The Puzzle Factory: Real Talk for NZ Electricians and Trade Businesses
May 31, 2026 · 50 min · 12 segments
Country bars, tradie life, social media, and controversy... Jesse James jumps into The Puzzle Factory and doesn’t hold back. We talk the rise of Jolene, why authenticity matters, trades vs university…
But going back up to South Auckland and giving those schools, like, the best opportunity, like, that they deserve it the most and- Yeah ... man, I wouldn't be where I am today without my trade.
Dad's like, "Man, come on, I reckon you should get a trade." [laughs] Like, the chances- Yeah, there's no money in that, mate.
[laughs] He's, he's also like, "You fucking suck." [laughs] Um, so- You don't even know, you don't even know what a wakeboard is ...
every kid's gotta have a dream, right? [laughs] So he pushed me into, into, into an apprenticeship.
As soon as I got out of school and- Yeah ... into the trades and onto the tools I was a different man.
You learn so much from being a tradie, like life skills that you can take for the rest of your life and- Oh, totally ...
this is, like, one of the prouder things I've done in my life is the trade tour.
But going back up to South Auckland and giving those schools, like, the best opportunity, like, that they deserve it the most and- Yeah ... man, I wouldn't be where I am today without my trade.
Dad's like, "Man, come on, I reckon you should get a trade." [laughs] Like, the chances- Yeah, there's no money in that, mate.
[laughs] He's, he's also like, "You fucking suck." [laughs] Um, so- You don't even know, you don't even know what a wakeboard is ...
every kid's gotta have a dream, right? [laughs] So he pushed me into, into, into an apprenticeship.
As soon as I got out of school and- Yeah ... into the trades and onto the tools I was a different man.
You learn so much from being a tradie, like life skills that you can take for the rest of your life and- Oh, totally ...
this is, like, one of the prouder things I've done in my life is the trade tour.
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