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Water Conservation Update, Run for Youth Entries Open, Te Ara Whetū Progress, and more Headlines include water conservation measures across Levin, Ōhau, Foxton and Foxton Beach, Kāpiti Run for Youth entries now open, Paekākāriki’s Jack McDonald taking on a new leadership role with the PSA, Te Ara Whetū construction progressing, the North Island Spearfishing Champs returning to Kāpiti, and consultation open on proposed Resource Management Act fees and charges. A timely update each week bringing you the highlights of local events and happenings at Kapiti from www.kcnews.co.nz. This episode was first broadcast on Coast Access Radio, a Community Access Media Alliance station amplifying the voices of Kāpiti and Horowhenua. Supported by NZ On Air. Visit coastaccessradio.org.nz Play Episode
Write Your Story - Summer holidays, then and now In this reflective episode of Write Your Story, Angela continues looking back on summer holidays past and present - from carefree childhood adventures to the quieter, more mindful rhythms of later life. Through nostalgia, humour, and gentle insight, she invites listeners to notice how summer evolves with us, and encourages you to capture your own holiday memories before they fade. 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
Thrifty but Tasty De-skin sausages for Sausage and Kale Gnocci, use minced beef for a Beef and Lentil Pie, create some Pizza Pasta Bakes and round it all off with a delicious, diet-busting Golden Syrup Pudding. 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
Blues Train - Trad Jazz Ryan Gatling presents a great music show featuring Jazz, Blues, Funk, Soul and Gospel in his very cool style. Play Episode
Growing Up, Confidence and Finding Your Path with Brooke Finn and Kai chat with Brooke Koppens from ZM, it's a real and relatable conversation about going through school and not loving the classroom, building self-belief, and discovering where you fit. From small-town beginnings to national radio, Brooke shares how she found her voice and stepped into the media industry, and why nobody truly has life figured out in their twentys. It's a great chat with a familiar voice in NZ radio about navigating early adulthood and supporting yourself along the way. This episode was first broadcast on Coast Access Radio, a Community Access Media Alliance station amplifying the voices of Kāpiti and Horowhenua, proudly supported by NZ On Air. Learn more at www.coastaccessradio.org.nz Play Episode
Great Tracks and Sidetracks - 06 University Beatles challenge. Rotating strawberries. Pubs suffer during Dry January. Whatever they forecast, cash is not going away. If you live in Ascot, don't buy two bunches of flowers for your wife on Valentines's Day. This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970’s and 1980’s but not excluding music from any era. Play Episode
Bucket Worm Farms Bucket worm farms and the brilliance of vermicastings. How to really simply and effectively bring in hundreds of hungry food eating rascals to give you amazing vermicastings to use with your planting and to automatically feed the garden. Note - have an old food processor you don't really want anymore? Keep it and whiz up a menu for your new wormy friends and you will be repaid in the garden with extraordinary results. Play Episode
Twice Torpedoed - A Merchant Mariner's Heroic War by Colin Carruthers 40,000 Merchant Marine volunteers lost their lives in the two World Wars, including 27-year-old Colin Watt from Mangere, who was killed in January 1942 when SS Coimbra was torpedoed off Long Island, New York. We speak to Colin's nephew - Colin Carruthers, author of Twice Torpedoed. The book is a beautifully presented hardback, 10 years in the making and includes photographs, articles and letters from the time. While the book is not intended as a military history, Colin does hope that the story will help ensure the contribution made by 140 New Zealand merchant seamen who died in World War II is remembered. To this day, Watt lies on the seabed off the coast of Long Island. This episode was first broadcast on Coast Access Radio, a Community Access Media Alliance station amplifying the voices of Kāpiti and Horowhenua, proudly supported by NZ On Air. Learn more at www.coastaccessradio.org.nz Play Episode
Childrens Story Time - The Day I Fell Into A Fairytale, Episode 3 Viv continues reading a new story, The Day I Fell Into A Fairytale. 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 - ep169 Songs impossible to forget, New Orleans tunes 50 years apart, a Charles Mingus journey and reflective music all feature Paul presents a music programme featuring Jazz, Blues and Soul, from old to new. Play Episode
Lucien Johnson - Part 2 Our chat with Lucien was so great, we needed a part 2! This round, we chat about Lucien's albums +5, Wax///Wane and Ancient Relics! This episode was first broadcast on Coast Access Radio, a Community Access Media Alliance station amplifying the voices of Kāpiti and Horowhenua. Supported by NZ On Air. Visit coastaccessradio.org.nz Play Episode
Ordinary Life - Ages & Stages We talk about the huge range of different symptoms captured by the Parkinson's bucket, and how we experience some and not others at different times, and about how we (try to) roll with this. Adapt and keep moving people! This episode was first broadcast on Coast Access Radio, a Community Access Media Alliance station amplifying the voices of Kāpiti and Horowhenua, proudly supported by NZ On Air. Learn more at www.coastaccessradio.org.nz Play Episode

 

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The Night Sky
In this programme, we explore the wonders of our magnificent night sky – stars, planets, nebulae and galaxies. We discuss the latest news and discoveries from space and, we also tell stories from antiquity - the myths and legends of the night sky.
6:00 PM - 6:30 PM
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Deuce Music
Promoting the very best in new music from around the world. Run by Rob Saunders, DEUCE has been establishing itself as being one of the leading companies in the music industry to offer services to independent bands and artists worldwide.
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Back Porch Bluegrass
Back Porch Bluegrass is hosted by Paul Trenwith from Free FM in Kirikiriroa / Hamilton.

 

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