Bays of Our Lives

Bays of Our Lives

Bays Of Our Lives is biodynamically produced, wild fermented, and recorded unfined and unfiltered by Daniel Brennan and Yvonne Lorkin at Decibel Wines in Downtown HastingsLike sands through the hourglass, like the stopbanks of the Tukituki, Ngaruroro and Tutaekuri rivers, like the waves of Waimarama and the grapevines that grow south of Gisborne, east of Taupo and north of Norsewood - so are the Bays Of Our Lives” BOOL is a podcast that unpicks the stitches of the vibrant tapestry of Hawke's Bay through the extraordinary people who have a connection to it. From artists and entrepreneurs to community leaders and just darn interesting people, each episode is a conversation celebrating the spirit of Hawke's Bay through the good folk who make the region shine. So sit back, relax and steady yourself for captivating tales to unfold before your ears. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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August 21, 2024 77 mins

Whether it's Damon Harvey local Councillor or Damon Harvey from Attn! Marketing PR or Damon Harvey from your normal friend list, there's no denying he's one of Hawke’s Bay’s most visible and energetic champions of local business, local politics and local sport. An ultra-busy dad, a man who thrives on connecting people, a superfit sport-billy, a surfdog and an all-round infectiously excellent Hawke’s Bay person of influence – Harvey...

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If aliens suddenly descended to earth, romped into your kitchen, held lasers to your face and said “Tell us who your live music leader is in five seconds or you will die in a puddle of ooze”. Then all anyone in Hawke’s Bay would need to say is “Calm down, it’s Roy Brown”. An incredibly talented pianist, vocalist and songwriter in his own right, Roy has single-handedly championed live performances for hundreds of local and internati...

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If there’s anyone more Hawkesbaylien than Andrew Frame we’re yet to see it. Famous for his blog ‘NapierInFrame’, Andrew (who played a mean recorder in the Tamatea Primary School orchestra of 1988) is on a mission to tell Hawke’s Bay’s stories. And through the power of Twitter (it will always be Twitter Elon!) he also keeps corporate media and political baddies on their toes and highlights the quirky things about our region. Two Cou...

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Some podcast eppy’s are real pinch-yourselfers. Like how on earth did Dan and I manage to snaffle some time with one of New Zealand’s most talented authors? And how on earth did we not know that she lives on our back doorstep? Ugandan-born, England-raised Charity Norman is an ex-barrister who now divides her time between Wellington and Central Hawke’s Bay. According to Google she’s written eight novels. 8!!! But by the time you rea...

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What happens when a hotshot LA lawyer meets a homegrown Kiwi boy on a boat in Nicaragua? Of course, they have a whirlwind affair, fall in love, and within months, the criminal prosecutor has moved her life across the world to be with her new beau, Tom, in rural Hawke's Bay. Culture shock? Hell yes. Danielle says she and Tom connected over their mutual love of the outdoors, animals and travel, eloping to Africa to tie the ...

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You don’t get much more ‘baptism of fire-ish’ than just getting your head around becoming the youngest ever editor of the main newspaper in a region and then suddenly that place is hit with a massive cyclone. And you can’t tell people about it. When power and comms were wiped out for days on end during the biggest natural disaster Hawke’s Bay had seen in nearly a century, that’s what Chris and his staff faced. He talks us through t...

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Jamie MacPhail

If one person has revolutionised how urban and rural folk experience live music in recent years, it’s Mr MacPhail. And if you gaze at those lone, little community halls out in the far flung countryside and think “I wonder what they look like inside?” Then chances are Jamie will be able to answer your question because not only has he opened up these quirky, small, characterful buildings to the masses, he’s even put som...

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Holy heck, did this actually happen?? Yvonne is still wrapping her head around the fact that one of the world’s greatest wine celebrities was. In. Her. House! Oz Clarke OBE, globally revered wine expert, author, actor, singer, cyclist, steam train fan, TV presenter and NZ Wine Hall of Fame inductee for his four decade long advocacy for kiwi wines (Marlborough sauvignon blanc in particular) popped in to Chez Lorkin after a whir...

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January 9, 2024 107 mins
Merry Christmas, Hari Kirihimete, Happy Hanukkah, and let's have a great 2024. Yvonne and Daniel have a long, random chat, some of which has holiday themes, year roundups and well, it's been a while since the two had a one on one catch up. So here goes...

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At just 22 years old Alena Kamper became the youngest ever winner of the Tonnelier Mercurey New Zealand Young Winemaker of the Year competition. And she’s gorgeous, she’s super-sharp, she’s funny AND she’s darn nice person. So we hate her. Hawke’s Bay born and raised, Alena was a science nut at school who discovered that winemaking could actually be a fantastic way of channelling her talent after attending a high school careers exp...

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December 7, 2023 79 mins

Darryl (DLT) Thomson

No apologies for why this is one of our longer episodes because when you snaffle time with one of New Zealand’s most influential musical identities and one of New Zealand’s downright excellent humans, you milk it right? Born in Maraenui, Napier, DJ, music producer, composer and artist DLT, was a founding member of Upper Hutt Posse (remember “E Tu?”) and Dam Native. He kicked off the True School Hip Hop show on 9...

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How does an ex-advertising man from Auckland’s inner-city suburbs go from creating loads of iconic campaigns and having loads of iconic Ponsonby lunches to carving out a very arty, in fact, a very successfully arty life in Hawke’s Bay? Josh Lancaster spills the turps on his transformation and mops it all up with more juicy stories than you can flick a Filbert brush at. Follow his incredible paintings on Instagram and Facebook at @j...

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Artist Andy Heyward rose to coastal notoriety as the King Andy of Haumoana in the early 2000’s by winning a local election. He was the young, bewhiskered, wacky cartoonist and writer of the Hawke's Bay Today kids' page, who developed a cult-following for his grotty and gross pictures and poems about innards and fluids. King Andy abdicated in 2011 to develop bacon balm, combat cushions and pirate gear under his Fat Spatula brand. &n...

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November 13, 2023 58 mins
When you’re the son of New Zealand acting royalty, the odds are stacked in favour of you following in those film industry footsteps. But for Gilly, his shoes stayed firmly behind the camera in a career as a lighting tech for some of our best-loved films, both local and Hollywood blockbusters alike. We talk growing up on a commune at Waimarama Beach, teenage years of roaring around Hastings, Taika Waititi, being a young teacher, acc...

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Imagine the crazy paces, ratings races and glamour faces of women’s magazines then you’d be picturing our guest Fiona Fraser. Now comfortably ensconced in the sleepy hamlet of Havelock North, running a successful PR and communications company called contentment.co.nz We talk upsticking from the hipster Auckland suburbs, nerdy parenting, kiwi celebrity scandals, superstar scoops and what it’s been like saying “I’m with the band” whe...

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In this first episode, Yvonne and Daniel start in a cozy spot, an on-air beanbag if you will, speaking with their friend and photographer to the stars, the mighty Richard Brimer. They discuss how Richard became a photographer, his close ties to the wine industry in Hawke's Bay and some of his upcoming projects. Richard has a plethora of his photography in publications around New Zealand. He can be found @rich.brim on Instagram and ...

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November 6, 2023 1 min

Yvonne and Dan launch into the who, the what, the where and the why of Bays Of Our Lives. Presenting a menu of magical folk who call Hawke's Bay home (and a few visitors for good measure)

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