Interviews from the Raglan Morning Show

Sarah Johnson & Jess Thornley join us to talk about this year's writers workshop featuring Michelle Elvy, Jacquie McRae, Catherine Wallace and Deborah Challinor

Jacqueline & Charlie from Go Raglan join us to talk about the new tourism strategy that has emerged after a year of consultation with the community. We talk about why it was needed, what the results are and what the community wants to see happening in the future.

Rangi and Bison from the Poihakena Kaumatua group join us with promises of Fried Bread and Mussel Chowder at this Friday's growers market

Kirsty Barber has been out trying to get as many people enrolled by October 25th as she can and has been discovering a number of problems with the system that are likely to leave people disenfranchised.

We talk to Flynn Beetham ahead of the Bitter, Twisted and On Tap Comedy Show that is bringing eight comedians to town October 31st. Check out the worst-gig story near the tend of the podcast.

How do families and the primary carer deal with dementia and other life limiting illnesses? In studio we've got Deb King and new guest Penny HIbberd who has spent a career caring for people with Dementia and has written a Phd about the relationship between the primary carer and the person with dementia. For people in need of support: Alzheimers NZ : 0800 004 001 Dementia NZ : 0800 433 636 https://...

Founders of the Freedom2Fly Festival, Jess & Jair Ramirez join us to talk about this year's event, what's happening and who the guest performers are.

Marve from Hakea joins us in studio to tell us about their new Food Forest course happening at the end of the month. We talk about the design and practical aspects of putting in your own food forest.

Gillian Marie is back in the studio to talk about the action planned for Raglan while we also catch up with the news from Gaza and the Westbank and look at how the media is reporting on the situation since the ceasefire announcement.

Peter Raffel, author and former Columbia University Professor is looking at running a second creative writing workshop after his first one sold out. We talk about the workshop, his forthcoming book Bad Faith, how he pursued a career in writing and get some tips on writing while we've got the chance.

After a few months of testing the team at Hua Whenua are ready to invite more growers into their online system for local food producers. Part of the Whaingaroa's Food Resilience network Hua Whenua is a click and collect system for local produce, working alongside the Growers Market.

Deb King's latest murder mystery fundraiser is situated on the Raglan Golf Course. She won't tell us whodunit but Deb has all the rest of the details about the new story - and a request for new actors to get involved.

Isaac Lee, Writer/Director of 1978 joins us ahead of the double-screening of his coming-of-age film in the Town Hall on Sunday. We find out why he choose to combine a fictional story within a real story, how important it was to get the true story right and the unique way they he funded the film and got it made.

Thyme To Cook is the new cook book by Emma Galloway and the Morning Show has been given an advance copy so we can try out the recipes. Emma joins us to talk about the new concept for her 4th book and where the idea came from. Naturally we also discuss a few of the recipes. Note that the NZ launch date announced in the interview has been put back to 6th October with the news coming through straight...

Dermot Murtagh and Guy Burns join us in the studio to talk about this weekend's Backgammon competition at the Old School. They give us the low down on the event and who's going to be playing while also trying to explain the game to novice Aaron

New, aspiring or experienced writers are all welcome at the Word Collective. We talk to coordinator Jane Forkert about the Collective and find out how it all works.

Food sovereignty evangelist James Samuel joins us for a conversation challenging the myth that conventional food production is efficient and looking at what we can, and need, to do differently. We cover food forests, syntropic agroforestry and what the future holds.

We try to get inside the mind's of the Inkspillers Collective following the release of their latest collection of works, Backlit 3. We hear about creativity, how writing happens and also get an early insight into Wanda Barker's forthcoming novel.

Martine is the new financial mentor at the community house, and is in-studio to talk about how he can help people struggling with income, over spending, debt, bankruptcy issues and more.

Birth Doula's Michelle and Maria will be at the creative market this Sunday so we've got Michelle in studio to tell us what a birth doula does, how they're different to a midwife and why you might want their services

A regular stallholder at the Creative Market for many year, we finally get Liz on the line to talk about her busy life where she develops and manufactures all her skin care products, even producing her own labels.

It's rare to have someone from Whaingaroa running in the Taranaki-King Country electorate so we've invited Phil into the studio to talk about the decision and what he hopes to achieve

With death being such a taboo subject in our culture people are often caught unprepared for all the decisions that need to be made at the end of life. Michelle O'Donnell - Hight and Adele Van Weerden join us in studio ahead of their Death Cafe event at the Old School this Wednesday to get the conversation going.

The data is in on the WSL and while it wasn't perfect it looks like it was an overall positive experience for the community. Charlie Young and Jacqueline Anderson from Go Raglan are in studio to talk about the data collected, what it will mean next time - and if there will be a next time for the big surf event.

Not only is going electric good for the environment but these days it's also good for your wallet. Jaydan Salzke joins us from Rewiring Aotearoa with all the stats you need to encourage you to make the shift.