Love, Live, Local

 Lauren Hunter the  Solid Waste Team Leader at the Central Otago District council. talks recycling plans, and the upcoming changes to the kerbside wheelie bin service and how it all works 

Host Brent Harbour speaks with  Winter Games NZ CEO, Marty Toomey on how the new funding secured from Central Government,  will allow them to showcase Aotearoa to the world through  the biggest snow sports programme they have ever delivered!

Toby from Bike Wanaka talks about revitalizing Lismore Park and their plans for a thrilling community hub.

 Eddie Adams from Dunstan High school has been shortlisted for Central Otago Junior Sportsman of the Year, we talk about that, his most memorable mountain biking event and more

Prue Kane and the team from  from Wai Wanaka  are celebrating planting over 45,000 native plants in the Upper Clutha over the last five years!   

Hamish McMurdo, the General Manager for Recycle South, on some common misconceptions when it comes to recycling, some of the services Recycle South offers and their social good role in Southland

Hamish McMurdo, General Manager of Recycle South, on their initiatives to recycle farm plastics.

 After 52 years working with the tuatara at the Southland Museum, Senior Living Species Officer  Lindsay tells host Brent Harbour how it all got underway for him, some of the amazing discoveries he made along the way, and the success of the Tuatara breeding programme.

 Hannah and Lindsay,  have been organising protests to highlight Queenstown's rental crisis. They share some stories of people and families and the impact finding a home is having on them, and the outcome of their meetings with MP's and Councilors.  

In this Interview Brent talks to Julia Blackford from WAO.co.nz  on food resilience and sustainability.  Julia  has said that “In a really short space of time, we’ve totally lost our individual responsibility and ability to feed ourselves,” So we look at what has worked in the past and what information they are looking to gain from a survey they recently conducted.  

 Grant Harnish, has restored a beautiful historic flying boat, the Grumman G-44 Widgeon. He flew it to Lake Te Anau for floatplane jam. We talk about the planes background, including its time in Fiordland and the restoration. 

 Ben from Wastebusters Wanaka talks Dr Compost, a fantastic programme and initiative they run that will help keep organic waste from landfill, we chat about composting, Bokashi bins and more 

Debora Fairbrother from the NASA Balloon Programme Office on the launch, what the super pressure balloon is carrying and why Wanaka?