A couple of weeks ago, as part of Waiheke Library's NZ Music Month programme, Counting The Beat's Chris Walker DJed a set of rare and interesting kiwi vinyl in the library. A recording of the set will air on Waiheke Radio on Saturday 19 May at 8pm. Podcasts of the set and other Waiheke Library NZ Music Month performances are coming soon.

Waiheke Local Board Byelection final results

Mary-Anne Benson-Cooper      198

Allen Davies                                121

Graham Hooper                         137

Tracey Mancer                            217

Suzanne McCann                       507

Herb Romanuik                          457

Paul Walden                              1154

There was 1 informal vote and 7 blank votes returned.44.6% or 2,799 of the 6,276 electors had voted by the close of voting today.

Listen in to Island Life on Saturday morning to hear the Opinionated Islanders Alan Knight and Alex Stone dissect the election campaign and results.

Waiheke Library is presenting a series of local music performances on Saturdays throughout May to celebrate NZ Music Month. Waiheke Radio will be recording, broadcasting and podcasting these performances. The series includes a DJ set of rare and interesting kiwi records from Waiheke Radio\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s Counting The Beat host Chris Walker.

Saturday 5 May, 11am: Radio Rebelde -- Pick up on the energy of this 8-piece band - playing Latin ska, cumbia reggae and salsamuffin.

Saturday 5 May, 2pm - 3pm: The resurgence of vinyl -- Counting the beat - DJ Old Fart shares his love of NZ vinyl - a radio session live in the library!

Saturday 12 May, 11am: The resurgence of vinyl -- Waiheke Radio DJs spin NZ vinyl

Saturday 19 May, 11am: Waiheke High School Choirs -- Hear the beautiful voices that music teacher Sarah McNabb has developed & nurtured with her 4 choirs, each performing 2 songs.

Saturday 26 May, 11am: Hooper -- Come listen to this newly formed band featuring Nikki Ngatai, Miles Gillett and others.

Counting The Beat, our all kiwi music show, returns to Waiheke Radio at 8pm on Sat 21st April to mark Record Store Day with an all vinyl show of New Zealand tunes. The show will feature the brand new record store day exclusive release of Toy Love live at the Gluepot, to be released that very day. For more info see http://www.facebook.com/CountingTheBeat

Record Store Day radio show

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Waiheke Radio is conducting interviews with each of the candidates standing in the local board byelection. All of these interviews and other coverage related to the byelection can be heard here. Remaining candidates will be interviewed and their interviews added as soon as possible. You can keep up to date with new interviews as they get posted by subcribing to our byelection RSS feed.

UPDATE: We have now recorded and posted interviews from 5 of the 7 candidates standing in the Waiheke local board byelection. Allen Davies and Mary-Anne Benson-Cooper declined to be interviewed.