In 2006, Peter Beck from Invercargill at the bottom of New Zealand founded a company called Rocketlab with a dream of building rockets and sending them into space.

A lot has happened in the 19 years since then.

Personally, Peter Beck has been named the Kiwi Bank New Zealander of the year. He has also received a Knighthood.

Professionally, the company he started is now worth around 15 billion dollars and employees around 2000 people. And is mentioned in the same conversations as Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos.

This is part of the Sir Peter Beck and Rocketlab story.

For the hard core Rocket nerds, I need to warn you, this is Peters first ever pod cast focusing on him. So, if you are hoping for some in depth rocket science, you may be disappointed.

We talk about his early years in Invercargill where his obsession with space began.

Why he never went to university

The intense anxiousness he personally feels with each launch.

Competing with Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos

His thoughts on Tall Poppy syndrome.

His final conversation with his father and so much more.

I loved this conversation so much and left feeling a huge amount of pride as a kiwi. This is a masterclass in what any one of us can achieve regardless of where we are from, if we dream big and back it up with relentless drive and a never give up attitude.

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The FastCast is a highlights length version of a previously released episode of The Dom Harvey Podcast.

The complete episode with Jeremy Wells was one of the first podcast episodes I ever recorded. It was released originally released in March 2022.

I took my equipment over to Jeremy’s house and we sat in his office and recorded the episode- it was a hot day and I was anxious which caused me to sweat profusely.

Jeremy Wells is one of New Zealand’s top broadcasters- he hosted the breakfast show on Radio Hauraki. And the nightly TV show 7Sharp with Hillary Barry.

In his 20’s he was part of the iconic TV comedy duo, Havoc and Newsboy.

This FastCast is part of Jeremys story. He speaks candidly about his teenage years where he went off the rails causing his parents great concern with substance abuse and even considered ending his own life at his lowest moment.

And we discuss the art of catering for 2 very different audiences on his radio and TV shows.

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UFC legend Dan Hooker called into the Podlab studios in Auckland for one of the most memorable podcast episodes I’ve done so far- if you are yet to listen, it is well worth checking out.

He is unlike any New Zealander I have ever met- his lighthearted and laidback approach to the most brutal sport on the planet is inspiring, hilarious, alarming and fascinating.

After the podcast wrapped up, Dan was already running extremely late for his TV commitments at Sky, but he generously stuck around a bit longer so I could ask him questions that were shared with me on Instagram:.

Why did he only got heavily tattooed recently?

What is the infamous Christmas bash

Will he ever fight in NZ again?

His biggest gambling win so far

The hardest fight he has ever won

His dream opponent and heaps more.

This is Dan Vs Instagram……

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