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29/05/2026

Tonight in the Free FM 🎶 MUSIC ZONE 🎶

10pm 🎛️ 1200 Degrees with Australia’s premiere female Turntablist, DJ D featured exclusively in Aotearoa NZ via Free FM!

11pm 🎛️ 1200 Twelves is a radio show featuring 100 DJs from around the globe creating a mix from 12 of their 12” vinyls.

Midnight 🎛️ Deep Insessionz bring the noise – all things electronic with


📻 89.0 FM Waikato-wide
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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

28/05/2026

The Free FM Music Zone: showcasing how great can be!

Ever thought about making your own weekly radio show and podcast? Free FM can make that dream a reality. We provide all the training, support and tools you need, and look after podcast distribution across popular platforms, and broadcast your content right across the Waikato region on 89.0FM.

Read how: https://www.freefm.org.nz/Involved/Content-Creator.aspx

28/05/2026

Friday’s lineup of Free FM shows;

Community Zone:
11.00am Western Community Centre's Out West Radio’s updates on all things happening in the west of Kirikiriroa
2.00pm Cult Chat from Plains Media
Youth Zone:
3.00 Equal Agenda with YWCA Waikato
3.30pm – A Sonic Youth explores new indie releases
4.30pm – Wrestling Roundup – if you know, you know.

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 English Language Partners Waikato
10.00pm – the Free FM MUSIC ZONE kicks off with DJ D and 1200 Degrees followed by 1200 Twelves and then 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
https://www.freefm.org.nz/Involved/Content-Creator.aspx
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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

28/05/2026

Echoes of Dissent Ep 7 - Who Would Jesus Bomb?
David Rovics’ Who Would Jesus Bomb is a provocative song, examining war, faith, power and the language used to justify violence.
Written in the post-9/11 era, it asks difficult questions about religion, politics and conflict. We explore the song’s origins, its controversies, and why its themes seem even more relevant today than they did 25 years ago.

🎧 LISTEN NOW https://accessmedia.nz/player?EID=1d735d7d-5bb2-4fa7-84d6-a18855522073&audioOnlyMode=true

Free FM is proud to be home to Echoes Of Dissent, which every episode traverses the centuries and musical genres to dive into one song that cries out ‘This is wrong!’
We ask, what is it saying? Who wrote it? Why? What does it say for us today? At times we will be challenged, disturbed, unsettled.

All episodes:
🎧 Apple Podcasts https://freefm.social/Echoes-Apple

🎧 Spotify https://freefm.social/Echoes

🎧 Free FM https://freefm.social/Echoes-FreeFM

David Rovics’ Who Would Jesus Bomb is a provocative song, examining war, faith, power and the language used to justify violence. Written in the post-9/11 era, it asks difficult questions about religion, politics and conflict. We explore the song’s origins, its controversies, and why its themes s...

26/05/2026

🇵🇭 ‘B Orig’ celebrates Bisaya (Philippines) original music.

NEW EPISODE 🎧 https://accessmedia.nz/player?EID=15083cbf-d03f-49cb-8348-41192e98b2f6&audioOnlyMode=true

Host Mel Libre’s mission is to introduce the music, both traditional and pop, of Bisaya artists as well as Bisaya culture and language to a wider audience, and “to provide a link to Bisaya people in New Zealand to other parts of the globe”.

B Orig airs Tuesdays at 9pm [repeated 5am Thursdays] and all episodes are available from
📻 Free FM https://rebrand.ly/BOrig-FreeFM
🍎 Apple Podcasts https://rebrand.ly/BOrig-Apple

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

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.

26/05/2026

Free FM is proud to be home to Paul Trenwith’s Back Porch Bluegrass NZ 🎙️radio show and 📲 podcast!
The ‘theme’ song of this show, aptly titled ‘Back Porch Bluegrass’, kicks off, and then we have some great music from the Kody Norris Show, the Lynn Morris Band, Kenny Baker playing a tune (about my latest project, boat building), the fine Canadian band Jerusalem Ridge, and the Lonesome River Band. There’s a couple of Stanley Brothers tunes from Seldom Scene and Doc Watson, and the Hamilton County Bluegrass Band features Colleen in the classic tune, ‘Ashokan Farewell’. Dolly Parton sings some bluegrass, and we round out the show with some great tunes from the bands listed above. Fine music.
🎧 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/back-porch-bluegrass-show-26-05-2026/id592622807?i=1000769623110

Lots of back episodes are always available too!

🎧 Apple Podcasts
https://rebrand.ly/BackPorchBluegrass-Apple
🎧 Free FM
https://rebrand.ly/BackPorchBluegrass

Podcast Episode · Back Porch Bluegrass Show · May 26 · 59m

26/05/2026

🎧 LISTEN https://accessmedia.nz/player?EID=ef7dd810-85f6-481e-a8e6-b31921e02e5b&audioOnlyMode=true

The Sandwich Club Ep 6 - We Raised Them to have their own opinions
We Raised Them to have their own opinions…and don't they!
There’s a moment when the relationship shifts — from raising your children to being quietly reviewed by them.
In this episode, Tracey brings two of hers in and they talk about how things have changed from both sides. Get ready for some nan-splaining!

The Sandwich Club is for women in the middle — juggling kids, parents, work, money, bodies and everything in between.

Free FM is sharing The Sandwich Club Tuesdays at midday, with repeats Thursdays 10.30am and Saturdays 9am.
📻 89.0 FM Waikato-wide
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Podcasts of all episodes available from freefm.org.nz, Apple Podcasts and Spotify
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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We Raised Them to have their own opinions…and don't they! There’s a moment when the relationship shifts — from raising your children to being quietly reviewed by them. In this episode, Tracey brings two of hers in and they talk about how things have changed from both sides. Get ready for some ...

26/05/2026

👉🏽 Staccato Signals of Constant Information with Matthew Bannister

Matthew Bannister muses on how telegraphic or Morse-code-type sounds were used by 1960-70s acts like The Supremes, Glen Campbell and David Bowie to represent the "noise" of modern communication. Produced by Phil Grey.

🎧 Listen: https://accessmedia.nz/player?EID=1cb025a2-8cb3-49fd-bbbc-619ae7d1e2b0&audioOnlyMode=true

Welcome to Free FM’s De-Tour Du Jour. The weekly hour where your favourite Free FM DJs ditch the regular script to explore their deepest musical obsessions. No rules. No genres. Just total surprises.

Other De-Tour Du Jour episodes:
📻 Free FM: https://freefm.social/Detour
🍏 Apple Podcasts: https://freefm.social/Detour-Apple
🟢 Spotify: https://freefm.social/Detour-Spotify

De-Tour Du Jour hits the airwaves, and streams, Tuesdays at 11pm
📻 Broadcast: 89.0FM
💻 Livestream: freefm.org.nz, and via your Amazon Alexa and Google devices

👉🏽 How about your own radio show and podcast - with YOUR ideas, opinions, culture, language and music?!

We have everything you need - from studios, training and support, to managing distribution across all the popular podcasting platforms.

READ MORE: https://www.freefm.org.nz/Involved/Default.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

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24/05/2026

🎶 The Free FM NZ Music Month Feature Album of the Week – Casual Healing – ONE [May 2026]


Nikau Te Huki is a songwriter, producer and family man based on the Kapiti Coast of Aotearoa. He shares his unique perspective through music which touches on the hardship that comes with being a good person on earth. His mahi is faith driven and in recent years has made a significant impression on the Aotearoa music scene with his band Casual Healing, which has now become a solo endeavour. Nikau operates a humble recording studio in Paraparaumu named Te Whare Chur which records a number of gifted and passionate artists.
For over six years, Nikau has significantly influenced the music scene in Wellington. Establishing a vibrant hub for indigenous Roots, Rock, and Reggae through his band H4LF CAST.


Our favourite tracks featured throughout this week’s The Free Breakfast and across the Free FM schedule.

📻 Broadcast: 89.0FM across the Waikato
💻 Livestream: freefm.org.nz and your Amazon Alexa and Google devices

Check out a bunch more cool new music on air at Free FM:
https://www.freefm.org.nz/New-Music.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

24/05/2026

Kick back with your refreshment of choice – and the 🎶 Free FM MUSIC ZONE – home of serious music lovers!
🎛️ Tonight we’re sharing The Bass Culture Show – the reggae, funk, Afrobeat mixtape and bass culture shows curated by Dubmatix.

Tonight: The Evolution Of 80s Dub
This mix captures the moment when dub music stepped out of the smoky analog haze of the 1970s and into the sharper, more expansive sound of the 1980s. The heart of roots reggae still beats through every rhythm, but the tools had changed — studios were now running 16- and 24-track machines, early digital delays, and lush rack reverbs that gave engineers new dimensions to explore.
You’ll hear the dub evolution unfold - the heavy analog basslines of Black Uhuru – Puffed Out and Sly & Robbie – The Dub Of Gold meet the experimental layers of New Age Steppers – Aggro Dub Version and African Head Charge – Breeding Space, where ambient textures and early digital effects redefine what “space” in music could mean.

Then it’s more reggae and dub selections through ‘til midnight.

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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

Black Uhuru - The Dub FactorRecord date : 1983Producer : Sly Du...