A quasi-weekly podcast comprised of all Hugh's featured tracks for the past week. This week: Beans Wright - Robin Hoods Bay, Silk Cut - Godlike I, Lou'ana - Disco Witch, Fables - Sundown, Daily J - Hopetown

A radio show/podcast produced by Manawatū People's Radio with the support of New Zealand on Air.

This week we move away from our usual format to bring you half an hour of discussion on the issues I am currently having with capacity. It's a bit of a rant, but hopefully entertaining and perhaps eve...

Adam Claydon presents a weekly look at 80's music and pop culture.

A quasi-weekly podcast comprised of all Hugh's featured tracks for the past week. This week: Captain Relaxo - Bootlicker, The Last Dinner Party - Count the Ways, Polaroids of Polarbears - Palmerston North's Best Band, Darren Watson - Thirty Years of Tears, Lake South - Please Let Me Be Rich If I Cannot Be A Star

A quasi-weekly podcast comprised of all Hugh's featured tracks for the past week. This week: Echomatica - Something, Kirilee - The View, Wet Leg - CPR, Monty Hall's Problem - JOI joyo de vision (demo), Either/Eyether - Shut Ya Mouth

Hugh chats to Mycah Keall from Te Rākau Hua o Te Woa Tapu about their new show "Out The Gate" which comes to Te Pūtahi-a-toi at Massey University on the 4th of November. The show uses a unique Theatre Marae method which combines elements of Greek theatre and the Marae. "Out the Gate" is a response to the stories that follow people in the prison pipeline as they transition back to whānau and hapori. A community interview from the Morning Show on Manawatū People's Radio, produced with the support of New Zealand On Air

A quasi-weekly podcast comprised of all Hugh's featured tracks for the past week. This week: Leisure - Diamonds, Amamelia - The Floating Opera, Sheep, Dog, and Wolf - Epiphanies I & II, Em - Crush, Bic Runga - It's Like Summertime

Hugh chats to AJ who does guitars and synth programming for the band Echomatica, who just released their self-titled debut album! Find all things Echomatica at echomatica.bandcamp.com. A community interview from the Morning Show on Manawatū People's Radio, produced with the support of New Zealand On Air

A quasi-weekly podcast comprised of all Hugh's featured tracks for the past week. This week: Mel Parsons - Don't Leave The Light On, Baby Zionov - Space Holiday, Darren Watson - Ride Along, Hemi Hemingway - Wings of Desire

A quasi-weekly podcast comprised of all Hugh's featured tracks for the past week. This week: Colette Rivers - I'll Be Everywhere, Andwahn x Synthetic Children - Mountain Flower Salve, Sam Cullen - Don't Leave Me Alone, Our Beloved Ditch - These Tall Streets, Harry Charles - The Luck

A weekly programme on Palmerston North’s community radio, Manawatū People’s Radio (MPR), hosted by a couple from Wesley Broadway, provides a valuable opportunity for outreach ministry benefitting church and community.

The Meet The Candidates event was held at the Palmerston North Leisure Centre by Te Pū Harakeke on 19/09/25, and featured both mayoral and council candidates for PNCC as well as Horizons Regional Council. Candidates had 2 minutes each to introduce themselves to the audience. Find a podcast of the full event at www.mpr.nz/show/elections TIMESTAMPS 02:10 *HORIZONS CANDIDATES BEGIN* Jono Naylor 04:55 Emma Gregg 07:06 Peter Wells 08:33 Fiona Gordon 10:37 Munu Karki 11:53 *PNCC CANDIDATES BEGIN* Leonie Hapeta 13:53 Vaughan Dennison 16:04 Bonnie Kuru 18:00 Mark Gunning 19:42 Zakk Rokkanno 22:15 Cameron Jenkins 22:40 Karen Naylor 25:58 Billy Meehan 28:00 Zulfiqar Butt (Labour) 29:57 Lew Findlay 32:26 Quintin McGregor 34:39 Brent Barrett (Greens) 37:12 Rachel Bowen 39:25 Nelson Harper 41:29 Adrian Phillips 43:49 Lorna Johnson (Labour) 46:15 Kaydee Zabelin (Greens) 48:37 Richard Woolgar 50:40 *MAYORAL CANDIDATES BEGIN* Orphée Mickalad 53:19 Caleb Riddick 55:28 Michael Morris

The Meet The Candidates event was held at the Globe Theatre by Environment Network Manawatū on 09/09/25. This event was for candidates standing for Horizons Regional Council. In this section, candidates answer questions drawn at random from a basket. Find a podcast of the full event at www.mpr.nz/show/elections TIMESTAMPS 01:19 Do you support ratepayer money going into the biodiversity grant scheme that Horizons already runs? 03:46 Flood protection tends to rely on hard engineering structures without regard for aquatic biodiversity. How could Horizons integrate biodiversity into flood protection works? 05:36 Do you believe Horizons has a role in improving safety for cyclists and walkers? 06:29 What are the most pressing policy challenges facing Horizons? 07:29 How do you rationalise balancing the quality of water in the Manawatū river with the need to discharge effluent into it from the populations living alongside it? 08:32 How will you approach the challenge of including long term strategic thinking in an environment where elected representatives are often rewarded for shiny short-term achievements? 10:51 What could Horizons do better to deliver better environmental outcomes? 11:40 When setting budgets, how do you justify setting plans that may increase rates? 13:05 What role do you see Horizons have in enhancing and protecting biodiversity? 14:19 How will Horizons deliver on its climate change, sustainability, biodiversity, transport, and Manawatū River plans, all in a limited funding environment? 15:54 What is your understanding of the difference between climate adaptation and climate mitigation? 17:11 What are your views on the use of 1080? 18:53 Transport is the biggest contributor to emissions - how can Horizons increase bus use? 20:29 There is a lot of change on the horizon coming from central government. How can Horizons be prepared for these changes? 23:51 Do you think Horizons should support predator-free initiatives in Palmerston North, and what mechanism should they use to do this? 25:03 "The economy is a fully-owned subsidiary of the environment, not the other way around." Discuss. 29:21 Do you think Horizons has a role in the eradication of plastics that end up in landfill or our waterways? 30:36 Can the electric buses be made free for all, to help control emissions? 33:24 We don't have soft plastic recycling in Palmerston North. Why is this, and how can it be changed? 34:07 Why aren't there young people standing as candidates for local government elections? 35:43 How can we improve the health and water quality of our waterways? 37:13 How important is the joint climate action plan, and what priority would you give to ensuring the identified actions are resourced and implemented? 37:55 What role can ENM have in supporting Horizons' objectives? 39:58 Environmental protection is a science-based job - how do you make the best decisions with limited knowledge? 41:41 Why should Palmerston North Ratepayers contribute to the Sustainable Land Use Initiative? 45:13 From your campaigning experience, what are the most important issues from the people you have talked to, and are environmental issues on that list? 46:40 Without money, we cannot protect our environment well - how do you see this statement? 48:11 What do you think is the biggest environmental challenge facing our region?

A quasi-weekly podcast comprised of all Hugh's featured tracks for the past week. This week: IVY - Tall Grass, The Cords - When You Said Goodbye, CAITLIN - Wash, Welcomer - Ashing, Pentangle (RIP Danny Thompson) - Haitian Fight Song

The Meet The Candidates event was held at the Globe Theatre by Environment Network Manawatū on 09/09/25. This event was for candidates standing for Horizons Regional Council. In this section, candidates get sit or stand to indicate their agreement or disagreement with various statements and questions. Find a podcast of the full event at www.mpr.nz/show/elections TIMESTAMPS 01:06 Will you vote "YES" on Māori Wards? 01:34 Do you own a Bee card? 02:19 How many people do you think used the Palmerston North bus system in the last 12 months? 03:46 Do you consider biodiversity part of the core business of Horizons? 04:27 Horizons should expand and adequately resource native habitat restoration and predator control programmes. 05:24 If you had to choose something to do, would you choose a book, a movie, the theatre, or a bushwalk? 06:25 Should Horizons integrate food resilience and food security into their civil defense and climate change adaptation planning? 07:18 Horizons should extend stopbanks to match urban development as the city grows. 08:03 Should public transport be free for all users? 08:34 Should regional councils exist?