This show broadcast June 2015. Click here to listen to the podcast: GREEN TEA June 2015 SoundCloud In this special feature program I interview Reuben Harcourt who is freshly returned from a short, yet incredibly intense stint in Nepal. Reuben travelled to the country just three weeks before the 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit on 25 April. He … Read more
This show broadcast on 5th May 2015. Click here to listen to the podcast: GREEN TEA May 2015 SoundCloud I visit the 3rd Paekakariki Women’s Clothing Swap and speak to organisers Carmen Slater and Nicky Walker about the eithics that motivate them to continue putting this event on. Junior reporter Milli Nixon interview’s Olive Stringfellow … Read more
This show first broadcast on 31st March 2015. Click here to listen to the podcast: GREEN TEA April 2015 SoundCloud We visit the KCDC Sustainable Home & Garden Show and take a guided tour though the Paekakariki School exhibition at the show. Members of the Paekakariki branch of the Kapiti Fresh Organic Co-op, Kirsty Anderson, Juanita Murray, and Vanessa … Read more
This show first broadcast on 3rd March 2015. Click here to listen to the podcast: GREEN TEA MARCH 2015 SoundCloud For my first feature this month I interview Sally Blackwell about her experiences as part of one of the member households in this year’s Greenest Neighbourhood season. We talk thermal envelope, pelmets, gardening and a developing sense of community in … Read more
This show broadcast on 3rd February 2015. Click here to listen to the podcast: GREEN TEA FEBRUARY 2015 SoundCloud Welcome to the first show of 2015, this year I have Russell Thomas joining me behind the ‘Green Tea’ scenes, welcome Russell, great to have you in the mix! Local ‘Bike-lady’ Jan Nisbet talks about the new cycle path … Read more
This show broadcast on 7th October 2014. Click here to listen to the podcast: GREEN TEA OCTOBER 2014 SoundCloud Friends of the Paekakariki Streams. I interview Rob Cross about the role of our streams in the Kapiti landscape, he talks about water, wetlands, and wildlife from a KCDC bio-diversity officer’s perspective. Then Dr Mike Joy tells me … Read more
This show broadcast on 2nd September 2014. Click here to listen to the podcast: GREEN TEA SEPTEMBER 2014 SoundCloud Being election season in New Zealand, the show has a theme, and we’re talking about the art, history, and politics of Protest. First up I speak to long time political activist, journalist, and current Paekakariki Community Board member … Read more
This show first broadcast on 5th August 2014. Click here to listen to the podcast: GREEN TEA AUGUST 2014 SoundCloud Avant Gardener Hannah Zwartz is our regular gardening expert on the show, but this month she takes front seat in my feature interview. Freshly returned from her 8 week trip to San Francisco, Cuba, and Mexico. Hannah started … Read more
This show first broadcast on 1st July 2014. Click here to listen to the podcast: GREEN TEA JULY 2014 SoundCloud Junior reporter Milli Nixon interviews Eli Ward about his school ‘Waste Audit’ project he did in the village to find out if Paekakariki could benefit from installing recycling bins in public places. Eli calculated that at least 20,000 … Read more
This show first broadcast on 3rd June 2014. Click here to listen to the podcast: GREEN TEA JUNE 2014 SoundCloud This month Geoff Osgood tells us about the Ratpack project. You can check out the Wellington Road North, Greenest Street blog with lots of great pictures here. Please contact them for more info on getting your own tunnel trap … Read more