Paddy Gower’s TFN - The F#$%ing News

• Sir Ian Taylor and his solution to New Zealand’s child poverty crisis

  Paddy is joined by legendary graphics pioneer Sir Ian Taylor, who shares a brilliantly simple solution to one of our biggest challenges: child poverty. How much of a difference can two women in a van make on the streets of Auckland? A lot. Meet "Doctor Juliet" and “Nurse Becky”, the driving forces behind a mobile clinic that's changing all sorts of lives. One of our greatest sporting icons, Chris Wood, shares some wisdom about getting older. And how good would it be if we could get rid of payWave-style charges?!?!

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• An interview with football superstar Chris Wood

  BONUS! The Premier League superstar is in Aotearoa to help the All Whites qualify for the World Cup. He sits down with Paddy to talk striking the form of his life, being properly famous and ending his career in New Zealand.

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• Eliza McCartney on politics, Te Tiriti and solutions to climate change - and probably the best good news story Paddy's ever done

  Our champion pole vaulter is also a climate warrior. The Olympic medallist - and, of course, Great Kiwi - visits the TFN studio to explain how rising temperatures affect her performances and her concerns for the planet. And, in probably the best good news story Paddy's ever done, we also meet walking medical miracle Chase Porter who survived several dances with death thanks to the Good Kiwis at Starship Children's Hospital and a rare medical procedure. And Paddy delivers (ho ho) his take on HelloFresh and subscription services in How Good.

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• Singer-songwriter Marlon Williams - the most beautiful man in New Zealand music

  Ever wondered what would happen if a 400kg live dolphin landed in your small fishing boat? Well, that’s exactly what happened to three Kiwi guys - and they share their incredible story. Today's "Great Kiwi" is, according to Paddy, the most beautiful man in New Zealand music - singer-songwriter Marlon Williams. He’s just released a song with Lorde and has a new album, tour, and documentary on the way. Gandalf is one of New Zealand’s "Green Fairies" - people who help sick people find relief through medical cannabis. Now facing police charges, Gandalf’s story has taken a turn, but Paddy shares how this unlikely figure changed his life. And finally, we meet some classic bogans who have proudly declared Upper Hutt as New Zealand’s most bogan town.

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• Mike Hosking’s takedown of the PM’s corporate waffle has done us all a favour

  How good is Mike Hosking? Really, really good. His brilliant recent interview with the Prime Minister has done all of us a massive favour. Like so many others, Hosking has clearly had a gutsful of Christopher Luxon’s corporate speak. And he told him so. The Newstalk ZB host was simply trying to get a straightforward answer from the PM: Would he have sacked Andrew Bayly as a minister if Bayly hadn’t quit? Instead of a simple “yes” or “no,” the Prime Minister rambled on with a grab-bag of corporate clichés that simply didn’t make any sense. Luxon was delivering world-class waffle, and it took world-class interviewing from Hosking to decipher it.

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