HAPPY CHRISTMAS

A Very Happy Christmas to all our listeners.  It was lovely to see so many of you at our Christmas Party last week.   As you may know at present we cannot have visitors to our studios owing to the renovation work to our building. When the work is complete we will let you all know. Christmas Day our Station Manager, Peter Shaw will be on air until 12 noon, from then on we will be playing non stop music until 5pm.  Boxing Day Peter Donnelly is broadcasting early morning then, Graeme Millow until 1pm followed by Peter Donnelly and Ian McDonald with the Rock n' Roll hour from 4pm to 5pm    If you would like a Christmas song played for you please ring (07) 571-3710 we would love to hear from you especially over the holiday season. 

AGM LIFE MEMBERSHIP

Evan Turbott presented a well deserved Life Membership award to Rob Golsby at last week’s AGM. Rob has been instrumental in the overseeing of  the earthquake repairs enabling us to still continuing to broadcast.

LIFE MEMBERSHIP AWARD

At our Christmas function on Sunday George Stewart was presented with a Village Radio Life Membership Award. It was presented to George by Chairperson Evan Turbott.George has a regular slot on Mondays including the Classical Hour from 4 to 5-0pm. George is also behind most of the Interviews we do.  

STUDIO GUEST MAYOR JAMES DENYER

George Stewart’s Studio Guest on Monday 24th November was the Mayor of the Western Bay of Plenty District Council, James Denyer. His council had just recently opened a new wharf at Pane Pane on Matakana Island, which will provide a safer and more accessible connection for the many users, including the school children coming over to Tauranga,       Another big outlay will be a new 96 million dollar wastewater treatment plant for Te Puke, that will be using “leading edge” technology and will be a “first” for New Zealand.        James also told the listeners the Western Bay of Plenty is becoming a very desirable location for people wanting to move here, so housing and transport are some of his personal priorities for his council to solve.        

COMMITTEE RESULTS OF AGM

On Thursday 27th November 2025 Volunteers attended our AGM and the following are our new Committe Members. Chair Person          Evan Turbott    Station Manager   Peter Shaw  Secretary              Tony Hunt   Treasurer              Ashley Hayes  Committee:-         Eileen Roach                             Penny Vaughan                              Keith Davidson  Photo                  Chair Person - Evan Turbott 

REBECKA BEETZ - B.O.P. SYMPHONIA

George Stewart’s Studio Guest on Monday 10 November was the very talented violinist, and the present Concertmaster of the Bay of Plenty Symphonia, Rebecka Beetz. Rebecka was born and raised in Germany where she took up the violin at the age of 6, and started playing in various regional orchestras, at just 11 years old. She moved to New Zealand with her husband in 2006, joined the Bay of Plenty Symphonia in 2009 and took over the role of Concertmaster in 2012. Rebecka also plays regularly for the OPUS orchestra in Tauranga, and enjoys getting together with likeminded musicians to play chamber music as well .To learn more about B.O.P. Symphonia  - https://bopsymphonia.org.nz