By, For and About Our Community

Listen Live

We are your local radio station

Community Radio for Kapiti and Horowhenua at 104.7FM

Featured Programmes

    

Search All Our Programmes

Latest Episodes

Kapiti GAY - Kander and Ebb Tony talks about the musical theatre partnership and plays music from their shows. Dr Tony Reed looks at the issues facing the LGBTI community Play Episode
At The Table with Gail - Pineapple Fruitcake! This week's recipes - Chicken and Crunchy Peanut Sauce, Jelly Cheese Cake and then, with Christmas looming, a Pineapple Fruitcake. Great dance music from the Caribbean with The Pineapple Song. Presented by Gail Hall with co-hosts Peter Fleming, Gail presents a wide range of recipes from the decadently delicious through to gorgeously healthy eating. Play Episode
Write Your Story - Educational - Front and Back In addition to your collection of cameo stories, you might like to think about adding front and back matter to your manuscript to give your life story or family history a clear beginning and end. In this episode Angela provides examples on how to write a dedication, an introduction, a postscript, and acknowledge the people who have encouraged you along the way. These features help you to set the tone, guide your readers into your world, and leave them with lasting reflections on the stories they’ve read about your life. Write your Story is a series of stories, written and narrated by their authors. These "new" authors bring us a story they have put together recently and share with us all. Play Episode
Ask Margot Ep62 - Stop apologising, make a plan, and how to pray Today's episode covers questions about how to stop apologising for every little thing, how to pray when you don't know what to pray for, how to never let a kiss fool you and why you won't get to where you want to go unless you make a plan. Margot is our go to for life problems. Listeners are encouraged to write in with a problem they are stuck on, and we will “Ask Margot” to provide sound, real and insightful advice. Play Episode
Special Feature - Wellington Jazz Festival We talk with festival co-director, Tama Waipara, about organizing a jazz festival, attracting artists and some of this year's highlights. This show captures the varied and interesting events and people that we come across at Coast Access Radio. Play Episode
Live Interview - Breast Screening age raised to 74 and a fixed screening facility opened in Waikanae News : Free Breast Screening increased to age 74 and a fixed facility for Waikanae opened today. Health Minister Simeon Brown, Minister for Women Nicola Grigg, MP for Otaki Tim Costley, Dr Nick Chamberlain, the National Director National Public Health Service, and Coast Access Radio's Catherine Scullin were standing next to a brand new Mammography unit located on site in the now fixed Breast Screening facility in Waikanae. Free screening age has now been raised to age 74 due to research discovering that women are at high risk of Breast Cancer into their 70's. Play Episode
Blues Train - More Neo Jazz, soul and R&B Ryan Gatling presents a great music show featuring Jazz, Blues, Funk, Soul and Gospel in his very cool style. Play Episode
Backstage Pass - Behind the scenes - A Catch Up With Jason! We invite our community of performing arts lovers on the Kāpiti Coast to tune in for a peek behind the curtain, centre-stage spotlights on events & artists, creative journeys & general entertainment! Play Episode
Tales from the Top Shelf - with guest Nikki from Papaiti Gin Join host Suzie Carrig as she "travels" the country talking to passionate and knowledgeable craftspeople about their unique stories in the fascinating world of distilling. Play Episode
Childrens Story Time - The Attack of Robot Librarians,(Final), The Day my Family Disappeared Readings from The Attack of the Robot Librarians, (Final Episode), The Day my Family Disappeared, (Episode 1) An enjoyable weekly story time, read by Viv Bailey. Viv takes the listener through a book of her choice designed for the young and young at heart. Play Episode
Soundwave - ep150 Starting in the 80's, then some 70's magic and some new Aotearoa releases. Paul presents a music programme featuring Jazz, Blues and Soul, from old to new. Play Episode
Ordinary Life - Living with the Effects of Sudden Cardiac Arrest Kitty and Emma talk to Mike Doyle (Kitty's husband) about his experiences living with the effects of Sudden Cardiac Arrest. This episode highlights October as Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month, which is aimed at increasing public awareness about the signs and symptoms of sudden cardiac arrest, and educating people on CPR and the use of automated external defibrillators (AEDs). Kitty Fitton is on a mission to prove that disability and illness doesn’t mean the end of life as we know it. She writes about hating exercise, coping with blended families, Parkinson’s, and trying to reach the bottom of the laundry basket. Play Episode

 

Schedule for

  • today
October 2025
October 2025
SMTWTFS
   1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728293031 
       
17/10/25 - 17/10/25
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
The Morning Show
Join us weekday mornings for the latest news from our community, local weather, loads of music and special guests
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
1:00 PM - 1:10 PM
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Ireland Calling
Ireland seems closer every week with Oliver Lee presenting current events and sports news. Featuring a wide range of Irish music and the occasional guest, including visiting Irish performers, politicians, sports and business people
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM
6:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Life Rewritten 40 +
Life doesn’t stop at 40—in fact, it’s just getting started. Join Kristyl Neho as she dives into inspiring stories, personal insights, and thought-provoking discussions about embracing change, discovering new opportunities, and rewriting what life looks lik
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Retrospect Garage Punk
'60s garage punk, garage rock, proto-punk, freak beat and psychedelia from the entire planet. Your regular toe-tapping trip down memory lane this ain't! This is a weekly show hosted by Phil Grey and first broadcast on Free FM [Hamilton, New Zealand]
9:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Friday Night Blues
The Friday Night Blues Show is a trip through the wonderful world of the blues. Blues music comes in many styles and can be happy or sad, slow or fast, loud or soft. I cover all these on each programme through a wide range of artists

 

Coast Access Radio

 

The image of Kapiti Island above is by Trevor Heath.
Photography by Trevor Heath is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand License Trevor Heath Photography (Trevor Heath) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0