Paekakariki FM 88.2

Paekakariki 88.2FM is a non-profit volunteer run radio station produced for the community by the community, run under the auspices of Paekakariki Informed Community, former publisher of community newspaper Paekakariki Xpressed.

Objectives

- Provide reliable community information

- Provide civil defence and other information in emergency and power cut situations

- Provide a platform for education for our youth

- Be the people’s voice, representing and promoting the diversity of our community, our needs, and the unique character of Paekakariki.

- Promote environmental awareness, in particular our native birdlife, flora and fauna

- Represent the concerns of local tangata when

- Share the community’s stories, histories and provide discussion of different views

- Develop, present and record local DJS, musicians, artists and writers, and prioritise locally produced content

- Entertain and stimulate

- Develop an oral history of the community

- Provide the facilities, advice, training and technical support for residents to create and broadcast their own radio programmes

- Establish and nurture mutual interests and relationships with other like minded communities and individuals, whether in the region, nationally or internationally.