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Musafir Hoon Yaaro - 17-12-2025 Musafir Hoon Yaaro (I am a Traveller) is a lifestyle show in Hindi, hosted by Arsh (Jimmy) Singh. Listen

Bengal Beats – Ep 11 Designed to celebrate and promote the rich cultural heritage of Bengal for the Bengali-speaking community living in New Zealand, this show serves as a bridge between the vibrant traditions of Bengal and the diverse, multicultural landscape of New Zealand. Listen

iDad and Daughter - 17-12-2025 Eslet Aloua-Carter and her dad Frank share their thoughts and experiences, and help each other along the way. Together they open new experiences. Listen

Vedic Wisdom Part 1 - 17-12-2025 Frustrations. Today we look at the causes of frustration and the solution that brings personal development out of it and fixes you with the knowledge to pull yourself up whenever frustration attacks you. Listen

Vedic Wisdom Part 2 - 17-12-2025 Your individual Best. This show is meant to encourage you to be your best self and use that talent in the service of the Lord’s plan for achieving the perfection of life, selfless service to the Lord. Listen

From the Fringes - 17-12-2025 Presenting a range of issues and opinions from the fringes... political, social, ethical and personal, from the unique perspective of the show's host, Jack Gielen. Listen

The Free Breakfast – Life Fit and Sport Opportunity Holiday Programme - 17-12-2025 Your Way Kia Roha community programme facilitator Sydney Stuart talks about the Life Fit programme and the Sport Opportunity holiday programme, both of which are run by Your Way Kia Roha. Listen

The Bridge Zone - 17-12-2025 Podcast produced and first broadcast at Free FM 89.0 - a platform for direct involvement in the media. Hamilton Kirikiriroa, NZ Listen

That's The Ticket - 16-12-2025 Hannah Mooney has your ticket to arts happenings in the Tron and beyond. Interviews with local creatives, what’s on guides and even the odd performance live on air… Listen

Waikato Chinese Voices - 16-12-2025 Waikato Chinese Voices is your source of culture and information for the region's Chinese speaking community. News and current affairs, discussions, immigration policy, life hacks and music, plus local Chinese community events. Listen

Musical Journeys – 16-12-2025 Jazz, classical piano and Ethio-Jazz - Arthur Blythe Trio, Monk, Ravel, Mulatu Astatqe and more! Musical Journeys is a way to share and pay respect to various cultural and musical movements from across the globe, and is shared with us from our friends at Raglan Community Radio. Listen

Back Porch Bluegrass - 16-12-2025 Many of the selections in this show come from ‘compilation’ albums, featuring tracks from performers that I don’t have in my general collection. As always, there’s some great picking and singing, from the likes of Ricky Skaggs, reno & Smiley, Arthur Smith, the Witcher Brothers, Hot Rize, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, and Charlie Sizemore. The Trenwiths get a song into the mix, as do old favourites the Seldom Scene, and I feature two tracks off an LP I just found in a local OpShop, from Joe Stuart – one of Bill Monroe’s most reliable Blue Grass Boys. Listen

B Orig - 16-12-2025 Bisaya Original Music for New Zealand and beyond. Introducing the music, both traditional and pop, of Bisaya artists as well as the Bisaya culture and language; and providing a link to Bisaya people in New Zealand to other parts of the globe. Listen

The Weekly Hotwire – 16-12-25 A weekly into New Zealand’s primary industries, exploring farm systems, markets, people and policy through storytelling, science and experience. Listen

Waikato Chinese Voices - 15-12-2025 Waikato Chinese Voices is your source of culture and information for the region's Chinese speaking community. News and current affairs, discussions, immigration policy, life hacks and music, plus local Chinese community events. Listen

Ep 133 - Part 2 Nothing but Douglas Lilburn This brief 2 Part series about Aotearoa’s greatest composer is not in anyway meant to be a comprehensive account of his life and work, just a sketch that shows something of his evolution as a composer. In Part 2, Lilburn reinvents himself twice, first introducing something of the contemporary and avant-garde into his work before giving himself over to the new medium of electronica. Lilburn: “Music is not something to be bottled and stoppered and stored away. It’s a living flow…” James Judd and the NZSO perform Douglas Lilburn - Processional Fanfare, for 3 trumpets and small orchestra Ashley Heenan and the NZSO perform the Prelude from Douglas Lilburn’s Symphony No. 2 John Hopkins and the NZSO perform Douglas Lilburn - A Birthday Offering, for orchestra John Hopkins and the NZSO perform Douglas Lilburn - Symphony No 3 Michael Houston performs Douglas Lilburn - Sonatina No. 2: Douglas Lilburn - Soundscape with Lake and River Listen

Tales From the Guild: Shadows of Paradurn Ep 20 – 15-12-2025 Tales From the Guild: Shadows of Paradurn is a DnD5e actual play radio show. The Memoria Sanctorum is Paradurn’s premier university, library and research facility. It contains thousands of years’ worth of priceless knowledge and is guarded by a powerful magician who can tear the very earth asunder. It is also Amadeus’s old home, and he’s excited to share it with his friends Tanwen and Magnus! This research trip to discover more about the ancient trolls will surely hold no unpleasant surprises for our adventuring trio! Brought to you by the Waikato Role-Playing Guild. Listen

Over Some Milo - 15-12-2025 The World Drivers Championship Listen

The Ripple Results Ep 3 - Alison Carroll Alison Carroll – Faith Formation Manager within the Bishop’s Pastoral Team, discusses her newly established role and the significant impact it is having within the Diocese of Hamilton. Your window into the meaningful impact being made across the Catholic Diocese of Hamilton. Inspiring stories of how a single act of support to The Hamilton Catholic Development Fund can spark ripples of change. Listen

ep. 706 - Digging Deep: 60s Psychedelic Obscurities Get ready to melt your mind! This week on the podcast, we're taking a global trip to the forgotten corners of 1960s psychedelic rock. Forget the big names! We're spinning mind-bending tracks unearthed from the dusty crates of the US, Canada, UK, NZ, Mexico, France, the Netherlands Full playlist always posted via Retrospect 60s Garage Punk Show on Facebook and Insta. Retrospect is created by Phil Grey at Free FM 89.0 [Kirikiriroa/Hamilton, NZ]. Listen

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A Sonic Youth

Music English A love for indie rock as expressed by Kiwi taste-maker Oliver Grey. Episodes and More

Ethnic Voices Spanish (Ecuador) El programa explora temas de interés relacionados con la comunidad latina a nivel global, incluyendo Nueva Zelanda. Facilita discusiones informadas sobre asuntos actuales y relevantes. Además, ofrece contenido enfocado en Nueva Zelanda, diseñado específicamente para el público latino interesado en la región. Episodes and More

Anpudan Waikato

Ethnic Voices Tamil (Sri Lanka) From Arasan FM, Anpudan Waikato is a Tamil show featuring news, music, interviews, and current affairs. It connects the Tamil community in NZ with their culture and global happenings. Engage by sending requests and feedback to vanakkam@arasan.co.nz. Making it a platform for interaction and cultural exchange. Episodes and More

Arabic Guide to the Treaty Principles Bill

News, Issues and Current Affairs Arabic A series explaining the Treaty Principles Bill in Arabic. Explaining the Treaty's history, what the Bill is about, and how to make a submission (deadline Jan 7, 2025). Episodes and More

Arritmia

Religion and Spirituality Spanish Un programa de radio cristiano, presentado por Angie Rodriguez. Episodes and More

B Orig

Ethnic Voices English Bisaya Original Music for New Zealand and beyond. Introducing the music, both traditional and pop, of Bisaya artists as well as the Bisaya culture and language; and providing a link to Bisaya people in New Zealand to other parts of the globe. Episodes and More

Back Chat

News, Issues and Current Affairs English A live, issue-driven news and current affairs discussion programme, debating or examining a different newsworthy issue/topic each week. For listeners who want to be challenged and provoked, and don’t want to be slaves to the news cycle. Episodes and More

Back Porch Bluegrass

Music English Paul Trenwith is an enthusiastic advocate for, player and promoter of bluegrass music. Back Porch Bluegrass features a wide range of the genre's best performers. Episodes and More

Barangay New Zealand

Ethnic Voices Filipino Barangay New Zealand is your Filipino home, away from home – your connection to the homeland. Tune in for an hour of Pinoy music and information. Episodes and More

Bengal Beats

Arts and Culture Bengali, Bangla Designed to celebrate and promote the rich cultural heritage of Bengal for the Bengali-speaking community living in New Zealand, this show serves as a bridge between the vibrant traditions of Bengal and the diverse, multicultural landscape of New Zealand. Episodes and More

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The Waterboys - Rips From The Cutting Room Floor [2025]
Our final Feature Album of ’25 is from The Waterboys who released an LP called ‘Life, Death & Dennis Hopper’. This album stands beside the earlier album as a parallel work that offers a different point of entry to the same world.

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12:00 AM - 1:00 AM	Retrospect '60s Garage Punk Show Phil Grey Music
1:30 AM - 3:00 AM	Musical Journeys Rodrigo Hill and Xavier Meade Arts and Culture
3:00 AM - 5:00 AM	Modern Jazz Today
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10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	The Ripple Results Marian Greene Community
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2:30 PM - 3:00 PM	People Fixing the World - BBC
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6:00 PM - 6:30 PM	Voices of Peace and Aroha
7:00 PM - 7:30 PM	Mo’ui lelei – Tali tali lelei Maile Ethnic Voices
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