Whananaki FM

18/10/2025

THIS SUNDAY on Whananaki FM: Jodi Edwards is in to talk about the "Week That Was" in Whananaki where we'll attack the dodgy TA trail road-walking. Plus Ian Peters is in to talk about Jim Bolger's passing and his personal experiences with "The Great Helmsman". Dallas has a correction to make (eek) and we ask what the greatest issue facing Whananaki is right now. All this and more Sunday morning from 10am on Whananaki FM!

18/10/2025

It's kapa haka season at Whananaki School and these guys are the best you'll see we reckon! So we spoke to amazing kapa haka kaiwhakaako Tracey Mita about what's in store this year and how she and fellow teacher G Henry are getting the kids ready for the big school performance on November 28th (by the way, save the date, it is NOT TO BE MISSED!)

What does it take to get 40 kids fired up to crank out an amazing kapa haka performance? The presentation by the Whananaki School kids was undoubtably the highlight of the Capitaine Bougainville commemoration, and now ahead of their end-of-year performance on November 28th, we find out just how they...

18/10/2025

This week on "Meet Your Neighbour" we meet Betty Carson - an absolute local legend who came to Whananaki in 1967 with husband Jeff, making a huge contribution over 60 years to building our community. It was a real honour to sit down with Betty and talk about her life, her family and the place she loves! You can listen on the link.. thanks Mrs C. for letting us document a bit of your life for future generations.

Since arriving in the district in 1967 after swapping their farm in Titoki for one in Whananaki, Betty Carson along with husband Jeff have proved to be an absolute local legends. She's run the shop, was instrumental in building our local library, helped get the Te Araroa trail going and been at the....

12/10/2025

BREAKING: Ken Couper now in the lead in Whangarei mayoralty race over Vince Cocurullo, special votes still to be counted but a big shift from yesterday’s preliminary count.

11/10/2025

SUNDAY on WHANANAKI FM: We speak to our new local councillors and our new mayor; Jodi Edwards is in at 10am to talk the Week That Was in Whananaki; we cross to the school bingo night and find out who were the big winners and losers; and the Mystery Sound still has not been guessed... tomorrow only we are doubling the prize pool to a $500 Whananaki General Store voucher! Play once only (or maybe twice) at 10am, just call into the station with your guess on WHANANAKI466 that's 4338466!

10/10/2025

Meet Your Neighbour: Today we met Ben Heaven from Marua's Heaven's Brewery. What an awesome yarn with Ben this morning, you can listen back to our interview here!

He's the man who moved to Marua to start a brewery - Ben Heaven of Heaven's Brewery has had an amazing couple of years - from being named as one of the best 25 beers in the country and being stocked in every New World, to finding out his mum was swapped at birth - Ben's got a fascinating story and i...

09/10/2025

"Meet Your Neighbour" returns tomorrow at 9am! This week meet Ben Heaven from Marua's Heaven's Brewery - he's got an unbelievable story to tell about his whakapapa and a family surprise after an Ancestry DNA test two years ago... a jaw-dropping yarn that had us gripped! Oh yeah, and we talk a bit about beer too. Plus the MYSTERY SOUND returns, you could instantly win a $250 shop voucher! Saturday - 9am - WhananakiFM!

21/09/2025

The identity of our Mystery Sound is kept locked up tightly in our brand new Whananaki FM vault! Unfortunately we've just realised Donna is also in there with the key... anyone know a good safe cracker?

20/09/2025

Ian Peters was our extra special guest on "Meet Your Neighbour" today. A stalwart of the Southside, we spoke to Ian about growing up in Whananaki in the 50's, the differences between southsiders and northsiders, the values his mum and dad instilled in him as well as his other siblings and lots, lots more! Want to know how the pines ended up there? Or the little baches? You need to listen to Ian tell the stories... a true local legend! Link in comments!

12/09/2025

Lance Waddell features on our new "Meet Your Neighbour" segment with an amazing life story of entrepreneurialism with family always at the heart of it all. TOMORROW SUNDAY: Jodi Edwards joins us again to look at "The Week That Was" in Whananaki - after 10am on 88.2FM and iHeartRadio!

In a new Saturday morning feature on Whananaki FM, we meet a different local each week and find out their unique story!For our first Meet Your Neighbour session we sat down with local legend and all-round great guy Lance Waddell. We spoke about his highly successful business he and wife Glenn starte...

12/09/2025

Congratulations to the winner of the Whananaki FM radio Donna Peters!! Come and collect next time you're at the store! 📻🥳 ☀️

10/09/2025

BREAKING: Whananaki on Seven Sharp TONIGHT (Weds 10/09 @ 7pm) - CONFIRMED