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A week of it - Road Cones, Jazz, and more! A timely update each week bringing you the highlights of local events and happenings at Kapiti from www.kcnews.co.nz. Play Episode
Ratbags Racing Show-01-08-2025 Chris Craddock explores the potential winners of the weekends racing Play Episode
Radio Viti Kapiti Episode 18 - Our Health Topics in Aotearoa + Fiji News Update A programme in Fijian and English for families and RSE workers and private contractors from Fiji and the Pacific Islands. This programme also focusses on youth. Play Episode
Great Tracks and Sidetracks - 30-7-2025 This is a recording from a live broadcast. A double decker bus parked next door? Flying the English Channel in a flying wing suit. Demise of the Royal Train but relife of the Blackpool roller coaster. Anger management needed at youth football matches. Do more DIY to potentially save thousands of dollars. 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
Paul Unscripted - with Geneologist Kathy Callaghan Part 4 Paul chats to Kathy about genealogy, ancestry and more. Paul is a member of Kapiti Kiwis, a support group for local people facing life with disabilities. His topic, will be usually, unscripted. RESOURCES - Links: - Archives NZ – https://www.archives.govt.nz - National Library – https://natlib.govt.nz - Papers Past – https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz - Trove newspapers for Australian newspapers - https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper - NZ historical bmd – for births, deaths and marriages - https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/search - UK birth, death, marriage - https://www.freebmd.org.uk - Family Search: Latter Day Saints site. – free, but must register. -https://www.familysearch.org Military records: - WW1 records NZ & UK - Archives NZ –free for NZ personal records - Find My Past & Ancestry – (pay to view). British WW1 records. https://www.ancestry.com.au https://www.findmypast.com.au - Archives UK – payment required for some things. https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk - WW2 records - NZ: NZ defense website – free but need to prove your connection to the person https://www.nzdf.mil.nz/defence-and-whanau/service-records - UK: UK Defense website – free, but need to prove your connection to the person. https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/british-army-soldiers-in-service- after-1918/#4-service-records Restrictions: - Birth of a living person who was born 100 years ago or more - Birth of a deceased person who died 50 years ago or more or who was born 80 years ago or more A stillbirth that occurred 50 years ago or more Kapiti Genealogy branch. Paraparaumu Library help available Wed mornings 10am-12.00pm. All major pay to view sites. Join the branch $30 a year. https://kapitigen.org Play Episode
Revive and Thrive - with Annette Burrell Ron will be talking about the value of having mentors I your life and he will be interviewing Annette Burrell about a programme she is coordination later in the year called “Dying Matters”. How do you prepare for retirement? Ron Tustin takes the listener through what to expect in retirement, what you can do to prepare, health issues that may affect you and provides helpful advise on where to go for assistance. Play Episode
Soundwave - ep139 Remarkable songs from Aotearoa feature, along with interesting jazz, soul plus Latin sounds Paul presents a music programme featuring Jazz, Blues and Soul, from old to new. Play Episode
A Political Point of View - with Craig Vidulich Penny Gaylor chats to Kapakapanui School Principal Craig Vidulich. Find the latest political conversations from local MP's in the Otaki and Mana electorates and Local Government representatives from Kapiti and Horowhenua. Play Episode
Ask Margot Ep56 - how to help a child make a decision, starting a business and working with people you don't like Questions about how to help a child make a decision, a starting your own business, how to work with people you don’t like, how to get some romance back in your relationship and whether there is such a thing as “the one”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
Childrens Story Time - The Attack of the Robot Librarians Ep 2 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
Sunday at 8 Christian music for the morning and evening Play Episode
Left of the dial - Recent releases Rosa shares some enjoyable recent releases, including singles and albums. Music that listeners may not have heard before, without any genre limits, presented by Rosa Topliff Play Episode

 

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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
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Solid Gold 60's
Solid Gold 60s with Geoff Dorsett
1:00 PM - 1:10 PM
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Supersonic 70's
Supersonic 70s with Geoff Dorsett
9:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Kick up the 80's
An independent show produced by British DJ Geoff Dorsett. Geoff takes us back to the 80’s with classic 80's tunes and long forgotten classics and throws in interviews and quizzes.
10:00 PM - 11:00 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]
11:00 PM - 11:59 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

 

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