Planting Seeds Podcast

This Grow With Me episode is a kōrero on purpose and why purpose is a critical pillar of tāne wellbeing.

Purpose gives drive, meaning, and fulfilment. Without it, many men feel lost, disconnected, or stuck in survival mode. In this episode, I share the simple framework that has helped me identify and reconnect with my own sense of purpose and may support you on your journey too.

I break purpose down into three key areas:

Authenticity: Ko wai koe?
Who are you beneath the expectations, roles and noise?

Gifts: What comes naturally to you?
The things you like or that you’re often good at without trying too hard.

Challenges: What have you gone through?
The experiences and struggles that have shaped you and may now be part of what you’re here to give.

These three areas have helped me find clarity, direction, alignment and I share them openly in this episode as an invitation . . . not a prescription.

IF you’re a brother based in, or connected to, the Bay of Plenty, I also share about an upcoming 12-week Brother to Brother Kaupapa, starting the first week of March.

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This episode is with Pio Terei, an Aotearoa legend whose contribution to media, entertainment, and comedy spans decades. It was an absolute honour to sit across from him on the Waitangi Treaty Grounds, and this has become one of the best podcast episodes to date.
Pio’s lived experience, charisma, humour and depth impacted me deeply, especially around tāne-hood, talent, and parenting. He shares lessons from his upbringing, being adopted and raised by parents who showered him with unconditional love, nurtured his curiosity, and how he learned to travel the world without ever needing to leave home — through valuing people and connection.
The kōrero moves into a beautiful and sacred space as Pio opens up about his healing journey through grief after the passing of his son, alongside powerful and tender stories of parenting, presence and legacy.

We Dive Into:
✨ Growing up adopted and surrounded by unconditional love
✨ Nurturing curiosity and talent✨ Manhood beyond status and success✨ Valuing people, relationships, and connection
✨ Parenting lessons that shape legacy
✨ Grief, healing, and honouring his son
✨ Finding depth through humour and humanity

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This Grow With Me episode is a real and honest reflection on what often happens when you start showing up for yourself.

I briefly share my experience being at Waitangi, before diving deeper into a challenge many of us face on a growth journey. The subtle (and sometimes not so subtle) shade that comes when you begin to change.

“You think you’re better than me.”
“You’re too cool now.”
Tall poppy syndrome.

These comments often come from the people closest to us, which is what makes it so hard to navigate. In this episode, I speak about why this happens, how growth naturally shifts relationships, and why outgrowing old behaviours and sometimes people is a sign of alignment, not arrogance.

This kōrero isn’t about cutting people off. It’s about understanding how minimising time, changing energy, and choosing authenticity can create tension and why that tension is often a mirror.

At the end of the episode, I also share about the first Planting Seeds Wānanga / Retreat, happening at the end of the month with only 10 spaces available.
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This episode is a powerful kōrero with Rangimarie Te Whenua, a staunch rangatahi from the far north, speaking on behalf of our young people and offering a perspective we need to hear more of.
Rangimarie shares her whakaaro on the whakataukī “Ko ngā rangatahi ngā rangatira mō āpōpō” — and challenges it by saying,
“Ko ngā rangatahi ngā rangatira o ināianei.”
We talk about tikanga, what rangatahi are actually discussing among themselves, the importance of listening to rangatahi, and how movements like the hīkoi are shaping courage and collective action.
This kōrero centres rangatahi leadership, not as something that’s coming one day but something that already exists. Rangimarie speaks with clarity, confidence, and heart about building better futures and what real rangatahi leadership looks like right now.
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This episode was recorded on Waitangi Day at Waitangi and features a powerful kōrero with Eru Kapa-Kingi on the significance of the day here in Aotearoa, New Zealand and more importantly, what led to the signing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
Eru brings clarity and context to Te Tiriti, unpacking the historical intent, the responsibilities it carries and what it continues to ask of us today.
Over the past few months, Eru has also been in the spotlight after breaking his silence around Te Pāti Māori and its leadership, something that was visibly present on the marae ātea yesterday. In this conversation, he reflects honestly on his intentions, learnings and why speaking up mattered.
This is a thoughtful, grounded kōrero as Eru shares practical ways to practice rangatiratanga, how to turn pain into power, and informed ways to approach voting in the year ahead.
A timely and important conversation for anyone wanting to understand Waitangi Day, Te Tiriti and their role within it.