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19/09/2025

WTH Are Māori Wards? Episode 9: Let's Hui

From town halls to marae, hui are springing up all over Aotearoa, and they’re buzzing with kōrero about Māori wards. This week Anaru and Taryn take you inside one of them - the Keep Māori Wards Manawatū Hui, recorded and shared with aroha by our whānau at Manawatū People’s Radio. You’ll hear from a stellar line-up of speakers: Professor Richard Shaw, Dr Matt Wynyard, and Hinemoana Durie-Shedlock. These sharp minds and strong community voices pull no punches about why Māori wards matter, and why this referendum is a fight for the future of our democracy. The many hui happening around Aotearoa show just how powerful grassroots democracy can be. This is the sound of a movement rising. This is what happens when communities unite. Hui by hui, Aotearoa is stepping up.


This ten-part mini series is sourced from our friends at Access Radio Taranaki 104.4 FM and will be broadcast at 6am Wednesdays with a replay on Saturdays at 2pm.
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Tuia ngā reo o te hapori - Bringing together the voices of our community. Kirikiriroa, Aotearoa / Hamilton, NZ. Community Access Media supported by NZ On Air and part of CAMA - Community Access Media Alliance


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19/09/2025

In today’s YOUTH ZONE - A Sonic Youth / Deep Insessionz Crossover Episode!

🎧 https://accessmedia.nz/player?EID=424e3b37-889b-4a49-90ed-dbc95fd664bd&audioOnlyMode=true

This episode features our first ever guest appearance. From fellow Free FM music podcast Deep Insessionz , we are joined by .
Deep_Insessionz is Free FM's resident electronica show, featuring electronic music culture from jungle to dub, from garage to tech house and everything in between.
picks out tracks from when he was and talks with Oliver about what they mean to him!

Check it out – 3.30 today on Free FM
📻 89.0 FM Waikato-wide
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And episodes will be available from:
Via Free FM http://bit.do/SonicYouth-FreeFM
Via Apple Podcasts http://bit.do/SonicYouth-Apple

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Tuia ngā reo o te hapori - Bringing together the voices of our community. Kirikiriroa, Aotearoa / Hamilton, NZ. Community Access Media supported by NZ On Air and part of CAMA - Community Access Media Alliance
👉🏽 https://linktr.ee/freefm89

18/09/2025

18/09/2025

Friday’s lineup of Free FM shows;

Community Zone:
9.30am BBC’s The Interview.
11.00am Western Community Centre's Out West Radio’s updates on all things happening in the west of Kirikiriroa
Midday: The Climate Question [BBC]
1.00pm – Scotty’s Place
Youth Zone:
3.00 Equal Agenda with YWCA of Hamilton
3.30pm – A Sonic Youth / Deep Insessionz crossover!
4.00pm – Democracy Done Right - Everything you didn’t know you needed to know about voting for your local representatives!
4.30pm – Wrestling Roundup – if you know, you know.

Drive Zone:
5.00pm – Flat Out Pride reflecting our rainbow communities

Ethnic Zone:
6.00pm – Kia ora Brazil - Quer conhecer os brasileiros e gringos mais legais da Nova Zelândia e em todos os lugares do mundo?
7.00pm - Conversa de Futebol - Bate papo semanal sobre o que acontece dentro e fora dos gramados.
8.00 – MPB Revista - O programa semanal que apresenta ao mundo os clássicos da música brasileira, as novas gerações de músicos do século XXI que fazem sucesso no Brasil e no mundo
9.00pm – Fa’atauina O Aiga – Samoan language
10.00pm – the Free FM MUSIC ZONE kicks off with 1200 Degrees followed by Deep Insessionz

Is your community, language or culture represented on Free FM? We always have space for new weekly radio shows and podcasts! Interested? Read more here
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And get in touch!
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Free FM is by the people for the people – we champion a platform for direct involvement in the media. Supported by NZ On Air and part of CAMA - Community Access Media Alliance

Free FM is the home of real community radio in the Waikato and nz podcasts.

18/09/2025

17/09/2025

The Free FM YOUTH ZONE: Democracy Done Right: Everything you didn’t know you needed to know about voting for your local representatives!

🎧 LISTEN: https://accessmedia.nz/player?EID=7cf1e966-e333-49ee-8baa-a986285d6c33&audioOnlyMode=true


Kirikiriroa / Hamilton city is about to vote in a new council that makes decisions that affect your everyday life – from the roads you drive on, to the parks your whaanau enjoy, to the services that keep our city running.
Voting is your opportunity to influence those decisions and ensure your voice is heard.

This podcast is hosted by Wintec School of Media Arts students Ray Raynel and Julia Bartley who are joined by Amy Viggers from Hamilton City Council, and Kim Jacobs from The Electoral Commission.
Help build a better city - please share via your socials – and get youth VOTING!


Democracy Done Right will be broadcast in the Free FM YOUTH ZONE [various start times from 3-4.30pm] Mondays to Fridays until voting closes on 11 October.
📻 Broadcast: 89.0FM right across the greater Waikato
💻 Livestream: freefm.org.nz, and via your Amazon Alexa and Google devices



Tuia ngā reo o te hapori - Bringing together the voices of our community. Kirikiriroa, Aotearoa / Hamilton, NZ. Community Access Media supported by NZ On Air and part of CAMA - Community Access Media Alliance

https://linktr.ee/freefm89

15/09/2025

The Free FM YOUTH ZONE: Democracy Done Right: Everything you didn’t know you needed to know about voting for your local representatives!

🎧 LISTEN: https://accessmedia.nz/player?EID=7cf1e966-e333-49ee-8baa-a986285d6c33&audioOnlyMode=true

Kirikiriroa / Hamilton city is about to vote in a new council that makes decisions that affect your everyday life – from the roads you drive on, to the parks your whaanau enjoy, to the services that keep our city running.
Voting is your opportunity to influence those decisions and ensure your voice is heard.

This podcast is hosted by Wintec School of Media Arts students Ray Raynel and Julia Bartley who are joined by Amy Viggers from Hamilton City Council and Kim Jacobs from The Electoral Commission.
Help build a better city - please share via your socials – and get youth VOTING!

Democracy Done Right will be broadcast in the Free FM YOUTH ZONE [various start times from 3-4.30pm] Mondays to Fridays until voting closes on 11 October.
📻 Broadcast: 89.0FM right across the greater Waikato
💻 Livestream: freefm.org.nz, and via your Amazon Alexa and Google devices

Tuia ngā reo o te hapori - Bringing together the voices of our community. Kirikiriroa, Aotearoa / Hamilton, NZ. Community Access Media supported by NZ On Air and part of CAMA - Community Access Media Alliance

https://linktr.ee/freefm89

15/09/2025

Tune into Free FM at 5pm TONIGHT for an inside look at Wing Valley Productions Outside In!

You can access the show via...👇
📻 89.0 FM Waikato-wide
📱 streamed via the accessmedia.nz app and TuneIn (https://tunein.com/radio/Free-FM-890-Independent-Community-Media-s176514/)
👉via your Amazon Alexa using the 'free fm 89' Alexa skill
👉via your Google Home device)
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15/09/2025

Ko te Turei tenei ra…

7.30-9.30am – we kick off with The Free Breakfast – interviews, news and live from our Collingwood St studios

Community Zone:
9.30am BBC Science Hour - In-depth, relevant news
11.00am AA Radio Show – addiction, recovery from our friends at Plains Media
12.30pm – more BBC content with The Inquiry – getting beyond the headlines that shape our world.
1.00pm Saved & Besieged - A straight-talking for anyone burnt by religion
2.00pm – Democracy Now!

Drive Zone:
4.00pm – The Good Day Matrix – Kiwis and their wellbeing journeys
5.00 – That's the Ticket with Hannah Mooney – arts happenings in The Tron and beyond
6.00 – Hannah Worldwide & Friends

Ethnic Zone:
7.00pm – Waikato Chinese Voices – 2 hours of Mandarin news
9.00pm – B Orig – original Bisaya music and more

The Free FM MUSIC ZONE
10.00pm – Back Porch Bluegrass NZ with local legend Paul Trenwith
11.00pm – Drawn Borings – the immersive music experience.

Is your community, language or culture represented on Free FM? We always have space for new weekly radio shows and podcasts! Interested? Read more here
https://www.freefm.org.nz/Involved/Content-Creator.aspx
And get in touch!
🤳🏿 DM us

📲 834 2170

📧 [email protected]
Free FM is by the people for the people – we champion a platform for direct involvement in the media. Supported by NZ On Air and part of CAMA - Community Access Media Alliance

Free FM is the home of real community radio in the Waikato and nz podcasts.

15/09/2025

Hanna Worldwide & Friends 🎧 LISTEN: https://accessmedia.nz/player?EID=d6d2931a-7640-43ca-b3a9-cacfabc4daaf&audioOnlyMode=true

In today’s episode: Please Welcome with me Marie Weiss. Marie is currently travelling around the world for 8 months and is collecting new memories, is broadening her mindset and is enjoying her life. We have been in the same high school together and were even in the same year and yet we have not really met each other properly. I am very excited to get to know her more.

In this episode we talk about the healing power of ayurvedic practices during her India visit, her experience of travelling alone as a woman, the people she met along the way and how it feels to cross things off of her bucket list. :)

Hanna Worldwide & Friends airs Tuesdays at 6pm, repeated 7pm Sundays.
📻 Broadcast: 89.0FM
💻 Livestream: freefm.org.nz, and via your Amazon Alexa and Google devices

And all episodes available as podcasts via
📻 Free FM https://freefm.social/HannaWorldwide

Is your language or culture represented on Free FM? We always have space for new weekly radio shows and podcasts! Interested? Read more here
https://www.freefm.org.nz/Involved/Content-Creator.aspx

Tuia ngā reo o te hapori - Bringing together the voices of our community. Kirikiriroa, Aotearoa / Hamilton, NZ. Community Access Media supported by NZ On Air and part of CAMA - Community Access Media Alliance

There are so many different reasons why we choose to move countries and become an expat and so many interesting stories of amazing people. Having relatable struggles, amazing adventures and new beginnings!

14/09/2025

The Free FM YOUTH ZONE: Democracy Done Right: Everything you didn’t know you needed to know about voting for your local representatives!

🎧 LISTEN: https://accessmedia.nz/player?EID=7cf1e966-e333-49ee-8baa-a986285d6c33&audioOnlyMode=true

Kirikiriroa / Hamilton city is about to vote in a new council that makes decisions that affect your everyday life – from the roads you drive on, to the parks your whaanau enjoy, to the services that keep our city running.
Voting is your opportunity to influence those decisions and ensure your voice is heard.

This podcast is hosted by Wintec School of Media Arts students Ray Raynel and Julia Bartley who are joined by Amy Viggers from Hamilton City Council, and Kim Jacobs from The Electoral Commission.
Help build a better city - please share via your socials – and get youth VOTING!

Democracy Done Right will be broadcast in the Free FM YOUTH ZONE [various start times from 3-4.30pm] Mondays to Fridays until voting closes on 11 October.
📻 Broadcast: 89.0FM right across the greater Waikato
💻 Livestream: freefm.org.nz, and via your Amazon Alexa and Google devices

Tuia ngā reo o te hapori - Bringing together the voices of our community. Kirikiriroa, Aotearoa / Hamilton, NZ. Community Access Media supported by NZ On Air and part of CAMA - Community Access Media Alliance

https://linktr.ee/freefm89