E55 | Paddy Gower

Episode summary | Paddy Gower

Paddy Gower is more than just the guy who said “This is the fucking news!” or smoked weed on TV.

He’s National Correspondent for Newshub and a documentary maker raising issues of national significance in New Zealand. Authentic, vulnerable, honest and entertaining, we cover everything from politics, to global issues, to rugby. And while he works hard, he parties hard too as we find out in this episode.

He talks fondly of his first job as night shift reporter at the New Zealand Herald all the way to his epic tale of losing his passport with on a secret press tour with then Prime Minister John Key on his way to Iraq.

Previously a Political Editor, he spent ten years in the Parliamentary Press Gallery covering four different Prime Ministers and three different Governments. He has moderated two leader’s debates, three US Presidential Elections and has covered stories in places as varied as Afghanistan and Kiribati.

Show notes | Paddy Gower

1.39 A busy week for Paddy Gower: 900,000 eyeballs on his Newshub doco’s and…a podcast

3.57 Paddy and the Hamilton Boys High Old Boys’ Foundation Dinner

9.34 This is the fucking news!

20.46 Behind the scenes of the leaders’ debate

24.49 The “Conrad Smith of Journalism”

34.23 Moderating a debate at the All Blacks club night

41.58 Paddy on his Election Night performance and the after effects

47.56 Strong Zeros and Pokari Sweat at the Rugby World Cup in Japan

50.44 Back to Taranaki: a terrible student at high school, bullying and finding journalism

53.33 Paddy the print journalist

58.04 The transition to television

1.05.45 The epic tale about the lost passport and the trip to Iraq with John Key

1.20.02 Finishing up as the Political Editor at Newshub

1.33.07 The aftermath of that interview with Stefan Molyneux and Lauren Southern

1.42.09 Paddy Gower: On Hate

1.47.11 This is fucking Between Two Beers: Last words from Steven, Seamus and Paddy