Featured Programmes
Claire Williamson
A Little Bit Booked is like listening to two friends chat about their latest literary obsession. Editor and writer Claire Williamson (@accidentaltokyoite) is regularly joined by authors, book lovers, and publishing experts for in-depth interviews, reviews, and plenty of recommendations. Expect more than a bit of banter!
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.
Fresh FM
Explore Fresh FM’s TUKU 26 interviews, and listen back to our archived TUKU 25 episodes.
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.
Vinita Chandra
Welcome to Women’s World with Vini Chandra. Join us as we explore the diverse experiences and resilient spirits of women worldwide.
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.
Alcoholics Anonymous
Starting Wednesday September 04, your opportunity to sit in on a local AA Meeting On Air.
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.
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
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.
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
Penina Uhrle
Join Penina on The Jam, with interesting topics of conversation and really good music.
Kawana Hemi
Kawana Hemi presents some of his favorite Hip-Hop and RnB, along with other sweet tunes from the last 40 years.
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.
Pat B
Originality is a myth; this show is brought to you by Pat B. He’s just over one half of the Pat’s of Least Resistance, in association with BlueEye Productions. Engineering in reverse.
Here’s an idea… join us every Wednesday at 2100 where nothing exists.
Collingwood Area School Students
Collingwood Area School students host Radio Club, with school news, information and 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
John Scott
John Scott returns to Fresh FM with trivia and film reviews on John’s TnR Show.
Anne Spear
Anne Spear presents an hour of her favourite Folk Music, including classics from the past, more recent releases and some great instrumentals.
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.
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.
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.
Chrissie Small
Ruby Bay Store Theatre has been run by Freshfm’s Chrissie Small for 4 years as a music and performance venue. The theatre will be closing its doors for good in July this year to become a restaurant.
This show brings the memories of past music events held in the theatre as recorded by Chrissie, some which are featured on the stores YouTube channel.
Youth
Collingwood Area School Students
Collingwood Area School students host Radio Club, with school news, information and music.
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.
Aynsley Thorpe
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
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.
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.
Health & Wellbeing
Harold Mayaba
Join Harold Mayaba – the Lion Hugger for Real Life Stories That Change Lives
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.
Alcoholics Anonymous
Starting Wednesday September 04, your opportunity to sit in on a local AA Meeting On Air.
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
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.
Sally Rees
Sally Rees from Natural Nosh offers simple solutions for a healthier lifestyle incorporating a Raw Food Diet.
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.
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.
Thomas Spring
Join Thomas Spring for Total Wellbeing NZ, a programme about about Health and Wellbeing
Culture
Harold Mayaba
Join Harold Mayaba – the Lion Hugger for Real Life Stories That Change Lives
Cultural Conversations
Tindall Foundation Stories of Otherness are first hand accounts aimed to educate and help people to speak up.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Cultural Conversations
True stories about inspirational people who have reconstructed their lives and responded in transformational ways following huge traumatic events.
Multicultural Youth Nelson Tasman
A Programme by and about Multi-Cultural Youth Nelson Tasman.
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.
Lorraine MacIntosh
Audio postcard from Spain by ex Nelsonian Lorraine MacIntosh.
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.
Ethics
Noa Vodnizky
The Third Narrative, exploring life beyond black and white thinking. Join Noa in intimate conversations with guests whose lives embrace complexity and openness with courage and love, offering fresh perspectives on today’s most divided topics and the space that exists in-between and beyond.
GalanJAH
A BalanSING, GalanJAH selects foremost from Roots and Fruits of Sisterly Reggae, within a Global Musical Forest.
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.
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.
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.
Philippa Foes-Lamb
Gardening tips with Philippa Foes-Lamb.
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.
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.
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.
Aynsley Thorpe
Tania O’Meagher
Word is Power is a programme looking at life through the scriptures and personal journeys in faith.
Her Voice
Zola Rose
Change-making conversations on housing for people and planet. Enabling more affordable, connected, and regenerative places to live.
Vinita Chandra
Welcome to Women’s World with Vini Chandra. Join us as we explore the diverse experiences and resilient spirits of women worldwide.
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.
Lorraine MacIntosh
Audio postcard from Spain by ex Nelsonian Lorraine MacIntosh.
Joanna Santa Barbara
Joanna Santa Barbara presents an Eco Postcard focusing on sustainability and the environment.
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.
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.
Interests
Luke Walton
Luke Walton, registered counsellor and men’s mental health practitioner, delves into the topic of men’s mental health. Luke collaberates with professionals, and a variety of guests with lived experience, including athletes and artists. “Manawa Shoulder to Shoulder” examines effective strategies for men and youth with personal stories of empowerment.
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.
Mark Manson
Mark Manson talks to locals and other guests about an eclectic mix of topics and issues of interest. Plus guests also provide a selection of music they are listening to.
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.
Cultural Conversations
Tindall Foundation Stories of Otherness are first hand accounts aimed to educate and help people to speak up.
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.
Claire Williamson
A Little Bit Booked is like listening to two friends chat about their latest literary obsession. Editor and writer Claire Williamson (@accidentaltokyoite) is regularly joined by authors, book lovers, and publishing experts for in-depth interviews, reviews, and plenty of recommendations. Expect more than a bit of banter!
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.
Tim King, Fresh FM
Tim Time is an informal chat with TDC (Tasman District Council) Mayor Tim King on local issues and council updates to keep you informed.
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.
John Scott
John Scott returns to Fresh FM with trivia and film reviews on John’s TnR Show.
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.