June 30, 2025 • 5 mins
Zespri, the world’s largest kiwifruit marketer, was last week proud to announce a four-year global partnership with New Zealand’s most decorated Olympian as its inaugural global brand ambassador.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Well, this one was announced last week. A super food
pairs up with a super athlete. Yes, Dame Lisa Carrington
is now Zespery's first ever global brand ambassador, and what
a great global brand she has got, Lisa, I guess
you're sort of hand in a glove here. Both they
are plenty.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Yeah, yeah, that's right. I mean it's great to kind
of be able to nick back with home.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
Really absolutely. Now you're a super athlete, you're in super
shape and to get into that shape, you can't have
a diet like me, You've got to have one, like
you've got. How big a role does Kiwi fruit play
in your diet?
Speaker 2 (00:42):
Yeah, I mean I'm kery fruit is quite awesome. I
guess it's a bit of a superfood, right, So yeah,
like it's I know, we were pretty lucky here in
New Zealand, we've got pretty good access to it. And yeah, no,
it's no have it every other day and yeah, all
through the year.
Speaker 1 (01:01):
So while we're talking Zespery, Lisa, what do you like best? Green,
gold or red?
Speaker 2 (01:07):
Yeah? I I mean I've only recently tried the ruby
red and that was quite nice, But definitely I think
I don't know, I really do enjoy the gold. Yeah,
but I mean it's not fear to have a.
Speaker 1 (01:23):
Favorite right on a world stage. What are you going
to be doing for Zesprey.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
At the stage It kind of we're kind of taking
it year by year. Yeah, I guess We've done a
really awesome kind of a like a cinematic video to
kind of to link the relationships together, so you know
there's over that time. Well, I guess it's for me.
It's really about promoting Viscree and being able to do
(01:52):
that globally and in any way that can support them.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
You've signed a four year deal or four year global
partnership that obviously takes you past LA. And I'm not
suggesting for a moment, Dame Lisa, that you should be
retiring after LA, not the way you go, but no
doubt you are looking to life after athletics.
Speaker 2 (02:14):
Yeah. Then that's always something that as an athlete we
need to kind of keep in mind. But at the
same time, it's also really hard to focus on that
when you give everything to.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
Sport.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
And I guess with experience and getting older and wiser,
you kind of understand how I might do that. So yeah,
I guess slowly as I as I work it out,
and yeah, we'll figure out what the next steps are.
Speaker 1 (02:44):
Okay, I've got to take away bit of time to
be a fanboy here because I love you, and I
mean as an athlete, should I say, Lisa and Dame
Fowl and Richie McCaw my favorite New Zealand athletes? And
you've won like eight Olympic Golds going all the way
back to London. When you one that the K one
two hundred of those eight golds, and you can't duck
(03:04):
for cover on this one, Lisa, what's your favorite?
Speaker 2 (03:09):
Yeah, I guess each one is pretty unique and she
is a certain journey and probably, to be honest, the
last in Paris was probably like a combination of all
the lessons and experiences and the challenges or adversities up
until that point. So I think that's probably the one
(03:33):
that I value a lot because I was able to
kind of get to a point where I could be
able to perform in a way that extracted the best
performance in the moment.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
Well, I reckon, I've watched your goals in London, Rio,
Tokyo and Paris and my favorite and this has got
no value to you at all, But I just thought
i'd throw it in. There was the K four or
five hundred in Paris. That was so cool that you
could bring that group through.
Speaker 2 (03:59):
Yeah, that was a really special moment. And you know,
it's not easy getting to the start line and also
getting you around to perform their best. There's a lot
of pressure and I think, you know, as in a
high performance environment, you do demand a lot from yourself
and from each other. So I think for us to
(04:19):
get there and be able to perform like we did
was yeah, really special.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
Were you annoyed when they got rid of the K
one two hundred?
Speaker 2 (04:26):
Yeah, it was. It was quite disappointing. I think, you know,
there's kind of realize that you're at the worm of
you know, politics or people that sit in those high
power positions. So that's really yeah, I mean absolutely the
two hundred was an incredible event for our sport. Yeah,
(04:48):
so that was disappointing.
Speaker 1 (04:49):
Finally, final question for you. I know you're concentrating on LA,
but do you see yourself in the corporate world. I mean,
obviously you've got this relationship with Zespro, I know you
have other corporate relationships as well. Do you see yourself
in that space when you finally hang up your or.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
Ores or yeah, I guess, you know, I'm not. I've
never had to be in the corporate world other than
kind of in this kind of ambassador kind of role.
So yeah, I mean I learn a lot from the partnerships,
(05:27):
and you know, there will be a lot to learn
over the next four years with this free and how
they operate, and I guess, yeah, that's probably just something
for me to work out and understand over you know,
our relationship going forward. Got on you.
Speaker 1 (05:42):
Well, they're a global brand, you're a global superbrand. Congratulations,
I know your work wonders together. Dame Lisa Carrington, thanks
for some of your time on the country.
Speaker 2 (05:51):
Yeah, awesome, Thank you very much.
Well, this one was announced last week. A super food
pairs up with a super athlete. Yes, Dame Lisa Carrington
is now Zespery's first ever global brand ambassador, and what
a great global brand she has got, Lisa, I guess
you're sort of hand in a glove here. Both they
are plenty.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Yeah, yeah, that's right. I mean it's great to kind
of be able to nick back with home.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
Really absolutely. Now you're a super athlete, you're in super
shape and to get into that shape, you can't have
a diet like me, You've got to have one, like
you've got. How big a role does Kiwi fruit play
in your diet?
Speaker 2 (00:42):
Yeah, I mean I'm kery fruit is quite awesome. I
guess it's a bit of a superfood, right, So yeah,
like it's I know, we were pretty lucky here in
New Zealand, we've got pretty good access to it. And yeah, no,
it's no have it every other day and yeah, all
through the year.
Speaker 1 (01:01):
So while we're talking Zespery, Lisa, what do you like best? Green,
gold or red?
Speaker 2 (01:07):
Yeah? I I mean I've only recently tried the ruby
red and that was quite nice, But definitely I think
I don't know, I really do enjoy the gold. Yeah,
but I mean it's not fear to have a.
Speaker 1 (01:23):
Favorite right on a world stage. What are you going
to be doing for Zesprey.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
At the stage It kind of we're kind of taking
it year by year. Yeah, I guess We've done a
really awesome kind of a like a cinematic video to
kind of to link the relationships together, so you know
there's over that time. Well, I guess it's for me.
It's really about promoting Viscree and being able to do
(01:52):
that globally and in any way that can support them.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
You've signed a four year deal or four year global
partnership that obviously takes you past LA. And I'm not
suggesting for a moment, Dame Lisa, that you should be
retiring after LA, not the way you go, but no
doubt you are looking to life after athletics.
Speaker 2 (02:14):
Yeah. Then that's always something that as an athlete we
need to kind of keep in mind. But at the
same time, it's also really hard to focus on that
when you give everything to.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
Sport.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
And I guess with experience and getting older and wiser,
you kind of understand how I might do that. So yeah,
I guess slowly as I as I work it out,
and yeah, we'll figure out what the next steps are.
Speaker 1 (02:44):
Okay, I've got to take away bit of time to
be a fanboy here because I love you, and I
mean as an athlete, should I say, Lisa and Dame
Fowl and Richie McCaw my favorite New Zealand athletes? And
you've won like eight Olympic Golds going all the way
back to London. When you one that the K one
two hundred of those eight golds, and you can't duck
(03:04):
for cover on this one, Lisa, what's your favorite?
Speaker 2 (03:09):
Yeah, I guess each one is pretty unique and she
is a certain journey and probably, to be honest, the
last in Paris was probably like a combination of all
the lessons and experiences and the challenges or adversities up
until that point. So I think that's probably the one
(03:33):
that I value a lot because I was able to
kind of get to a point where I could be
able to perform in a way that extracted the best
performance in the moment.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
Well, I reckon, I've watched your goals in London, Rio,
Tokyo and Paris and my favorite and this has got
no value to you at all, But I just thought
i'd throw it in. There was the K four or
five hundred in Paris. That was so cool that you
could bring that group through.
Speaker 2 (03:59):
Yeah, that was a really special moment. And you know,
it's not easy getting to the start line and also
getting you around to perform their best. There's a lot
of pressure and I think, you know, as in a
high performance environment, you do demand a lot from yourself
and from each other. So I think for us to
(04:19):
get there and be able to perform like we did
was yeah, really special.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
Were you annoyed when they got rid of the K
one two hundred?
Speaker 2 (04:26):
Yeah, it was. It was quite disappointing. I think, you know,
there's kind of realize that you're at the worm of
you know, politics or people that sit in those high
power positions. So that's really yeah, I mean absolutely the
two hundred was an incredible event for our sport. Yeah,
(04:48):
so that was disappointing.
Speaker 1 (04:49):
Finally, final question for you. I know you're concentrating on LA,
but do you see yourself in the corporate world. I mean,
obviously you've got this relationship with Zespro, I know you
have other corporate relationships as well. Do you see yourself
in that space when you finally hang up your or.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
Ores or yeah, I guess, you know, I'm not. I've
never had to be in the corporate world other than
kind of in this kind of ambassador kind of role.
So yeah, I mean I learn a lot from the partnerships,
(05:27):
and you know, there will be a lot to learn
over the next four years with this free and how
they operate, and I guess, yeah, that's probably just something
for me to work out and understand over you know,
our relationship going forward. Got on you.
Speaker 1 (05:42):
Well, they're a global brand, you're a global superbrand. Congratulations,
I know your work wonders together. Dame Lisa Carrington, thanks
for some of your time on the country.
Speaker 2 (05:51):
Yeah, awesome, Thank you very much.
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