WTS Waikato

Host: Gary Farrow
Categories: Arts and Culture
Languages: English

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Produced By: Free FM
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Welcome to WTS Waikato. Telling the hyperlocal, controversial and quirky stories of the region under the new normal.

All Episodes

WTS Waikato - Hamilton Model Engineers - 08-01-2025

Published: 08/1/2025 10:30 a.m.

Hamilton Model Engineers Inc will be hosting the Steam N Steel international model engineering convenion from 10 to 13 January. In this special episode of WTS, host Gary Farrow visits the site at Minogue Park, to hear about the club and the upcoming festival. Telling the hyperlocal, controversial and quirky stories of the Waikato region under the new normal.

WTS Waikato - Freemasonry - 19-06-2023

Published: 19/6/2023 2:00 p.m.

Freemasonry is one of the world’s oldest and largest fraternal societies. It is an organisation of men who strive to live by the fundamental principles of integrity, goodwill and charity. It is a non-profit organisation that is heavily involved in supporting charity and community service. Some people hold the preconceived notion that the Freemasons are an underground cult, like the Stonecutters in The Simpsons, but in fact, the very opposite is true. Freemasonry is inclusive and open to all. WTS producer Gary Farrow had a chat with two Freemasons about their experiences of the society. Telling the hyperlocal, controversial and quirky stories of the Waikato region under the new normal.

WTS Waikato - Rat King Landlord - 28-04-2023

Published: 28/4/2023 4:00 p.m.

Renters United has collaborated with the Lawrence & Gibson publishing collective to produce thousands of copies of the great New Zealand novel Rat King Landlord to share across the country for absolutely free. Go Eco in Kirikiriroa Hamilton will be holding a launch event, and author Murdoch Stephens agreed to speak to us on WTS via Zoom. Telling the hyperlocal, controversial and quirky stories of the Waikato region under the new normal.

WTS Waikato - Tronbots - 21-04-2023

Published: 21/4/2023 4:00 p.m.

It’s robot fighting time! Tronbots is Kirikiriroa Hamilton’s very own robots fighting club. On Thursday evenings, they get together at the University of Waikato School of Engineering, for some quality mechanical carnage. Tronbots takes every child's loves of robots and introduces real engineering processes. WTS went to talk to Shannan McPeak, the Tronbots organiser. Telling the hyperlocal, controversial and quirky stories of the Waikato region under the new normal.

WTS Waikato - The Minds of Dogs - 14-04-2023

Published: 14/4/2023 4:00 p.m.

We hear from Patricia Rocha, the owner of Dog Minds NZ, a dog training and owner coaching service based in Kirikiriroa Hamilton. Patricia also hosts the Boozehounds Society educational sessions at her local, Breweaucracy in Te Rapa, on the second Wednesday of each month. Telling the hyperlocal, controversial and quirky stories of the Waikato region under the new normal.