Cheap solutions to making your home nice to live in are available in a workshop to be put on by Community Energy Whaingaroa

We talk to Kate McKinlay and Esther-Grace Reid about the work they're doing with the station and also about their experiences working as project managers in a make-dominated industry

We get a surprise call from former RCR DJ Cedric Waitere talking about the work he has been doing over there and also about the help he'll need over the next few weeks

Nic is here to talk about his koha-entry circus show at the Town Hall this Sunday and why it involves a wheelbarrow and bricks

Some useful info about what's happening in the Green Party instead of the wall to wall controversy being dished up by the national media

Backlit is a new publication of short pieces by local writers and we chat to one of those writers Lynne Wilkins who is better known for her music. The publication also includes work by Wanda Barker, Bernadette Gavin, Sarah Johnson, Matt Kambic, Merren Tait and Dyana Wells

There are 2 events run by Karen at the Old School this weekend, an astrology workshop and a mystical healing journey. Karen joins us to give us the lowdown on both of these plus a bit of her own journey and we listen to her brand-new song Let The Rain Fall, which was written at Whale Bay

Getting prepared for your first birth is so important but luckily you'll have 9 months to do it. We talk to local midwife Larissa Grandi about the many issues, the mind set you want to get into and how to choose a midwife

Carlene Wilson is a self-confessed wine nerd who has combined a love of wine with her training in archeology and classics - we go back in time to find the roots of wine and wine culture

Tuihana is in studio to talk about the films made by Te Mauri Tau, which will be screening at the Matariki Festival at the Old School which starts on Matariki day. We also talk about the story of Te Mauri Tau and how they came to be making these films