Episodes

  • 03-06-2026 - Kitty Brown - Shape Shifter & Story Teller

    03-06-2026 - Kitty Brown - Shape Shifter & Story Teller
    Jun 2 2026
    The art of story telling extends far beyond books or the spoken word. My guest today, Kitty Brown is a published author and co-director of the Dunedin Writers and Readers Festival but her ability to share stories reaches beyond the conventional. Kitty Brown (Waitaha, Kāti Māmoe, Kāi Tahu, Ngāti Kahungunu)has b een described as a creative shapeshifter and cultural story teller and her impact here in Otepoti on arts, culture and community ranges from leadership, to literature, to urban landscapes and legacy. Today she’s here to share her story with us. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - oar.org.nz and made thanks to the support of NZ on Air.
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    56 mins
  • 24-04-2026 - Rinad Tamimi

    24-04-2026 - Rinad Tamimi
    May 26 2026
    Rinad is a prominent Palestinian-New Zealander activist and broadcaster based in Otepoti Dunedin who is known for her community leadership and media presence and her unwavering and passionate advocacy and activism, not only for the liberation of Palestine but human rights and humanitarian efforts everywhere. What you would do in if your home, your village, your people, your right to exist were under threat? Rinad Tamimi is here to shed some light on what it is like living and breathing this hypothetical and unfathomable scenario for real. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - oar.org.nz and made thanks to the support of NZ on Air.
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    47 mins
  • 20-05-2026 - Kelly Hocking - A Creative Life and the Care Paradigm

    20-05-2026 - Kelly Hocking - A Creative Life and the Care Paradigm
    May 19 2026
    Kelly is a lifelong performer and creator. She works throughout Aotearoa as an actor, vocalist, writer, comedian, and educator. Her business, The Voice Lab nz, provides vocal coaching and vocal health support for hundreds of clients and is based here in Ōtepoti. She won the Otago Raw Comedy Championship in 2024, and just a few weeks ago, she took home a Dunedin Theatre Award for Outsanding Performance. Kelly recently performed a highly successful one woman show at Dunedin Fringe called Lady Luck which explores the experience from a fictional character’s point of view of an American landing in Dunedin but she’s here with us today at OAR FM to over think and over share the real life version of events. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - oar.org.nz and made thanks to the support of NZ on Air.
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    52 mins
  • 13-05-2026 - Anna Easton - She Hunts Op Shops

    13-05-2026 - Anna Easton - She Hunts Op Shops
    May 12 2026
    Anna Easton’s life is a collection of first hand adventures and carefully curated second hand treasures. Her website, online community and blog SHE HUNTS OP SHOPs boast over 25,000 followers, proving that her words and images are just as collectible as her thrifted finds. Anna Easton is here to spill the tea on all aspects of her eclectic and varied life, from thrift mania to stunning photography, a foray into the business of effluence and everything else in between. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - oar.org.nz and made thanks to the support of NZ on Air.
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    53 mins
  • 06-05-2026 - Katie Smith - Multisport and Value Parenting

    06-05-2026 - Katie Smith - Multisport and Value Parenting
    May 5 2026
    As busy working parents, a walk,a cheeky 5km or a session at the gym a couple of times a week feels like we’re kicking goals. But for our guest today, if she’s not conquering mountains and carving out many, many kilometres, it doesn’t really count. My guest today is local sportswoman, internationally recognised triathlete, mother, wife and legend Katie Smith. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - oar.org.nz and made thanks to the support of NZ on Air.
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    54 mins
  • 29-04-2026 - Anna Pierard - The Next Generation of Opera

    29-04-2026 - Anna Pierard - The Next Generation of Opera
    Apr 28 2026
    Put Timothy Chalomet and today’s guest Anna Pierard in a room together and I reckon I know who would come out on top. Anna Pierard is one of New Zealand’s finest opera singers and one of my oldest friends and she’s here today, amongst other reasons, to set the record straight about the future of opera and its relevance to the next generation. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - oar.org.nz and made thanks to the support of NZ on Air.
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    55 mins
  • 22-04-2026 - Sophie Barker - Women in Politics

    22-04-2026 - Sophie Barker - Women in Politics
    Apr 22 2026
    Passionate Dunedinite, Sophie Barker spent her childhood growing up in Dunedin's Larnach Castle. She studied and worked in marketing and tourism before being elected as a councillor to the Dunedin City Council in 2019 and Mayor in 2025. Sophie Barker is here today to reveal a bit about what goes on behind the scenes and under the robes. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - oar.org.nz and made thanks to the support of NZ on Air.
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    55 mins
  • 15-04-2026 - A life in comedy with Michèle A’Court

    15-04-2026 - A life in comedy with Michèle A’Court
    Apr 15 2026
    From What Now to what next, today’s guest Michele A’Court is an indisputable icon of comedy and words in New Zealand. Many of us will remember Michele A’Court from her early days as a host of What Now in the 80s, but she has gone on to carve out a career for herself across a multitude of disciplines and mediums and has always been a role model for me of reinvention, diversification, the hustle and leaning into your gifts. From queen of the screen to Queen’s Honours, MIchele gives us the low down on a lifetime of jokes, joy and the juggle. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - oar.org.nz and made thanks to the support of NZ on Air.
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    56 mins