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Blues Train - 30 September Ryan Gatling presents a great music show featuring Jazz, Blues, Funk, Soul and Gospel in his very cool style. Play Episode
The Absolute Chaos of Flatting in New Zealand Flatting sounds simple - until four people, one fridge, one heat pump and a group chat are expected to somehow form a functioning society. Kai gets into the chaos of flatting in New Zealand, from passive-aggressive group chat messages and cleaning rosters nobody follows to communal food disappearing and the flatmate whose partner definitely “doesn’t live here” despite being there six nights a week. There’s also the serious stuff: rent, bonds, the difference between tenants and flatmates, and New Zealand’s new pet bond rules — including the terrifying experience of basically submitting a CV for your dog just to convince the landlord. Plus, who controls the heat pump? Who owes who $4.37? And at what point does your flatmate’s partner officially become another resident? Play Episode
Travel Small, Experience More, Fully Hosted What does it really mean to travel on a fully hosted small-group tour? This week on Beyond the Boarding Pass, I’m joined by Peter Roddam, founder of YOURTours, to talk about the world of small-group touring, and why travelling with a group of like-minded people can become so much more than simply following an itinerary. Peter has spent years in the travel, tourism and hospitality industry and is a certified International Tour Director, with a career built around people, service and creating memorable travel experiences. We get into what actually happens behind the scenes of a hosted tour, what a tour host does from the moment guests leave home, why YOURTours deliberately keeps groups small, and how those shared experiences can turn strangers into friends. This is fully hosted at it's fullest, guests are picked up from their own homes and returned there at the end of the journey, while the YOURTours host flies internationally with the group, staying with them throughout the adventure. With small groups and a dedicated host, the idea is to create something more personal, with room for flexibility, local experiences, great food, plenty of stories and, of course, a bit of fun along the way. So, is small-group hosted touring the sweet spot between independent travel and a traditional big coach tour? Join us for a conversation with Peter Roddam on Beyond the Boarding Pass to find out. 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
Workplaces That Work, Part 1: Does Your Work Environment Help You Succeed? When someone struggles at work, it is easy to focus on their capability, attitude or performance. But functioning happens in context. The physical environment, policies, culture, communication, expectations and unwritten rules can all help someone succeed—or make ordinary work much harder than it needs to be. In this episode, Stephen looks at the hidden work inside ordinary work: filtering sensory input, decoding unclear communication, handling interruptions, holding information in working memory, masking and recovering afterwards. He also considers the “competence trap”, where good performance hides an unsustainable personal cost. The episode introduces a friction audit as a practical way to identify recurring confusion, overload, delays, and recovery debt. It asks a more useful question than “Why can’t this person cope?”: What is making successful performance unnecessarily difficult? Go to ThrivalCoaching.nz for additional information and resources. Play Episode
Great Tracks and Sidetracks - 36 Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 60 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970’s and 1980’s but not excluding music from any era. Play Episode
The Morning Show - Hon Louise Upston and MP Tim Costley The Honourable Louise Upston and Otaki MP Tim Costley joined us in our Waikanae studios to talk about tourism in our region. They touch on the importance of the environment, what overseas tourists enjoy most about our region and what visitors enjoy when they are here. We also discuss what we can do to further encourage this tourism and how to keep visitors here when they arrive. 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
Feijoa Pruning How to prune Feijoas? Glad you asked. These guys are a stand back and see type of sitch. Try to avoid just chopping willy nilly around the outside, these trees need to have a bit of a different approach, so listen in and find out what that exactly is. Gardening made accessible with wonderful gardening teacher and author Kath Irvine. With her 20 years plus experience, Kath sits down in a live to air interview with Catherine and discusses all things gardening. Visit https://ediblebackyard.co.nz Play Episode
NZ By Placename New Zealand Music presented by Todd Zaner. 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
The Secret of Platform 13 - Final Episode Viv brings us the conclusion to The Secret of Platform 13, and we start a new book: The Beasts of Clawstone Castle - a children's fantasy book by Eva Ibbotson set in a haunted Scottish castle. 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 - ep200 Celebrating 200 shows by replaying tunes from the last 100 episodes. Paul presents a music programme featuring Jazz, Blues and Soul, from old to new. Play Episode
A Chat with Serra Clark - Copperfield Collective This episode of Focus on Arts 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
A Chat with Serra Clark, Night Sky Photographer Serra takes amazing photos of the night sky and is a first time participant in this year's Kapiti Art Trail. We talk about how she started out taking night photos and how she goes about creating striking images. This episode of Focus on Arts 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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12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Green Thumbs
Gardening tips with Philippa Foes-Lamb. From the Top of the South Fresh FM, the host of this 15 minute show, Philippa Foes-Lamb, offers seasonal gardening tips in a refreshing and interesting way.
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM
6:00 PM - 6:30 PM
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Pump up the 90's
Geoff Dorset takes us back to the 90's...including some 2000's too. Tune in for some Brit Pop, Indie daze, some curveballs and bangers plus a star interview
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Tim Rogers Country Show
Broadcast around the globe, this outstanding Country Music Broadcaster, Tim Rogers from the UK, brings us 2 hours of classic country and recent tracks, here on Coast Access Radio.
10:00 PM - 10:30 PM
10:30 PM - 12:00 AM

 

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