Martin Tasker spent most of his time behind a microphone, having commentated and presented news stories on anything from the America’s and Admiral's Cup to the Ocean Race and Olympics. In fact, in his time as a reporter with TVNZ, he produced close to 5500 stories, many of them about yachting. He lifted the lid on a number of news breaks, like the time Russell Coutts and Brad Butterworth were lured to Alinghi, but was equally happy telling the story about something happening at grassroots level.
Martin talks about his career as both a yachting reporter and commentator in this podcast and tells the stories about how he and Peter Lester were threatened by Oracle with expulsion from not only the America’s Cup but also the country, what it was like to be on the inside with Team New Zealand in Bermuda in 2017, the lengths he would go to for a story, and the time he became the story after a seemingly innocent comment picked up when he thought he was off air caused a huge controversy.
Ep 32 - Tim Dempsey and Brendan Tourelle
Ep 31 - Peter Montgomery
Ep 30 - Rosie Chapman
Ep 29 - Max Sirena
Ep 28 - Dr Dave Austin
Ep 27 - Elana Connor
Ep 26 - Simon van Velthooven
Ep 25 - Shirley Robertson
Ep 24 - Jim Turner
Ep 23 - Nigel Blackbourn
Ep 22 - Conrad Colman
Ep 21 - 1987 Admiral's Cup
Ep 20 - Coastal Classic Special
Ep 19 - Nathan Outteridge
Ep 18 - Graeme Sinclair
Ep 17 - Sally Garrett
Ep 16 - Alistair Moore
Ep 15 - Barbara Kendall
Ep 14 - Harold Bennett
Ep 13 - Hamish Willcox
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