Featured Programmes
Multicultural Youth Nelson Tasman
A Programme by and about Multi-Cultural Youth Nelson Tasman.
Fresh FM
Voices of Victory is a podcast from Te Puna Wānanga o Te Wairepo – Victory Primary School, celebrating the diverse voices, cultures and stories of our school and wider community. Through interviews, conversations and storytelling, our tamariki, staff, whānau and wider community share experiences that inform, inspire and connect people through the power of voice.
Voices of Victory airs Wednesday afternoons at 3:15pm, with new content every 2 weeks.
Tasman District Council
Tasman Report is a fortnightly podcast about the work of your council. Each episode draws on business from council committees and community boards, plus stories from staff working across parks and reserves, planning, infrastructure, biosecurity, ports and marine, planning, and emergency management. You will hear directly from the council team and elected members on the projects, and ideas building a thriving, resilient Tasman region.
Radio Viti Te Tauihu
Radio Viti Te Tauihu serves the people through our Vosa vaka-Viti Fijian Language and Culture on air via Fresh FM across the Top of the South Island in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Fresh FM
Fresh FM was proud to be the official media partner for TUKU 25 Whakatū. As part of that partnership, we created a special series featuring interviews with the passionate event hosts behind the festival.
These archived interviews from TUKU 25 capture the stories, inspirations, and unique experiences shared by the people who helped bring the festival to life across Whakatū.
Explore the interviews to hear the voices behind last year’s celebrations and the events that made the festival so special.
Jessica Díaz Rodríguez, Julio Díaz Rodríguez and Luz Zúñiga Vega
Jessica Díaz Rodríguez, Julio Díaz Rodríguez and Luz Zúñiga Vega host Viva LatinoAmerica! Latin American Culture, Music, Current Affairs and Interviews in Spanish.
LGBTQIA+ radio. Music by us and for us, because representation matters and so do the songs that shape us.
Hosted by Jo. Expect interviews, new music, songs from all eras, and the occasional deep dive or guest mix.
Buddhika Daluwatte
On ‘New Zealand Student Life’, we begin with the real migrant journeys. From the jitters of pre-departure to finding your footing in the Kiwi landscape, join Buddhika Daluwatte as he shares the authentic stories of migrant students navigating life and education in New Zealand.
Shannon Cassidy
Conversations with performers at the 2026 Nelson Fringe Festival.
Alcoholics Anonymous
Starting Wednesday September 04, your opportunity to sit in on a local AA Meeting On Air.
About Fresh FM
Fresh FM is a not-for-profit charitable trust and community access radio station, funded through NZ On Air, grants, sponsorship, and donations.
From our studios in Nelson, in beautiful Founders Heritage Park, Motueka, and Golden Bay, we make space for the many voices of Te Tauihu, the Top of the South.
Our role is to support access, connection, and participation. We provide the studios, training, broadcast platforms, podcasting, and encouragement that help people be heard, especially voices that are not always represented in mainstream media.
Through our FM frequencies and online platforms, Fresh FM shares local stories, music, cultures, ideas, concerns, and lived experiences with listeners here at home and around the world.
How to listen
Nelson-Tasman 104.8 FM
Nelson CBD 107.2
Golden Bay 95.0 FM
Blenheim 88.9 FM
Arts & Music
Ben Zaven Crane
“The Sensorium” is a two-hour auditory hallucination woven live by D.J Mojo Filter for Fresh FM. Ben Zaven Crane is a producer and performer from the U.K having recently moved to Motueka looking to find fellow space cats with whom to share these sacred sounds. Join him for an immersive psychedelic journey where music, sound design, and storytelling fuse to dissolve the limits of perception
LGBTQIA+ radio. Music by us and for us, because representation matters and so do the songs that shape us.
Hosted by Jo. Expect interviews, new music, songs from all eras, and the occasional deep dive or guest mix.
Rich McCoy
Hearth Tales invites you to bask in the warm glow of creativity. Join Rich McCoy as he listens to the tales of artists, makers, creative souls and those that love them. These luminaries share their wisdom, illuminating the path. Through their stories, we discover the power of passion, the resilience of the human spirit, and the transformative nature of art and creativity.
Michael Bortnick and Grace
Join hosts Michael Bortnick and Grace from our Nelson Studio presenting a breakfast show with a different musical theme each episode.
John Scott
John Scott returns to Fresh FM with trivia and film reviews on John’s TnR Show.
Peter Bywater
Peter Bywater hosts Sound Selector which links music genres, from ska to punk, dub step to reggae, from the 70’s to today.
State Cinemas
A weekly chat about what’s happening at State Cinemas in Nelson.
Chrissie Small
Stranded in Paradise is an historical music show based on the book of the same name by John Dix, and is a guide to the history of NZ Rock N Roll from 1955 through to 1988.
Darren “Lappy” Lapwood
Darren Lapwood presents some of the best songs for speedway racing. For more speedway information head to: https://www.speedway.co.nz/
Kawana Hemi
Kawana Hemi presents some of his favorite Hip-Hop and RnB, along with other sweet tunes from the last 40 years.
Eleanor and Susanne
Eleanor Cave and Susanne Williamson preview upcoming films screening at State Cinemas Nelson and presented by the Nelson Film Society.
Youth
Rayna Thomas
Are you looking for something more intimate? A Space to unwind and appreciate song writing? From delecate strings to heavy things. The only show where indie accoustic vulnerability meets heavy boundary pushing noise.
Collingwood Area School Students
Collingwood Area School students host Radio Club, with school news, information and music.
Kath Bee
Join Kath as she chats to people about their Jobs, their career paths, and their everyday life. Whether you’re at school and wondering ”What am I going to do when I leave?” Whether you’re thinking of changing jobs mid-life, or just love to listen to other peoples choices, this is the place to be.
Madeleine Johnson
Life of Law explores the people, pathways, and experiences that shape the legal profession. Through conversations with lawyers and professionals working in and around the law, Life of Law shares insights into careers, challenges, and the realities of working in the legal world.
Aynsley Thorpe
Multicultural Youth Nelson Tasman
A Programme by and about Multi-Cultural Youth Nelson Tasman.
Francis Ching
Motueka High School Students present Youth and Community Affairs, Interviews, and What’s On around the Tasman Region.
Fresh FM
Voices of Victory is a podcast from Te Puna Wānanga o Te Wairepo – Victory Primary School, celebrating the diverse voices, cultures and stories of our school and wider community. Through interviews, conversations and storytelling, our tamariki, staff, whānau and wider community share experiences that inform, inspire and connect people through the power of voice.
Voices of Victory airs Wednesday afternoons at 3:15pm, with new content every 2 weeks.
Penina Uhrle
Join Penina on The Jam, with interesting topics of conversation and really good music.
Fresh FM
Join Matilda on the Enough Project as she creates space for honest, relatable conversations about mental health in a rapidly changing world. By youth for youth, we discuss our experiences and challenges. The Enough Project is an essential reminder that you are not alone and that you are enough exactly as you are.
Tune in on Fridays at 4:30pm, new content fortnightly
Health & Wellbeing
Alcoholics Anonymous
Starting Wednesday September 04, your opportunity to sit in on a local AA Meeting On Air.
Erik Roeper
Seido Karate On-Air Dojo features conversations with the remarkable individuals who have made the club a special place to learn and grow. Tune in to hear their stories and insights.
April May
April May, author and founder of April May Gems and mother of five, is passionate about sharing her stories to encourage and inspire others and to restore hearts that are in need of hope.
Thomas Spring
Join Thomas Spring for Total Wellbeing NZ, a programme about about Health and Wellbeing
Ana Fierek
Join Ana Fierek from Nelson Tasman Hospice for Heart to Heart—a behind-the-scenes look at hospice care, sharing the people, stories, and mahi that support patients and whānau across our community every day.
As part of Hands Up for Hospice, we’re opening the doors to what we do, how we do it, and why it matters.
Heart to Heart with Hospice airs 9:30am Friday mornings, with a replay 5pm on Mondays.
Heart to Heart with Nelson Tasman Hospice is proudly supported by the Yondi Foundation as part of the Hands Up for Hospice campaign. Only on Fresh FM.
Sally Rees
Sally Rees from Natural Nosh offers simple solutions for a healthier lifestyle incorporating a Raw Food Diet.
Harold Mayaba
Join Harold Mayaba – the Lion Hugger for Real Life Stories That Change Lives
Fresh FM
Join Matilda on the Enough Project as she creates space for honest, relatable conversations about mental health in a rapidly changing world. By youth for youth, we discuss our experiences and challenges. The Enough Project is an essential reminder that you are not alone and that you are enough exactly as you are.
Tune in on Fridays at 4:30pm, new content fortnightly
Greg Jones
Transform Your Life By Healing The Mind, Body and Soul Naturally and Fast. Create longevity of life with less pain and frustration by rewiring your brain and your body’s energy to have more joy, peace, better health and wellbeing.
Culture
Radio Viti Te Tauihu
Radio Viti Te Tauihu serves the people through our Vosa vaka-Viti Fijian Language and Culture on air via Fresh FM across the Top of the South Island in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Fresh FM, Cultural Conversations
The Stories We Hold is a collaboration between Cultural Conversations and Fresh FM. This project would not have been possible without funding from the Lottery Community Fund, who have funded this collaboration.
Buddhika Daluwatte
On ‘New Zealand Student Life’, we begin with the real migrant journeys. From the jitters of pre-departure to finding your footing in the Kiwi landscape, join Buddhika Daluwatte as he shares the authentic stories of migrant students navigating life and education in New Zealand.
Cultural Conversations
True stories about inspirational people who have reconstructed their lives and responded in transformational ways following huge traumatic events.
Chris Mulholland
Ka kohikohia ngā taonga toi Māori – mai i ngā rā o mua tae noa ki ēnei rā tōnu – hei kai mā ngā tāringa. Audio treasures, including waiata and stories, from the past and present Māori world are shared to enrich our wairua.
Fresh FM
Voices of Victory is a podcast from Te Puna Wānanga o Te Wairepo – Victory Primary School, celebrating the diverse voices, cultures and stories of our school and wider community. Through interviews, conversations and storytelling, our tamariki, staff, whānau and wider community share experiences that inform, inspire and connect people through the power of voice.
Voices of Victory airs Wednesday afternoons at 3:15pm, with new content every 2 weeks.
Lorraine MacIntosh
Audio postcard from Spain by ex Nelsonian Lorraine MacIntosh.
Harold Mayaba
Join Harold Mayaba – the Lion Hugger for Real Life Stories That Change Lives
Jessica Díaz Rodríguez, Julio Díaz Rodríguez and Luz Zúñiga Vega
Jessica Díaz Rodríguez, Julio Díaz Rodríguez and Luz Zúñiga Vega host Viva LatinoAmerica! Latin American Culture, Music, Current Affairs and Interviews in Spanish.
Valorie Patrick
‘Yumi Talem’ or ‘Our Voice’ is a radio program that features Vanuatu’s cultures, current affairs, and the Christian principles Vanuatu is founded on.
Cultural Conversations
Tindall Foundation Stories of Otherness are first hand accounts aimed to educate and help people to speak up.
Multicultural Youth Nelson Tasman
A Programme by and about Multi-Cultural Youth Nelson Tasman.
Ethics
Harmony Aquarian
HATU is IN Da House… from My house to your house, whether you’re in the dog house, the poor house, the nut house, the murder house, Parliament House, or the House of the Rising Sun, we’ll be dealing with some of the important issues of the day.
GalanJAH
A BalanSING, GalanJAH selects foremost from Roots and Fruits of Sisterly Reggae, within a Global Musical Forest.
Joanna Santa Barbara
Joanna Santa Barbara presents an Eco Postcard focusing on sustainability and the environment.
Kevenergy
Solar Made Simple is predicated on the responsibilities and rights inherent in us all to take part in the conversation and not just ‘Talk the Talk ‘ but ‘Walk the Walk’.
The Deadline Report – Ben Vidgen Investigates. A double shot of reality.
Tasman Bay Guardians
Join us as we talk to the community about projects, and restoration mahi to help protect and restore the aquatic environments of Te Tauihu. Through conversations with community champions, mana whenua, scientists, educators, volunteers, and environmental leaders, we’ll share inspiring stories of action, collaboration, and hope from across our region.
William Manu
Call to Worship proclaims the everlasting gospel of God’s love in the context of the three angels’ messages of Revelation 14:6-12.
Tania O’Meagher
Word is Power is a programme looking at life through the scriptures and personal journeys in faith.
Aynsley Thorpe
April May
April May, author and founder of April May Gems and mother of five, is passionate about sharing her stories to encourage and inspire others and to restore hearts that are in need of hope.
Melissa Melodious
Rise and Shine Radio Show with Melissa Melodious⚡️is about encouraging the heights and depths of life through music, wisdom & sweet inspiration. Tune in and charge up Sundays 8am. Together let’s Rise, one episode at a time.
Her Voice
Valorie Patrick
‘Yumi Talem’ or ‘Our Voice’ is a radio program that features Vanuatu’s cultures, current affairs, and the Christian principles Vanuatu is founded on.
Vinita Chandra
Welcome to Women’s World with Vini Chandra. Join us as we explore the diverse experiences and resilient spirits of women worldwide.
Joanna Santa Barbara
Joanna Santa Barbara presents an Eco Postcard focusing on sustainability and the environment.
Zola Rose
Change-making conversations on housing for people and planet. Enabling more affordable, connected, and regenerative places to live.
April May
April May, author and founder of April May Gems and mother of five, is passionate about sharing her stories to encourage and inspire others and to restore hearts that are in need of hope.
Maria Baigent
Maria Baigent presents Trinketbox, a curated hour of music written, sung and produced by women. Each episode explores a theme, genre, era or artist, uncovering musical treasures from Aotearoa and beyond.
Lorraine MacIntosh
Audio postcard from Spain by ex Nelsonian Lorraine MacIntosh.
Interests
Vinita Chandra
Welcome to Women’s World with Vini Chandra. Join us as we explore the diverse experiences and resilient spirits of women worldwide.
Michael Bortnick and Grace
Join hosts Michael Bortnick and Grace from our Nelson Studio presenting a breakfast show with a different musical theme each episode.
John Scott
John Scott returns to Fresh FM with trivia and film reviews on John’s TnR Show.
Kerry Sunderland
Join Kerry Sunderland for Deathwalker’s Guide to Life. A show that explores how thinking and talking about death can help you live a life without regrets.
The Deadline Report – Ben Vidgen Investigates. A double shot of reality.
Fresh FM
Explore Fresh FM’s TUKU 26 interviews, and listen back to our archived TUKU 25 episodes.
Fresh FM
Voices of Victory is a podcast from Te Puna Wānanga o Te Wairepo – Victory Primary School, celebrating the diverse voices, cultures and stories of our school and wider community. Through interviews, conversations and storytelling, our tamariki, staff, whānau and wider community share experiences that inform, inspire and connect people through the power of voice.
Voices of Victory airs Wednesday afternoons at 3:15pm, with new content every 2 weeks.
Fresh FM
Get to know the voices behind the mic on Meet the Programme Makers—a series sharing the people, passions, and stories behind Fresh FM’s programmes.
Grant Knowles
Join Grant Knowles for diverse music, funism and informative chats…
Fresh FM
Keep the Community Glowing is a mini-series from Cultural Conversations, sharing the stories of everyday people creating safety, trust, and connection across our community through the Community Advocates campaign, in partnership with Motueka Family Service Centre.
The series supports community champions with skills and information to help navigate conversations that may arise around living free from family harm, including how to respond when discussions about anger or harmful behaviour come up. The purpose is to strengthen protective factors for whānau by promoting healthy relationships.
The wider Community Advocates project can also be seen through a series of powerful photographs by Peanut Butter Vibes Photography, pairing each community advocate with their personal quote and message. To learn more and see the campaign, visit culturalconversations.co.nz.
LGBTQIA+ radio. Music by us and for us, because representation matters and so do the songs that shape us.
Hosted by Jo. Expect interviews, new music, songs from all eras, and the occasional deep dive or guest mix.