BACK OF THE 135
By The WesWes Network
BACK OF THE 135Apr 13, 2023
ep.234 BILLY WESLEY
Billy is of Samoan descent. He is a Maritime Engineer and Health & Fitness advocate.
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ep.233 JAYME HOHAIA
Jayme Hohaia is the co-owner of the low-and-slow American BBQ takeaway RANUI SMOKE currently at the Waitemata Rugby Club.
Find Ranui Smoke on Instagram here: https://bit.ly/3TPqw1r
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ep.232 ROB LUISI
Rob Luisi is a Social Youth Worker and Founder of Ranui 135. Check out the website here: https://www.ranui135.org.nz/about
ep.231 ERIC COOK & DAN HALL
Eric Cook is a Lawyer and Dan Hall is a Salesperson. Together they are business partners and co-founders of PRO ERA SPORTS MANAGEMENT dealing in Rugby League and Boxing. They are NRLPA Accredited Player Agents based in Auckland. Follow Pro-Era on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/proerasport/
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ep.230 MATT GREY
Matt Grey is a youth social worker and former Local Board Member for Henderson-Massey. He is the founder of West City Boxing based in Henderson.
West City Boxing Website: https://westcityboxing.nz/
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ep.229 JOSEPH PAULO
Joseph Paulo is of Samoan descent, he is a Podcaster, Actor, and Voice Actor, experienced in radio hosting, radio commercials, and children's music.
Listen to Joseph's podcast here: https://bit.ly/49x1KrN
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ep.228 TUTERU SAMSON & DEJEY FONG
Tuteru Samson is of Cook Island and Samoan descent. He is a Personal Trainer and instructor at the Lion's Den hosting Biggest Loser Challengers throughout the year.
Dejey Fong is of Samoan descent and is a Playwright. His theatre play WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE 685 TO THE WORLD had 4 shows in 2023 at the Mangere Arts Center.
ep.227 DJ 651
Eddie Tuala AKA DJ 651 is a West Auckland DJ specialising in remixes and mixtapes. His latest mixtape MISTY BLUE is out now
Follow DJ651 on Instagram here: https://bitly.ws/36iXx
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ep.226 FILIPO-FAKAATUGA IUPATI
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ep.225 RON AMOSA
Ron also hosts the YouTube channel Tech Nesian
Watch Tech Nesian here: www.youtube.com/@TechNesianLiveStream
Check out the Pasifika Tech Education Charity website here: www.pasifikateched.net/
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ep.224 449A'ONE & KROOK LETTER
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ep.223 PHILLIP TASMANIA
Follow Auckland Niue RL Instagram here: bitly.ws/363Qs
Checkout the Auckland Niue RL website here: www.aucklandniuerl.co.nz/
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ep.222 CHRISTIAN MALIETOA-BROWN
Christian Malietoa-Brown is of Samoan descent, he is chairman of the Pacific Blues for the National Party special interest group and a member of the National Party. He is also a musician and celebrity in Croatia. Follow Christian on Instagram here: https://bitly.ws/33IPb Follow Pacific Blues here: https://bitly.ws/33IPF
ep.221 MICHAEL STOWERS
Michael Stowers is of Samoan descent. He is a Chartered Accountant and a Marathon runner competing in races across New Zealand and overseas including the Ironman Triathlon.
Follow Michael on Instagram here: https://bitly.ws/33JU3
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ep.220 PAUL AMANI
Paul Amani is of Samoan descent, he is a Quantity Surveyor working in West Auckland. He also plays Masters Rugby League for Marist Saints and Wiseguys of Waitemata Seagulls.
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ep.219 GURU OF GAINZ
Jan Zabawski AKA The Guru Of Gainz is a personal trainer specialising in strength and weight lifting. He is also a Teacher aide and host of The Zealous State of Mind Podcast. Jan is of Samoan and Polish descent.
Follow The Zealous State of Mind podcast here: https://bitly.ws/32nI7 For more WesWes Network podcasts go here: https://linktr.ee/weswesnetwork
ep.218 ERIC MARIEKORE & AVE MAELI
Eric Mariekore is of Cook Island descent and is a barista. Ave Maeli is of Samoan descent and has a passion for fitness training.
ep.217 TONY LAULU
Tony Laulu is of Samoan descent. He is the founder of Digital Discipline a service that supports Social Media Awareness, he is also an author of children's books and is also behind the Instagram page Them Savaii Boys.
Follow Them Savaii Boys on Instagram here: https://bitly.ws/ZIGd
View the Digital Discipline website here: https://www.digitaldiscipline.co.nz/ For more WesWes Network podcasts go here: https://linktr.ee/weswesnetwork
ep.216 THE REAL BDFS
Cam Bernard AKA The Real BDFS is of Samoan descent. West Auckland born and raised, is a social media personality and content creator, producing his brand of comedy sketches on Instagram and Facebook. Follow The Real BDFS on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/thereal_bdfs/ For more WesWes Network podcasts go here: https://linktr.ee/weswesnetwork
ep.215 DEJEY FONG
Dejey is of Samoan descent. He is a playwright who has written and produced the theatre productions of two shows, Redemption and Whats The Difference 685 to the world.
Follow Dejey on Instagram here: https://bitly.ws/YPZU
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ep.214 Dr. LEFAOALI'I DION ENARI
Lefaoali'i is a Lecturer in the School of Sport and Recreation at Auckland University of Technology. He is also a writer with articles in RNZ, Samoan Observer, and Coconet TV
Follow Dion Enari on Instagram here: https://bitly.ws/ZwEM For more WesWes Network podcasts click here: https://linktr.ee/weswesnetwork
ep.213 JACK NIELSEN
Jack Nielsen is a former rugby player, has a background in Education, and is co-host of the podcast NATIVE OVERSTAYERS. Jack also co-runs a consultancy specializing in writing Section 27 (Cultural) reports for the New Zealand Courts.
Listen to the NATIVE OVERSTAYERS podcast here: https://spoti.fi/39XJBKt
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ep.212 STEVA AUINA
Steva Auina is of Samoan descent, born and raised in West Auckland. She is the founder of 'Laulima' a Ministry of Education-funded program that supports LGBT students at high schools around Auckland.
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ep.211 EDDIE TUALASEA
Eddie is a Butcher by trade and a Health and Fitness advocate A member of Westside Fitness. Eddie is of Samoan descent and an alumnus of Liston College.
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ep.210 UNA'LOTO SULI
Una'Loto Suli is of Tongan descent, born and raised in Massey, West Auckland he is a Professional Rugby League player in Australia.
Follow Una'Loto on Instagram here: https://bitly.ws/UUUt
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ep.209 ELIJAH FA'AFIU
Elijah is a NZ Journalist for Newstalk 1ZB and a sports writer for the NZ Herald. Elijah is of Samoan descent.
Follow Elijah on Instagram here: https://bitly.ws/UnL8
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ep.208 FUZION & FLO
Halen and May are both Fitness Trainers who run their own boot camp called FUZION & FLO FITNESS in West Auckland specializing in Step Aerobics with a Booty Burner routine.
Find Fuzion & Flo on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/fuzion.flo_fitness/
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ep.207 NEUELI MAUAFU
Neueli Mauafu is of Samoan descent. He is a Journalist and reporter for Tagata Pasifika and a writer for TP+ (Tagata Pasifika Plus) An advocate for Samoa participating in sports worldwide Neueli is also the content creator for Sideline Samoa on Instagram.
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ep.206 ALL IN CREW
The All In Crew are the cast of the theatre production WHATS THE DIFFERENCE 685 TO THE WORLD a story about Samoan unity during the Toa Samoa campaign in the 2022 Rugby League World Cup written by DJ Fong.
Tickets to the show here: http://bitly.ws/Ssfd
ep.205 REECE MUIR & PAKI DUNN
Reece Muir is an Audio Engineer and Podcaster who works at Crescendo, Avondale. Paki Dunn is a rap recording artist and a mentor and Content Producer at Crescendo. Crescendo is a social enterprise in West Auckland specializing in sound design services and conducting mentoring programs for youth.
See Crescendos website here: https://www.crescendo.org.nz/
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ep.204 AVE MAELI
Ave is a Security Monitor Administrator and a fitness advocate. He is also a panelist on the EMPTY OUT THA CLIP podcast.
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ep.203 CHARLES SCHUSTER
Charles Schuster is a fitness coach and co-founder of Rampage Community Hub which is a fitness gym catered for the local community and operates in West City Mall, Henderson.
Check Out the Rampage Community Hub website here: https://www.rampagecommunityhub.org.nz/ For more WesWes Network content click here: https://linktr.ee/weswesnetwork
ep.202 BILL & AIMEE ALEFAIO
Bill and Aimee Alefaio and their two twin boys are the PolyAsiaNZ who left West Auckland 3 years ago to travel the world. Now they are back living in Auckland and came through the WesWes Network studios to sit down with Cam for a conversation.
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ep.201 WILL FLEMING
Will Fleming is of Cook Island descent. He is a professional podcaster and founder of Camp Fire Studios based in Avondale, Auckland. He is the host of A BEACON OF HOPE podcast.
Checkout Camp Fire Studios website here: https://www.campfirestudios.co.nz/
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ep.200 THE WESWES NETWORK
The WesWes Network celebrates its flagship podcast's 200th episode. Cam hosts Leti and Erick from the EOTC podcast, Cyn, Tee, and Ria from The Afakasi Scoop Podcast and Pani from The 135 Playlist Podcast.
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ep.199 DAVID OBEDA
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ep.198 ISAAC PEACH
Isaac Peach is a former boxer and is now a coach and trainer who owns Aotearoa's number-one boxing gym in West Auckland called "Peach Boxing". Isaac is also a plumber by trade.
For more information on Peach Boxing see their website here: https://peachboxing.co.nz/
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ep.197 Dr. WILL FLAVELL
Dr. Will Flavell is Kaihautu Maori (Education Manager Maori) at COMET Auckland, he is currently an elected board member at Auckland Council Henderson Massey.
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ep.196 LAWRENCE MENDOZA BORJA
Lawrence Mendoza Borja is of Filipino descent and a Waitakere College alumni. He is a former HipHop dancer and founder of the dance crew Prestige. Lawrence is now a personal trainer and resident boxing coach at Snap Fitness Henderson.
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ep.195 LUI TAGALOA
Lui is of Samoan descent and hails from Lynfield, Auckland. He is an actor, hip-hop recording artist, and producer.
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ep.194 JOEL BURNS
Joel is an Electrician and assistant coach for Kelston Boys High School 1st XV. Joel also played rugby professionally in the UK. He is a Kelson Boys High School alumni.
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ep.193 SAM TUITUPOU
Sam is of Tongan descent, he is a retired professional rugby player who played in the mid-field at the Blues, All Blacks, Worcester, Munster, Sale Sharks, and Coventry. Sam now resides in Manchester and is a sports agent for Pacific Island rugby players applying their trade in the UK. Sam is a Kelston Boys High School alumni.
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ep.192 ROLAND WILLIAMS
Roland Williams is of Fijian descent. He is a school teacher and also a singer and songwriter. Winner of the talent show Homai Te Pakipaki, Roland has gone on to sing for Boys 2 Men vocalist Wanya Morris.
ep.191 VINNIE McCLAFFERTY
Vinnie McClafferty is of Maori and Irish descent. He is a Financial Advisor and former Bank Manager who now operates his own mortgage advisory business called 'The Mortgage Hub'. Vinnie hails from West Auckland and is a Kelston Boys High School alumni.
Check out The Mortgage Hub website here: https://www.themortgagehub.co.nz/
Follow The Mortgage Hub on Instagram here: https://bit.ly/3MTHZlX
ep.190 THEO DAVID
Theo David is of Samoan descent from South Auckland. He is an actor performing on the theatre stage and in film. Theo is currently starring as ambulance medic Viliami To'a on the television show Shortland Street.
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ep.189 HEARATICK
Hearatick is an Egyptian-Kiwi rap recording artist and film director. His latest song Hearatick featuring Cathy V is out on YouTube. Hearatick resides in Ranui.
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Follow Hearatick on Spotify here: https://spoti.fi/3zXt9DA
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ep.188 MIKI LEAT & TEVITA TAUHAKAU MAKA
Miki Leat is of Tongan, Samoan, and Maori descent and works in the mental health sector in West Auckland. Tevita Tauhakau Maka is of Tongan descent and is the founder of the clothing label and brand "Never Sio Lalo" he is also an advocate for mental health awareness.
Follow Never Sio Lalo on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/never_sio_lalo_/
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ep.187 TIM PROVISE
Tim Provise is a breakfast radio host for The Morning Shack on Niu FM and is also an on-the-field reporter for 'The Crowd Goes Wild' tv sports show.
Follow Tim on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/timprovise/
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ep.186 ELLIOT MOTU
Elliot Motu is of Maori and Cook Island descent. Elliot has a corporate career spanning 17 years and holds a Senior Management position at Fuji-Xerox.
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ep.185 SULI MOA
Suli Moa is of Tongan descent. He is a Playwright, Actor, Screenwriter, and Teacher. Suli is currently a writer for the NZ TV show Shortland Street and he has also written one of the episodes of The Panthers mini-series.
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