the Pinball Spots Podcast
Intimate interviews with interesting pinball personalities across New Zealand and abroad.
Listen below or subscribe in your favourite podcast player by searching for “Pinball Spots” or use the links below.
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Episode 9: The Burke boys
Wellingtonian Mike Burke has been involved with pinball most of his life. After a hiatus getting married and having a family, he has returned to pinball with his two sons; Ashley and Josh. Please also watch the video from 1998 below.
This interview was broadcast on Wellington's local TV channel: ONTV in early 1998, and features dedicated pinhead Mikey Burke.
I’ve reprinted Mike Burke’s "Pinball Memories" article in my Blog section for anyone interested.
Episode 8: BJ Wilson
BJ is an avid collector and enthusiast, and program developer for the P3 Pinball Multi-Morphic platform.
Episode 7: Howard & Betty Johnston
Howard has been involved with jukebox, arcade and pinball operating since 1964, and continues to run machines around Auckland and the North Island into 2020.
Episode 6: Adam & Lynda Corner
Hawkes Bay’s pinball-loving couple, Adam and Lynda are both collectors. Lynda is also the IFPA coordinator for the region.
Episode 5: Craig Wallace
A keen player since the early 1990s, and has dominated the leaderboard on any machine at Wellington’s longest running café, Midnight Espresso, since it opened in 1989.
Episode 4: Yee Fong
A keen collector and organiser of New Zealand’s largest annual pinball festival, Pincade, which occurred every March from 2008 to 2020.
Yee passed away in May 2021.
Due to Yee’s health, and COVID closures / restrictions in the community, there was no Pincade in 2021.
There was one more official Pincade, organised by David Peck, and held in 2022.
Episode 3: Nick Polson
Nick is a collector and restorer of mostly Williams/Bally 1990s machines, and rounded out with some early and later titles.
Episode 2: Dave Holman
Dave lives on the Kapiti Coast. He worked with TV repair for much of his earlier life and has since became a repairer, collector and operator of arcade and pinball.
Episode 1: Nick Te Paa
Nick lives in Christchurch. During the 70s and 80s boom years he worked security at the two main arcades of the time: Wizards and The Doghouse. Nick is an an avid collector and passionate about arcade culture and history.