Award-winning Kiwi TV host and producer Phil Keoghan grew up in awe of the strength and discipline of his own family members - a lineage that included farmers, gold miners, builders and coal minders.
His new series, Tough as Nails is in part a homage to the Keoghans and their grit and determination, celebrating everyday Americans who get their hands dirty to work long, hard hours to keep the country running. And Phil thinks the show will resonate with the New Zealand psyche more than perhaps anywhere else in the world.