π Sea Taniwha - The Radio Show
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Who is Ben Hurley and what is his role in today's episode?
The Hauraki Breakfast gets set for winter with Bunnings Trade.
Jerry's away this week, so joining Manai on the Hauraki Breakfast is the great New Zealander, Ben Hurley.
Yeah, welcome into a Wednesday, 27th of May, welcome Ben Hurley. Jeez, that story about the photographer and the world surf, that's grimmer than it. It got grimmer, didn't it? Because we heard about this earlier in the week and we were like, oh, that's kind of funny, that's someone who got bit by a seal, ha ha ha, now he's got to learn to walk again. Yeah. It just got progressive. Sorry, I don't mean to laugh. It's obviously horrible for him. It got progressively worse and worse, didn't it? It was like, oh yeah, so he got bit. But then it came out, he still doesn't know what bit him. No, that's right. Although a sea lion was seen in the area at the exact same time. So chances are it's that. Could have been a shark.
We were trying to get him on the blower earlier in the week. I'm really glad we didn't. Because we would have asked some really insensitive questions. Did you hit it on the nose, mate? I feel like... I feel like that's probably why he didn't. He would have looked at our page and gone, no, I'm going to have to learn to walk again, and you guys were... Seven tendons. Ridiculous. I don't even know. We had seven tendons in our foot. No, neither did I. It yanked down into the... It must have been absolutely terrifying to also not know what the animal was. Well, I imagine your first thought's shark, right? Your first thought is shark, for sure.
What happened to the photographer at the World Surf League?
But then you're like, well, it's probably quite a small bite. Also, then what do you do? Because... I presume he was sitting with his feet dangling in the water, straddling his board. Once you've been bit like that, you're titanic-ing that board back in, aren't you? Nothing is touching the board. You know when you're a kid and you don't want your arm dangling out of the bed in case a monster gets you? That would have been basically it. Absolutely terrifying. Thoughts and prayers. Thoughts and prayers, man. And I can 100% see why it didn't come on this show. Jeremy Wells and Minaya Stewart. The Hodaki Breakfast. Thanks to Bunnings Trade. Get set for winter with the new winter workwear from Bunnings Trade. I'll tell you what's going on, Ben Hurley, and that is a full circle moment for you and I this week.
Okay. Fresh off the back of you being down in Otamatara. Yes, which is, I think, it's actually Canterbury. I don't think it's central Otago. It is technically on the Otago side. Is it? Okay. I believe. But only just. Only just. So the Waitaki River is the dividing side and because it's on that side. But fun fact about that, the Haka Valley or Hakataramia Valley is technically part of that region, but on the other side of the river. Now that is where Richard McCaw is from.
How do you handle an ACL injury in sports?
So he is technically from... My area. That's why he's made of stern stuff. That's it. And that's another full circle moment. Alongside this one, a bus carrying the first 15 from St. Kevin's College, the high school I went to, the rugby team I never made. Right. Broke down near Otamatara, where you were just last week. Yeah, I just was. While the team was travelling home from a rugby trip, leaving players stranded in cold central Otago conditions. You can attest to the conditions. They were. Two weeks ago it was, yeah, negative two when I... He's finished my show. That's good stuff. The St. Kevin's College team were on their way from Oamaru, where the school is, when their bus broke down in Otamatara, still two hours away from Wanaka for their Southern Schools Rugby Championship match against Mount Aspiring College last Saturday, who I believe are from Ashburton.
Yes. The local pub... Where I did the show. Where you did the show, the Otamatara's best dam pub, located near the Waitaki dams that power New Zealand, stepped in to help with staff and locals feeding the boys, giving them somewhere warm to wait and helping organise support while replacement support was arranged. Good feed. Good feed there and good folk there. Good spot.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Who is Ben Hurley and what is his role in today's episode?
0:00β1:15
2
What happened to the photographer at the World Surf League?
1:15β2:38
3
How do you handle an ACL injury in sports?
2:38β4:11
4
What should be included in the Budget 2026 discussion?
4:11β5:47
5
What are the implications of a sea Taniwha attack?
5:47β7:11
6
How does the Warriors' injury crisis affect their performance?
7:11β8:26
7
What are the highlights and predictions for the State of Origin?
8:26β9:41
8
What food establishments deserve recognition in New Zealand?
9:41β1:19:20