the Spartan Pro Team, and ranke...

Dani Kiwi Meier - Former Professional Snowboarder, Designer, Inventor, Adventurer, Branded Storyteller

2026-08-0401:15:08

In this pod I catch up with Dani Kiwi Meier, who joins me from his family's farm in Castetner, in France’s rural south-west, a scant two-hour drive from the fires currently sweeping through the region. Dani left New Zealand in 1988 as a toolmaker with experience in plastics engineering. His first job in Switzerland was building an ice rink. Not bad for a guy who'd never ice-skated before, let alone constructed a rink for the skating aficionados of Europe. Snowboarding then opened the door to ...

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