Powtearoa - The NZ Blood Bowl Podcast

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Colossal in the Capital! Towering in te whanganui a tara! A Wellington Whoppa!!

Aotearoa's biggest tournament ever was last weekend and we had roving reporters on the ground as it all happened. 57 coaches battled it out over 5 fantastic games of Blood Bowl and this episode we hear from some of those who were there.

Toffer and Trickey are joined by the organiser of everything the amazing Mushoomy. And, th...

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In this episode, We are joined by special guest CannonFodder to dive into all the action from the recent Ōtepoti Bowl in Dunedin! From standout plays to surprise upsets, they break down the highlights, share behind-the-scenes stories, and give well deserved shoutouts to the coaches who made it another fantastic NZ tournament to remember. Whether you were there or just want to catch up ...

Kia Ora everyone!

Just in time for Otepoti Bowl in Dunedin its Powtearoa - The New Zealand Blood Bowl Podcast episode 44!!

This episode we were unable to recruit a Haughty Chalice attendee so we make a valiant attempt to go through the outcome ourselves. Congratulations to all the winners. Then we go through our current top Blood Bowlers according to the NAF data and Elo scores. Who are our BB Superstars?! Congratulations...

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this episode we are joined by our own NAF rep Claymore who is with us to help us better understand the role of the NAF in NZ Blood Bowl. We all know what the NAF is but what role can it play in our lovely little corner of the planet?

Also Trickey returns to us from his trip to the north (everything is north of Dunedin). Did he win all the prizes at the Otautahi 7's? we shall see. Claymor...

Kia Ora Powtearoa listener(s)

episode 42 -- our second of 2025 -- picks up on some of the tings we forgot/ran out of time/expertise on last episode. Mainly what happened in Palmerston North this year? This episode Rob joins the list of people who keep us informed on the annual Stubbl Bowl outcomes and this year was its biggest turn out yet! Trickey also takes the time to tell us what happened at the recent 7's tournament in Dune...

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Welcome back to your semi-regular update on the goings on here in Aotearoa/New Zealand

This week we have Jesse and Gil joining us with exciting news about a new tournament that is going to be happening at the end of August this year. The Powtearoa Squad Spectacular. Ausbowl fans will be aware of the format but basically its a bit like PPC but the squads don't have to be regional based and can be made u...

ngā mihi o te tau hou

Happy New Year from all of us here in the Powtearoa offices! We are back!

Been a slow turn around on this one which has made our Christmas break a week longer than we intended. Sorry

Anyway, here we are in the year 2025. What will it bring for us here in the NZ Blood Bowl community? who knows? well we know some things but not all of them. So join Welshy, Trickey and Toffer as we discuss the upco...

Josh Yig is a wonder!

That's right everyone, we're back with one more final last minute end of year episode! You thought it couldn't happen. Well it did and Josh is the reason. So, a big thanks to him as guest editor for this special extended episode.

Joining Welshy and Trickey this episode are Hutchi, Mahuika and the aforementioned Josh Yig who all attended the recent Powtearoa Provincial Championships in Christchurch and...

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Its a big one this time everyone. Sorry but our editing gnomes just couldn't get it any shorter than this! They have been admonished and had their badgers confiscated.

This is a full look at all 40 of the teams being taken to the Powtearoa Provincial Champs? Gil and Jesse join us to see who could take the top spot. 10 teams of 4 will enter the fray in the first week...

Kia ora Coaches. A bumper episode this time.

We are kindly joined by friends of the show Arlo and James who both attended the recent tournament in Napier.

But first we finally get round to discussing the arrival of the new GW Chaos Dwarf team and roster. Do we like them? What do we like if we do like? What if we don't like? Will anyone care? Do we care? No, we will talk about it all anyway! We also look at the current t...

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It was only a matter of time and that time is now. James Cardno (Mahuika) joins us this episode to discuss the recent Greenstone Cup in Auckland. Luckily, Maria (Saku) joins us too and between us we manage to keep Mr Cardno under control.

So join us as we take a gentle stroll through the suburbs of the City of Sails and find out what happened at our NZ Major tournament. James and Maria tell us ...

Kia ora NZBB fans

Another first for Aotearoan Blood Bowl!

Two tournaments on the same weekend!

A regular occurrence in other nations but here in our teeny tiny set of islands hundreds of kilometers from everywhere else this is a big deal.

7s in Palmy and then 7s in The Hutt. Saturday and Sunday. Was this amazing series of events planned that way or was it an oversight. Lets say the first one!

This episode we are j...

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This episode we are joined for the first half by Jesse from Christchurch to discuss all the goings on at the recent Mainland Bowl in Christchurch. Some amazing news about a big future change to this tournament following by a run down of all the fun that took place down there at The Pegasus Arms. Then we get to have a quick look at the Pav and its recent addition to the Oceanic Blood Bowl scene. Beauti...

Kia Ora and belated Happy Matariki to you all

This episode we are joined by Marlborough's second favourite Blood Bowler (they love Nutsaur the most) KingWeasel (Ben). Previous Mainland Bowl winner and organiser of our new and first BB3 league!

Together with our reunited triumvirate of Trickey, Toffer and Welshy we discuss the recent Matariki 7s in Tauranga, The ChriBBl league, our new BB3 league and go over some ideas we hav...

We;re back! More random BB chat for your listening pleaseure

A big haere mai to Mushoomy who joins us this week for a less organised more meandering chat about what is going on in the NZ Blood Bowl scene this month.

We discuss all sorts of things. The 10th Capital Shield that recently happened in the beautiful Paraparaumu (thanks Mike), the FAQs and what they means for our Underworld fans, The newly formed NZBBC Blood Bow...

Kia Ora Powtearoa fans.

Another episode to delight your ears

This episode out travels take us to the deep south of Aotearoa New Zealand. To a distant city inhabited by a hardy bunch of Blood Bowlers. In this isolated and mystical place -- while the horizontal sleet flies by -- Mr Trickey plies his trade and rallies the Blood Bowl coaches to his clarion call! "Sleeping Giants awaken!!"

And awaken they have with the first ev...

Kia Ora Coaches and welcome to episode 30!! of Powtearoa

This episode your usual professional crew are ably assisted by Jesse and (a little late) Mushoomy.

We have had a good rummage in our respective vegetable patches and managed to rustle up gnome teams. We have had a bit of a play and here we discuss our findings.

Mushy is also able to fill us in on the upcoming 10th annual Capital Shield tournament in sunny Parapara...

Kia Ora NZBB fans

Another Powtearoa episode for you. This time your usual crew are joined by Bobsol and griffonz to tell us about the groundbreaking Bay of Plenty tournament. A massive number turned up for this event with a huge 12 coaches for whom this was their first tabletop tournament. Bobsol joins us to discuss this as he was among that group. Though he has been a part of our online scene for ages he is new to the tabletop ...

Kia Ora Coaches

Here we are again. Another Powtearoa episode with more spectacular audo goodnes for you to enjoy!

or something like that

This episode we are joined by oldhammeraotearoa Jesse from ChriBBL who is here with the rulespack for this years Powtearoa Provincial Champs. We have a good deep dive in to the pack and the tiers in particular.

We also take a quick tour of what is happening around some of the bigger...