On the Air - Mā runga iarere for Tuesday 13 January 2026

12:35 Lisa Tomlins on the NZ Fringe Festival

Lisa Tomlins, you've seen her up on stages singing with some of the best bands in Aotearoa. She also hosted the Silver Scrolls in Wellington alongside Bret McKenzie at the St James Theatre and is an artist teacher at Victoria university of wellington in Jazz vocal performance. She's now part of a new feature in the NZ Fringe Festival called TNT a collaboration between the Wellington Capital city Big Band and whanau.

1:05 Ladi6 celebrates summer

Ladi6 plays for us some new (and some old) local artists she’s enjoying and gives an insight into her summer tour schedule, espicially off the back of two massive shows with Maoli in Wellington and Auckland.

Ladi6's Selection:

• Che Fu - Waka

• King Kapisi - Screams from the Old Plantation

• Fat Freddy’s Drop - Ernie

• Benny Salvador - Laksa 1

• MĀ - BIOTW

3:05 Author David Riley takes us on a roadtrip

Author David Riley speaks about the year he spent roadtripping with his young family around Australia in a caravan and his new book 'Bubsie and the Boys' which traces the steps of two missionaries who completed the journey circumnavigating the country. 

4:05  Greg Churchill takes us on a musical tour of Sheffield    

DJ and Producer Greg Churchill takes us to Sheffield to uncover how music became a kind of escapism for young people in the British city.

Gregs's Selection:

• Human League - The Things Dreams Are Made Of (Original Dub)

• Vice Versa -  New Girls Neutrons

• Chakk - Fame Of Behaviour 

• LFO - LFO (The Leeds Warehouse Mix)

• Krush - House Arrest

• Moloko - Day For Night (Quarter Master Mix)

Songs Played:

12pm - 1pm

Jim Sharp - Searching

Talking Heads - Houses in Motion

Lord Echo - Low To The Street

Sleaford Mods - Elitest G.O.A.T ft. Aldous Harding

1pm - 2pm

Jim Sharp - Searching

Ladi6 - Ready to Fly ft. Scribe, Tyra & Parks

Che Fu - Waka

King Kapisi - Screams from da Old Plantation

Fat Freddy’s Drop - Ernie

Benny Salvador - Laksa 1

MĀ - BIOTW

Ladi6 - Fractions

2pm - 3pm

Jim Sharp - Searching

Pulp - Common People

Finley Quaye - For My Childrens Love

Erykah Badu - Back in the Day

De La Soul - Day In The Sun (Gettin' Wit U) ft. Q-Tip & Yummy Bingham

Wet Leg - Davina McCall

The Rolling Stones - Can't You Hear Me Knocking

Bailey Wiley - Put D’Angelo On ft. Noah Slee

D’Angelo - Spanish Joint

Burning Spear - What a Happy Day

Mighty Diamonds - I Need a Roof 

Nuyorican Soul - I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun

3pm - 4pm

Jim Sharp - Searching

The Triffids - Wide Open Road

Crowded House - Weather With You

4pm - 5pm

Jim Sharp - Searching

Bob Dylan - Jokerman

Human League - The Things Dreams Are Made Of (Original Dub)

Vice Versa -  New Girls Neutrons

Chakk - Fame Of Behaviour 

LFO - LFO (The Leeds Warehouse Mix)

Krush - House Arrest

Moloko - Day For Night (Quarter Master Mix)