SAM CLARKE

On the morning of July 20th 2023, New Zealand was shocked by a shooting at Commercial Bay in Auckland’s CBD.

A man on electronically monitored bail took a gun to the construction site where he was working. He killed two colleagues with a shotgun, wounded seven other people, including a police officer, and then killed himself.

Sam Clarke, a husband and father, was shot that day. But he is not included in that list of victims.

Sam was working his dream job as a member of the NZ police Armed Offenders Squad when he was hit in the helmet by a bullet from the gunman. It was a job he loved, but a job he had to turn his back on because it nearly cost him his life.

This is part of his story.

In vivid detail he talks about the morning of July 20 and how it played out from the perspective of an on-duty cop.

Dealing with a concussion and struggling to reassure his loved ones, he was ok in the immediate aftermath.

The comprehensive support provided by the police force, including psychological and medical help.

The emotional and physical toll the incident took on him. And the transformative power of therapy and vulnerability.

Some of Sam's personal experiences about overcoming anxiety, dealing with flashbacks and much more.

It’s the first time Sam has done anything like this, and I can’t thank him enough for his courage in being so open and vulnerable with sharing his experience.

Follow Sam's new business, Response Rise:

He is using the skills he learned in the Police to teach others what to do in armed offender incidents, confrontational situations, retail crime and more.

https://www.responserise.com/

IG: response_rise

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Teuila Blakely is a total bad-ass and this was such a treat.

You may know her from her work on the old music channel C4, or Shortland Street, Bro-Town, Sione's Wedding or even DWTS or a zillion other things.

But this is less about her career and more about her journey- some pivotal moments that have shaped her personal and professional life.

From the challenges of being raised by a very tough mum, to then becoming a teenage solo-mum, humiliating experiences with racism, her beautiful friendship with her ex-fiancé Oscar Kightely, how she went from McDonalds to movies and so much more. Including THAT snap-chat incident.

Teuila is a genuine trailblazer, and it was an honor to have her share some of the less glamourous aspects of her life.

She is as authentic as it gets and an open book.

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Mike Chunn is a national treasure who has devoted his entire life to NZ music.

Mike was one of the original members of the band Split Enz with his intermediate school friend, Tim Finn. Then due to severe agoraphobia he stepped away right before the band blew up and went on to be one of the greatest NZ bands of all time.

But he did go on to have an incredible career behind-the-scenes in the music business, including establishing Play-It-Strange song writing competition.

We talk in depth about his agoraphobia- the role and impact it has had on his life and how learned to co-exists with it.

Meeting Tim Finn and forming Split Enz, then getting Neil Finn to join the band.

His bet with Jacinda Ardern…which she still owes him for.

How his Play-It-Strange songwriting competition was born.

His Queens birthday honors and what that meant to his mum.

His thoughts on ageing and becoming a grandparent and much more.

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