HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS WEEKEND'S SCHEDULE

Information from Coast Access Radio 104.7FM

**. ON Coast Access Radio 104.7FM **

* Saturday 9.30am: "Let's Talk Gambling" - Graeme Joyes is back in the studio with Andrew from the Problem Gambling Foundation, and Josh.

* Sat 1.30pm: "Aviation Past and Present" - John Skene's regular 4-weekly show...today Todd and John, "Go Canadian".

* Sat 2pm: "NZ Music" - A Halloween music special...

* Sat/Sun/Mon 3pm: "NZ Retro weekly Top 40" - with Rob Walker, this weekend presenting music from 1976.

* Sat 7pm: The Best of Nigel Hopkins' interviews from Friday morning.

* Sunday 7am: "Suzy and Friends" - Suzy Cato and the team are back with fun, stories, jokes, shoutouts, giveaways...

* Sun 11am: "Focus on Arts" - see separate post.

* Sun 12.30pm: "Local Architecture Now" - Rosalind Derby is back in the studio and talking with Kay Flavell from America!

* Sun 8.30pm: "World Maritime Memories" - Wallace Trickett presents sea-faring stories and history.

* Monday 1st November 6 - 8am - Breakfast Show - Nigel Hopkins sitting in for Todd Zaner this morning....

Have a great weekend and for more info about YOUR community radio station for Horowhenua and kapiti - go to our website: 👍www.coastaccessradio.org.nz. .

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17 hours ago

Driven On The Akatarawa Rd Lately?

Marie from Waikanae

If so, its good to know you are still alive and reading this.

We have a function to go to over Christmas up that way and having heard a few hairy stories about the road, I went up there on Thursday to check it out. The road's ok, narrow and winding, but not much worse than a Wellington hill suburb. What was pretty scary was the behavior of other drivers. Three vehicles heading the other way at speed would have crashed into me if I hadn't been pulled off the road. I had pulled in to check the address when a truck came flying past, taking up all of the narrow road at speed. There is no way the driver would have been able to stop had they come around the corner immediately in front of me. The other two drivers came hurtling past as I had turned in to turn around and come back down the hill. They were also driving at speed and taking up most of the road. Coming back down I passed another car coming up and estimate that the safe speed to pass another car was about 30-35 kms.p.h. So, now we're thinking, do we go to the function or not.? Feels a bit like we're taking our life in our hands going up there. Drivers appear to be overconfident, and they are courting serious injury.