NZ Music Month 2009 - Waiheke Choral Society

By - Waiheke Choral Society. The Waiheke Choral Society kicked off New Zealand Music Month with a performance at the Waiheke Library in Artworks on Sat, May 2nd. Waiheke Radio was there to record the performance as part of the Waiheke Podcasting Project.

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Liz Jamieson-Hastings Author Talk

By - Liz Jamieson Hastings. Liz Jamieson-Hastings is a Waiheke woman who has written a book, Still Standing, that describes her struggle with alcohol and anorexia and how she overcame this. She now advocates for drug and alcohol counselling for prisoners. The Waiheke library organised hosted an author talk by Liz early in 2009. This podcast is an edited version of that talk. The podcast was recorded and produced by Juliet Bonnay as part of the Waiheke Podcasting Project, an initiative of Waiheke Radio, with the support of ...

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Shirin talks to Tony Hayes, Woolworths Area manager

By - Shirin Brown. Shirin Brown from Waiheke Radio interviewed Tony Hayes the area manager for Woolworths about the fire and when Woolworths on Waiheke would be back at full capacity. Recording is outside and a bit windy.

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Tony Sears speech at Auckland City Council City Development Committee meeting

By - Brent Simpson. Community board member Tony Sears gave this speech at the Auckland City Council City Development Committee meeting on May 14th in regards to the recommendation by the group evaluating tenders for waste management on the island that the contract be given to TransPacific Industries (TPI) an Australian owned multi-national company thus removing over 25 years of locally managed waste management on the island.

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Des Mann Interview

By - Juliet Bonnay. Des Mann is a former Principal of Green Bay High School in Auckland New Zealand. Des and his partner Angela Bradbury sat down with Juliet Bonnay, teacher, counselor and artist to discuss what has led to a culture of bullying in New Zealand schools and society. This podcast was recorded and produced by Juliet Bonnay as part of the Waiheke Podcasting Project, an intiative of Waiheke Radio, with support from the Waiheke Community Board and Community Education at Waiheke High School.

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Councillor Cathy Casey statement at Auckland City Development Board Meeting

By - Brent Simpson. This speech by Councillor Cathy Casey was given at the Auckland City Development Board meeting about the tender for waste services on Waiheke. The councillor excused herself from this contentious process due to having a "conflict of interest" in that she represented the concerns of Waiheke residents rather than corporate and bottom line interests of the tender process.

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International Children's Book Day

By - Rosalie Henaghan. April 2 is International Children's Book Day. It was also Hans Christian Andersen's birthday. Rosalie Henaghan recorded this podcast to mark the occasion.

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Can a Human Fly Like A Bird?

By - Denny Reid. Denny Reid is a Waiheke Islander with a dream - to create flappable wings that can be worn by a human allowing them to fly like a bird. Here Denny explains his ideas for wearable working wings. The podcast was created by Denny as part of the Waiheke Podcasting Project - http://waihekepodcasting.ning.com

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Ian Simpson and Andy Lewis live at Waiheke Library 30 05 09

By . Every Saturday during May 2009 the Waiheke Library marked NZ Music Month with a live performance by a Waiheke artist. Waiheke Radio and the Waiheke Podcasting Project have been there to record them. On Sat 30th May it was the turn of local singer-songwriter Ian Simpson, accompanied on mandolin by Andy Lewis. Their performance is followed by an interview conducted by Shirin Brown.

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Ratification meeting of Waiheke Waste tender process

By - Brent Simpson. Recording of the meeting to ratify the recommendation from the Waiheke waste tender process.

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Phil Brown - Brofidicum drops and conservation

Broadcast 12 Nov at 7.00pm and 15 Nov at midday.  

Phil Brown, Auckland programme manager for biodiversity at the Department of Conservation talks about Brodifacoum  on the Hauraki Gulf Islands, and pest control in the context of species recovery. 

He also discusses the video "The Poisoning of Paradise", receontly broadcast on Waiheke.  

Interviewed by Hue Ross.  

World Teachers Day at Waiheke Primary

Waiheke Primary students and teachers put their "Hands Up for Learning" on Friday 30 October to mark World Teachers Day. Waiheke Radio went along and spoke to teachers and students of Waiheke Primary about the vlaue of teaching and learning and some of the issues schooling currently facing teachers.

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Vocal Local - Mark Parisien on 350 climate change and living on a boat

 Broadcast 22 October and replaying 25 October, 12pm.  

Mark Parisien, talks about spearheading the 350 climate change initiative on Waiheke.   350 mgs. represents the milligrams of carbon dioxide that the atmosphere can withstand.  Any more than that and world temperatures will rise by more than two degrees, causing huge damage to the environment and life on earth.  

Mark talks about how this action will be matched by actions around NZ and the world, and will be broadcast in Times Square on the 24th of October.  

The Waiheke event - 350 steps for climate change - is a walk from the ACC service centre in Ostend and  around the market.   People are invited to wear and paint themselves blue and green.  Prizes for the most outrageous adult and child outfit.  9.30am for a 10am start.