You will have to try and live without us for the rest of this week! Due to a technical hitch we have our first recording gap of this pilot period for 88.2FM. Which is to say that the processing of Sunday night’s live broadcast 7 April was not completed and we aren’t able to share repeat broadcasts with you this Monday to Saturday. Sob. Apologies.

Thanks for bearing with us during this first three months pilot as we troubleshoot together.

Back on Sunday!

Here’s our lineup live on Sunday repeated nightly 5-11pm. Remember you can stream it anywhere here at paekakariki.org.nz

5pm Paekakariki Pop   
Sophie and her friends Pippa and Tahlula have put together a show of their favorite songs. They will be playing songs current from the pop charts by Reece Mastin, Taylor Swift, Jamie McDell and more.

6pm Te Pae/The Perch
On Community Show ‘Te Pae’ this week live performances from Crimson Club and we’ll hear from local Rarotongan poet Rob Hack before he heads off to Niue.  Neighbour and MasterChef NZ eliminee Corinna Jewanski talks about her love of food and shares her Grandmother’s treasured Chicken Soup recipe.   We also explore whether Paekakariki is the centre of the universe for teens, with a look at issues facing youth in the village.  Plus Community Notices, C-Dog’s sports results and a sneek preview of what we can enjoy at Te Ra’s Harvest Fair

8-9.30pm             Viva la French Paekakariki

Shona and Sebastian present in English and French, stories and an eclectic mix of old and new music from all over the world with an emphasis on French culture and ancient music.

9.30-11pm The Space Doctor
Space, stargazing, astronomical chat and lots of space music, ranging from Holst to Soundgarden, some of which will “evoke a feeling of contemplative spaciousness.” With DJ Mick.

Thanks for listening. Our pilot period sees us run a monthly programme for three months, in the current timeframe 5pm-11pm, so this marks the end of month two!

This Easter week as we celebrate Christ’s resurrection and, with eggs and bunnies, Ishtar, the ancient Babylonian and Assyrian Goddess of fertility and sex, Paekakariki 88.2FM brings you some joyful couplings. Sunday-Saturday 5pm-11pm on your radios and streaming at paekakariki.org.nz.

5pm             Parental Misguidance

Join Ed and Luca, father and son, for an hour of pop, punk and polka. Helping to bridge the generation gap through song – Rihanna to the Ramones.

6pm             Te Pae/ The Perch

This week live in the studio Blue Vein , our neighbour of the week is D’Arcy Lunn wit his Happy, Simply house, a squawk from Nga Uruora with Paul McAlister, a Fishing report with Pirate Pete, Movie Review with Gabe Bishop-Evans, and issue of the week is living with Downs Syndrome, with Mandy Thompson and Carmen Slater. Finally we have a spoken word performance by Lee Posna.

8-9.30pm            M.A.W.P.

Stefan and MCMC present M.A.W.P an irreverent look at pop and rock, new and old.  Episode 2: Nico and her gold halo. Competition hotline! Text 022-0814091.

9.30-11pm             The Weather Girls

DJ Fred and DJ Lavender focus on female artists (although not exclusively), interspersed with weather related topics.

Your contributions welcome at [email protected]

This week! From the centre of the centre of the universe! No hold barred discussion on planning changes for properties facing coastal erosion and, live from the dairy, Hemi Morar (aka Horace’s wife) speaks. Streaming worldwide on the net at paekakariki.org.nz and in Paekakariki on your radios 88.2FM, week six of our pilot sees us again live on Sunday, and repeating the show Monday to Saturday, with some favourite monthly Paekakariki specialist shows and our weekly community show Te Pae.

5pm     Collective Korero
Collecting the korero in Paekakariki, with host Kaia Hawkins. Your neighbours’ lives and record collections.

6-8pm      Te Pae (The Perch)
Your weekly news, views, performances and interviews of Paekakariki with host Mark Amery and producer Melanie Phipps.
This week includes (in order) a musical performance by Pavlova, our Neighbour of the Week interview with Hemi Morar from the Paekakariki dairy, Clinton’s sports round up, community notices at 7pm, our squawk of our week from the Bowling Club and a spoken word performance by Mercedes Webb-Pullman.
Our weekly panel discussion this week is part two on coastal erosion, the Coastal Erosion Hazard Assessment and the new coastal erosion lines drawn, with KCDC Sustainable Development Manager Jim Ebenhoh, and fellow residents Prue Hyman and Paul Callister.  Email in your questions and they will have a go at answering them: [email protected]

8pm    The Wildwood Hour
Travels through the vast landscape of country and folk music, with Helen Keivom.

9pm     Anything Could Happen
A sampling of indie rock / pop from the late ‘70s to the present, with a hearty dose of New Zealand content, with Jim Ebenhoh

10pm  Beats and Bangers
Servin up some fresh beats and sizzling bangers. Keepin it oldschool, keepin it greasy, no mash, no cheesey!!! With Jack Cromie.

All feedback and queries welcomed to [email protected]. And if you’re on Facebook we really would appreciate you pressing ‘like’ on the PaekakarikiFM page so we can keep you in touch.

Greetings Paekakarikeans and friends over the tracks,

We celebrate our first month on air (applause) which means in this pilot period the chance for you to hear our beloved week one hosts return sharper, keener and funkier. But wait, there’s more! We also throw into the works a brand new show from our favourite Black Seed Tim Jaray.

5pm   Indiginz sessions: with Himiona Grace, music by contemporary Maori, Pacific and Aotearoa based bands and artists, with a few tracks by indigenous and ethnic groups from around the globe.

6-8pm    Te Pae/ The Perch FM: A two hour show of community news, notices, interviews, performances and music for every taste. This week:

Live musical performance: Oscar Dorne

Neighbour of the Week interview: Tim Hunt, Pacific Tattoo

Movie reviewer: Gabe Bishop-Evans

Community Group Squawk of the Week: Playcentre, in the lead up to Kapiti Garden Show

Community Notices at 7pm

Issue of the Week: Coastal Erosion – our seawall

Writer of the Week: Hugh Brown

8-9pm  Garage Sale Funk: Music and stories from Haumia Street’s funkiest DJ and garage sale goer, Paul Howard.

9-10pm Living the Highlife

From Lagos to Addis Ababa and back, with Tim Jaray

10-11pm Classical Futures: Anna-Marie O’Brien takes you on a journey through modern classical music, local and beyond.

The above programme changes weekly and begins live on Sunday nights and is then repeated nightly at the same times Monday-Saturday. We are currently in a three month pilot phase so do excuse all bumps along the way!

Paekakariki: this is your perch, we want your contribution!

Email us with your feedback, ideas or contribute a community notice to [email protected]. Community Notices must have ‘community notice’ in the subject line, be ready to be read out and be less than 100 words.

To present a show, support our ongoing viability or get involved in other ways please go here.

Here’s our lineup live on Sunday repeated nightly 5-11pm. Remember you can stream it anywhere here at paekakariki.org.nz

5pm Paekakariki Pop   
Sophie and her friends Pippa and Tahlula have put together a show of their favorite songs. They will be playing songs current from the pop charts by Reece Mastin, Taylor Swift, Jamie McDell and more.

6pm Te Pae/The Perch
This week the gorgeous Kaia Hawkins is in the presenter chair with a host of great guests in for a chinwag. First up its a few songs from Wellington Road bourbon baritone bluesman Al Witham. Neighbour of the week is Tom Taptiklis, and Clinton’s back with the Paekakariki sports round-up. Community Notices are at 7pm for all your local information with our producer Melanie Phipps. Garage Sale Funkman Paul Howard provides the Sqawk of the Week on behalf of the Bowls Club and at the end of the show we have spoken word from Apirana Taylor. Between 7 and 8 our issue of the week is Education, looking at homeschooling with Maggie Bishop, a local parent homeschooling her teenager, vis a vis the state system with Assistant Principal at Kapiti College Ragne Maxwell. All locals

8pm M.A.W.P
Stefan and MCMC present M.A.W.P. , an irreverent look at pop and rock, new and old. Episode 1: Scarlett Johannson and Primal Scream.

9pm The Space Doctor
Where and when to see comet PanSTARRS… Live stargazing tips (take your radio to the beach)… An interview with astrophotographer Mark Gee from wellington …https://vimeo.com/58385453 … And lots of space music, ranging from Holst to Soundgarden, some of which will “evoke a feeling of contemplative spaciousness.”

10pm  Beats and Bangers
Servin up some fresh beats and sizzling bangers. Keepin it oldschool, keepin it greasy, no mash, no cheesey!!! With Jack Cromie.

Thanks for listening and bearing with our errors and technical glitches. It’s a pilot period for us as we all get things right. But what a pile of shows last week! Our pilot period sees us run a monthly programme for three months, probably in the current timeframe 5pm-11pm, so this marks the end of month one and the last batch of new shows (well we’re sure to sneak a few new surprises in), which means next week March 24 you can look forward to the return of some of your fave shows thus far.

This week Sunday-Saturday on Paekakariki’s favourite radio station in the whole wide world 88.2FM, streaming at paekakariki.org.nz, things break into a whole lot of new flavours, formats and styles.

5pm             Parental Misguidance

Join Ed and Luca, father and son, for an hour of pop, punk and polka. Helping to bridge the generation gap through song – Rihanna to the Ramones.

6pm             Te Pae/ The Perch

This week live in the studio The Dovetails, neighbour of the week Suzy Richardson, a squawk from the Surf Club, Fishing report with Pete, Movie Review with Gabe, and issue of the week is our Highway intersection with interviews with the local Fire Station and, from reporter Gareth with a swag of your questions in hand, NZTA.

8pm             Viva la French Paekakariki

Shona Jaunas is joined by guests to play an eclectic mix of old and new music from all over the world with an emphasis on French culture and ancient music.

9pm             The Weather Girls

DJ Fred and DJ Lavender focus on female artists (although not exclusively), interspersed with weather related topics.

10pm The Paekakariki Interesting Musical Appreciation Society

A special emergency community meeting has resulted in the gathering of an eclectic show of songs based on the theme of ‘radio’.

Streaming worldwide on the net at paekakariki.org.nz and in Paekakariki on your radios 88.2FM, week two of our pilot sees us again live on Sunday, and repeating the show Monday to Saturday, with a new raft of monthly Paekakariki specialist shows and our weekly community show Te Pae.

5pm     Collective Korero
Collecting the korero in Paekakariki, with host Kaia Hawkins. Your neighbours’ lives and record collections.

6-8pm      Te Pae (The Perch)
Your weekly news, views, performances and interviews of Paekakariki with host Mark Amery and producer Melanie Phipps.
This week includes (in order) a musical performance by Hurricane Shayn Wills, our Neighbour of the Week interview with our farmer John Perkins, all new feature Clinton’s sports round up, community notices at 7pm, our squawk of our week from a local organisation Paekakariki School with principal John Masson, and a spoken word performance by Therese Lloyd.
Our weekly panel discussion this week is on the theme of The Birds. Peter Handford and Daniel Bar-Even of Groundtruth and wildlife biologist Murray Williams will talk about the bird audio link from Kapiti Island; birds and other wildlife of Paekakariki: what we’ve got and the issues for local wildlife – including where the cats fit in. Email in your questions and they will have a go at answering them: [email protected]

8pm    The Wildwood Hour
Travels through the vast landscape of country and folk music, with Helen Keivom.

9pm     Anything Could Happen
A sampling of indie rock / pop from the late ‘70s to the present, with a hearty dose of New Zealand content, with Jim Ebenhoh

10pm  Beats and Bangers
Servin up some fresh beats and sizzling bangers. Keepin it oldschool, keepin it greasy, no mash, no cheesey!!! With Jack Cromie.

All feedback and queries welcomed to [email protected]. And if you’re on Facebook we really would appreciate you pressing ‘like’ on the PaekakarikiFM page so we can keep you in touch.

Our first broadcast (which you can hear streaming here on the internet or on the radio nightly 5-11pm till Saturday) was something rather special, if you can forgive our frequent dodgy mike levels, ums and ahs – which we hope we made up for with so much heart. Himiona Grace kicked things off with a beautiful mihi and a stonking broad array of contemporary Aotearoa sounds. We had visits from local kaumatua Karl Farrell and were blessed to have as first interview guest on our community radio show Te Pae (6-8) Carol Reihana.

There were a few wet eyes, mine included, when over 25 local tamariki sang local waiata to welcome the show as part of our Kapa Haka roopu. For future reference if your band has more than 25 players, we can’t fit you. The Te Pae show had a bit of an accidental theme going, Paekakariki’s physical boundaries. Whilst Carol recalled Ngati Haumia’s original shark toothed settlement down in the crook of Wainui Stream where the Holiday Park is now, Joan Hilder in her tennis club report recalled the first house she grew up in in the village in the 1960s – the houses where now the Ames Street reserve is. We followed with Janet Holborrow and Paul Hughes discussing extensions to Paekakariki now – the future use of the land at the end of Tilley Road, and the Grow Paekakariki’s drive to secure Perkins farmland for our community before it passes to the powers that be bringing us Transmission Gully. We’re blessed to have producer Melanie Phipps onboard.

Here’s poet Helen Heath rounding things off with a beautiful selection of her work.

After 8pm, Paul Howard told us via Lou Donaldson that things were going to get funky, on his show Garage Sale Funk, and they. sure. were. Special kudos for having into the studio our very own band Skapiti and a joy to hear a live recording of their tune ‘Paekakariki After Midnight’. Anna Marie O’Brien followed taking us on a beautiful journey through modern classical music, of great breadth – from the astonishing choral sounds of Dudley Benson’s ‘Tui’ to Sibelius. A beautiful way to end a beautiful Sunday night.

We’d love your ideas and views – and even better would love one of you out there to do a blog report on next week’s shows, like this one but… from your very own particular Paekakariki point of view! Let us know

Mark