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04/10/2026

Featured Community Notice: 🌍 Expand Your Horizons with EarthDiverse Language Courses! 🗣️
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🎟️ Action: Booking required via their website.

📅 When: Various weekly schedules available across upcoming terms. Term 4 begins 18 October.

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04/10/2026

🎶 Free FM Feature Album of the Week – Brennan Wedl - Brennan Wedl [2026]

Wedl is an American indie musician from Minneapolis, Minnesota who is currently based in Nashville, Tennessee. Wedl was previously in the queercore group, Dazey and the Scouts.

Wedl’s self-titled second studio album, produced by Katie Crutchfield and Brad Cook, was released August 21, 2026. Paste wrote that the record “feels like Wedl’s definitive moment of striking out on her own, proving herself as a daring leading lady of Southern rock.”
In the fall of 2026, she will tour as an opening act with Snail Mail and Soccer Mommy.




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

04/10/2026

🎶 Free FM Feature Album of the Week – Brennan Wedl - Brennan Wedl [2026]

Wedl is an American indie musician from Minneapolis, Minnesota who is currently based in Nashville, Tennessee. Wedl was previously in the queercore group, Dazey and the Scouts.

Wedl's self-titled second studio album, produced by Katie Crutchfield and Brad Cook, was released August 21, 2026. Paste wrote that the record “feels like Wedl’s definitive moment of striking out on her own, proving herself as a daring leading lady of Southern rock.”
In the fall of 2026, she will tour as an opening act with Snail Mail and Soccer Mommy.


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

04/10/2026

BETTER MUSIC RADIO! ▶️ Free FM is overseen by people who luuuuurve music – and work hard to select the choicest new stuff. Not the same Top 40 over and over. Not classic hits, not MOR. Fresh, interesting, and a bit cool.

Here's a few added from this week.

Check the recently added tunes via our New Releases page – https://www.freefm.org.nz/New-Music.aspx

Tracks featured throughout Free FM’s The Free Breakfast and our daily schedules.
📻 89.0 FM Waikato-wide
👉🏽 ask your smart speaker to play ‘Free FM eighty-nine point zero’

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 the CAMA Community Access Media Alliance . Thanks also to

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

03/10/2026

Aló Aotearoa News Ep 28 – ¿Qué haces cuando necesitas apoyo psicológico en Nueva Zelanda y no sabes por dónde empezar?

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En este episodio de Aló Aotearoa conversamos con Gaby Suhl, psicóloga en Auckland, sobre cómo funciona el sistema de salud mental en Aotearoa, cómo entender las opciones disponibles y la importancia de buscar apoyo cuando lo necesitamos. Gaby también comparte su experiencia y habla directamente con nuestra comunidad. Además, viajamos hasta Tauranga para vivir el increíble Festival Latino, con historias, música, cultura y momentos que celebran la diversidad y la comunidad latina en Aotearoa. Un episodio con información, historias y mucha conexión con nuestra comunidad.

📻 TRANSMISIÓN Sábados a las 7pm, repetido Lunes 9:00pm y Miércoles 7:00pm.
📻 89.0 FM en toda la región de Waikato
💻 transmisión en vivo: freefm.org.nz
👉🏽 Pídele a tu altavoz inteligente que reproduzca ‘Free FM eighty-nine point zero’

🎧 Disponible en
👉🏽 Free FM
https://freefm.social/AloAotearoa-FreeFM

👉🏽 Apple Podcasts
https://freefm.social/AloAotearoa-Apple

👉🏽 Spotify
https://freefm.social/AloAotearoa-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
👉🏽 https://linktr.ee/freefm89

01/10/2026

Echoes of Dissent Ep 25 - Grey Hulls or MRIs?

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New Zealand is about to spend up to $9 BILLION on two warships that can't patrol our own coastline, can't stop illegal fishing in our own waters, and — by the government's own experts' logic — couldn't actually defend us anyway. So why are we buying them?
This week, Echoes of Dissent asks the question Wellington doesn't want to answer: Why Grey Hulls? Why not MRIs instead?
Dame Lynda Topp opens with the funniest takedown of the defence budget you'll hear all year. Then Herbs, Shona Laing, Bob Dylan and Edwin Starr join the soundtrack.
We take a hard look at choices between frigates and hospitals, and where every party stands before November 7. Listen before you vote.

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

Free FM – charting a future where community voices remain at the heart of Aotearoa’s media landscape.

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
👉🏽 https://linktr.ee/freefm89

01/10/2026

🇹🇴 Mo’ui lelei – Tali tali lelei 🇹🇴 the 100% Tongan language programme bringing you local, national and international news that matters to the Tongan community. We celebrate Tongan music, health, fitness and education programmes, and invite special guests to share their experiences.

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Tune in Thursdays 7pm [NZ / Tongan time], repeated Mondays 6.30pm
📻 89.0 FM Waikato-wide
👉🏽 live streamed from freefm.org.nz or TuneIn
👉🏽 ask your smart speaker to play ‘Free FM eighty-nine point zero’

🎧 All episodes also available on
🟢 Spotify https://rebrand.ly/MouiLelei-Spotify
🍏 Apple Podcasts https://freefm.social/MouiLelei-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

https://linktr.ee/freefm89

Society & Culture Podcast · Updated Weekly · 🇹🇴 Mo’ui lelei – Tali tali lelei the 100% Tongan language programme bringing you local, national and international news that matters to the Tongan community. We celebrate Tongan music, health, fitne…

01/10/2026

🇵🇭 Barangay New Zealand 🇵🇭 is your Filipino home, away from home – your connection to the homeland. Tune in every Tuesday for an hour of Pinoy music and information.

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Barangay New Zealand airs Thursdays at 8pm [repeated 4am Mondays] and all episodes are available from
📻 Free FM
https://freefm.social/Barangay

🍎 Apple Podcasts
https://freefm.social/Barangay-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

01/10/2026

🇳🇿 This week on Down Under Currents, we kick things off with The Bright Ideas and their new track Bayonet from the Bright Sharp Things EP, before diving into another eclectic collection of independent music from around Aotearoa - including Blisster, Crook, Oscar Dowling, Moon Unit, Model, TAKATAPUNANI, Louis Baker, Eo, Summer Vee, reb fountain, The Datsuns and Conrad Wedde (from The Phoenix Foundation).

🇳🇿 Down Under Currents is a music discovery show celebrating the best independent music coming out of Aotearoa. In each episode, host Gary Farrow plunges into the currents beneath the mainstream, featuring emerging artists, new releases, local scenes, and the stories behind the songs. From indie rock and alternative to surf, garage, dream-pop, and everything in between, Down Under Currents is your guide to finding your next favourite New Zealand band.

All episodes available from
📻 Free FM:
https://freefm.social/DownUnder
🍏 Apple Podcasts:
https://freefm.social/DownUnder-Apple

Broadcast in the Free FM 🎵 Music Zone 🎸 – Thursdays at 10pm
📻 89.0 FM Waikato-wide
💻 Livestream: freefm.org.nz
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Tuia ngā reo o te hapori - Bringing together the voices of our community. Kirikiriroa, Aotearoa / Hamilton, NZ. Supported by NZ On Air and part of CAMA - Community Access Media Alliance.

30/09/2026

🇮🇳 हिन्दो रेडियो शो और पॉडकास्ट न्यू ज़ीलैएनडीएस से
Musafir Hoon Yaaro – a weekly Hindi radio show and podcast from Hamilton, New Zealand.

🎧 all episodes:
Free FM:
https://freefm.social/musafir-FreeFM

Apple Podcasts:
https://freefm.social/musafir-Apple

The show airs weekly via 🇳🇿 Free FM 89.0 [Hamilton, NZ] 7pm Wednesdays [NZ time]

Musafir Hoon Yaaro is hosted by Jimmy Singh and is one of several shows that make up the Free FM ETHNIC ZONE.

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

Society & Culture Podcast · Updated Weekly · Musafir Hoon Yaaro (I am a Traveller) is a show in Hindi, hosted by Arsh Singh. Arsh wants his show to reflect his lifestyle and that of other Indian students who are studying in the Waikato region. W…