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Making Yourself At Home: Past Episodes 2023-2024

Stories, insights, music and laughs from all over the world. Meet some of the beautiful people who make up Taranaki’s vibrant international community.

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Moving countries can be exciting, challenging and sometimes completely daunting.

In this 1 hour show you’ll meet some of the beautiful people who make up Taranaki’s vibrant international community.

Stories, insights, music and laughs from all over the world.

 

 

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Podcasts

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Matariki and Similar Celebrations Around the World

A podcast with our hosts Andreea, Alina and Simona talking about New Year/beginnings and celebrations around the world, talking about Matariki, Chinese New Year, Diwali and other similar festivities.

Duration: 00:54:27 | Date: 15 July, 2024

NZ Experience

We talked about places to visit in New Zealand and Simona told us about her experience in the South Island.

Duration: 00:58:34 | Date: 8 July, 2024

Fiona from Scotland

We had a great time with Fiona from Scotland and she was sharing her story from midwifery to doing menopause workshops in Taranaki.

Duration: 00:59:01 | Date: 1 July, 2024

Clarisa from Argentina

Clarisa came to New Zealand 6 years ago and she enjoys the Kiwi life.

Duration: 00:59:43 | Date: 24 June, 2024

Heather from Canada

Heather was sharing her journey from Canada, Toronto to New Zealand. She arrived her 21 years ago with her husband and 2 boys.

Duration: 00:58:49 | Date: 17 June, 2024

Sterre from the Netherlands

Sterre shared her incredible journey from the Netherlands and Austria with her husband and 2 wonderful kids.

Duration: 00:58:07 | Date: 10 June, 2024

Activities and Events in Taranaki

Our hosts talk about the cultural events, markets and meetings around Taranaki, a helpful guide for newcomers to get familiar with the place and meet new people.

Duration: 00:58:00 | Date: 3 June, 2024

Gail and Nick from UK

We talk about Gail and Nick's story from the UK to New Zealand. They have been in New Zealand for 10 years and they enjoy their time here following their passion and having their own business - Skin Say

Duration: 00:58:43 | Date: 27 May, 2024

Seasons Around the World

Simona and Alena have a relaxed discussion about different seasons around the world and how migration is impacting children.

Duration: 00:59:20 | Date: 20 May, 2024

Malcom from Goa

Vibrant discussions with Malcom from Goa - India, sharing his story about coming to New Zealand and meeting his partner Kadisha.

Duration: 00:59:52 | Date: 13 May, 2024

Romanian Easter Celebrations

Talking about Romanian Easter celebrations and trips around the world.

Duration: 00:59:13 | Date: 6 May, 2024

Yvonne and Cathy

Our guests are Yvonne (South Africa) and Cathy (Invercargill). These 2 ladies met while living at Jean Sandel Retirement Village. Tune in to hear how it's possible to make friends at any age!

Duration: 00:58:21 | Date: 22 April, 2024

Luke from Scotland

Today we welcome Luke from Scotland, who brought great energy and passion to the show. We loved hearing about his journey to the fabulous life he has created right here in Taranaki

Duration: 00:59:31 | Date: 15 April, 2024

Miia from Finland

Celebrating Miia's birthday, who is today's guest. She moved to New Zealand from Finland in 2008 and shared her journey with us.

Duration: 00:58:59 | Date: 8 April, 2024

Cultural Events Around Taranaki and Romania

Talking about the Easter cultural customs in Romania and New Zealand and the events that happened in the weekend in Taranaki.

Duration: 00:59:22 | Date: 25 March, 2024

Anne from England

Today's show featured Anne and her journey from England to New Zealand. Together we traced her roots as the daughter of an Anglo-Indian father and an English mother. So lovely to hear her beautiful story.

Duration: 00:58:28 | Date: 18 March, 2024

March Celebrations

Talking about the Multi-Ethnic Extravaganza held every year in New Plymouth, March celebrations, communication and relationships.

Duration: 00:56:32 | Date: 11 March, 2024

Juanita from Colombia

Today we talked with Juanita, originally from Columbia. Juanita arrived in New Zealand 4 years ago. She is working as a National Family Violence and Sexual Violence Prevention coordinator for Shama.

Duration: 00:59:10 | Date: 4 March, 2024

Tiphaine and Mathieu

A podcast with Tiphaine and Mathieu, two chefs from France, sharing their journey to New Zealand

Duration: 58:45 | Date: 27 February, 2024

Dominique from Switzerland

Dominique is our Swiss guest, we listened to her journey from Switzerland with the last migrant ship to New Zealand.

Duration: 00:57:21 | Date: 19 February, 2024

Month of Love

We discussed love traditions in different countries of the world and pushing your limits towards a healthier life.

Duration: 00:59:45 | Date: 12 February, 2024

Jessica from US

Jessica talked about her journey to New Zealand. She's been living here for 7 years with her partner Travis and she is a life and relationship coach.

Duration: 00:59:16 | Date: 29 January, 2024

Concerts 2024

A discussion about music events in 2024 with Andreea and Simona.

Duration: 00:58:40 | Date: 22 January, 2024

Returning From Holidays

Andreea and Simona travelled to Europe, including going back home to Romania, for the holidays

Duration: 00:59:32 | Date: 15 January, 2024

Happy New Year

Alina, Simona and Andreea are talking about resolutions and dreams for 2024.

Duration: 00:56:29 | Date: 1 January, 2024

Merry Christmas

In this 1 hour show, you'll meet some of the beautiful people who make up Taranaki's vibrant international community.

Duration: 00:58:43 | Date: 25 December, 2023

Gratitude and Thank You

Gratitude and thank you to all our guests, listeners and team at Access Radio Taranaki that makes 'Making yourself at home' show a great opportunity for happiness and learning.

Duration: 00:58:17 | Date: 11 December, 2023

Guillaume from France

Guillaume came to NZ to learn English after my 2 years in Uni. He was learning to be a salesman in IT, specializing in training people. He wasn't speaking a word in English when he came, didn't know anyone or anything about this country and this culture.

Guillaume is 24 years old, he has been here for almost 4 years. He traveled all around the country for 1 1/2 years before he settled here in NP.
Guillaume is curious about everything, loves learning new things all the time, and like history, crafting and sports, loves food and passionate about craft beer.

Duration: 00:59:01 | Date: 4 December, 2023

Kelly from New Plymouth

Today's guest, Kelly, is a born and bred Taranaki girl who moved overseas and is now back in Taranaki. She talks with Andreea and Simona about what it's like to be a Kiwi abroad, and what it's like settling back home.

Duration: 00:57:31 | Date: 27 November, 2023

Ronelba from Venezuela

Ronelba Blanco from Venezuela is a dynamic woman who constantly reinvents herself. She takes great pride in being a mother to three remarkable individuals: her daughter Wanessa, who resides in Auckland, and her two sons, Raf, 17, and Diego, 15. Ronelba has happily married Rafael for 18 years, and their family has called New Plymouth home for 11 years.

Duration: 00:59:17 | Date: 13 November, 2023

Sirine from Tunisia

Such an amazing show today with Sirine from Tunisia, full of great music and learning. Sirine describes herself as: "Originally from Tunisia, North Africa, she moved to Austria in Europe when she was 20 years old to study, and she has been living there for the past 9 years, before coming to New Zealand only 3 months ago. She has a master's degree in Petroleum Engineering and has been working in the oil and gas industry for the last 6 years. She is an engineer, a volunteer, a daughter and a sister. A podcast full of laughter and good energy, filled with different cultures, family, work, passions, travelling, food and many more.

Duration: 00:58:55 | Date: 6 November, 2023

Tom from Poland

Originally from Poland, moved to NZ early on (as a 6 year old - 1986). Have since moved to Australia for 14 years, followed by 2 years in London, 6 years in Taiwan and then came back to NZ 4-1/2 years ago. Married to a lovely Taiwanese lady and have one daughter. Working extensively in oil and gas whilst balancing side hustles.

Duration: 00:57:57 | Date: 30 October, 2023

Musical Diversity

Simona and Andreea had an interesting and diverse show this week with some great music as well. Talks about how the trip to Vienna was for Simona and some impressive 'hammer' classical concerts, but also some of the festivals happening in Romania and upcoming concerts that Andreea plans to attend. Not to forget how music and dance kept them young during their teenage times.

Duration: 00:57:10 | Date: 23 October, 2023

Christine from France

What an amazing show we had today with Christine Coppell, from France. Christine describes herself as: "Originally from France, moved to New Zealand some 27years ago. Married to a kiwi and has three daughters: Mathilde, Flavia et Lucie. Worked in the oil and gas industry in different parts of the world like Yemen and Abu Dhabi before moving to New Zealand."
A podcast about family, work, culture back home, music, passions, and many more.

Duration: 00:59:11 | Date: 16 October, 2023

Simona, Alina and Andreea Migrant Talks

Talks about school holidays and returning to school. Facts about migration worldwide.

Duration: 1:00:21 | Date: 9 October, 2023

Warren from NZ

Plenty of diverse talks about community involvement, places, and activities around Taranaki, and the favourite places of our special guest, Warren from Kapiti.

Duration: 1:00:25 | Date: 2 October, 2023

Alina and Andreea Updates

How is it to come back to your roots and return to New Zealand? A story about reconnecting with your family and friends, and the power of resilience.

Duration: 00:59:21 | Date: 25 September, 2023

Ameya from India

Inspiring discussions with Ameya about gratefulness, joy of life and travelling. A candid talk about his lovely family, and his many passions like cooking and hiking.

Duration: 00:59:21 | Date: 18 September, 2023

Ben from Northland

Today's show we had the opportunity to talk with Ben Crate, born and raised in Northland, New Zealand.
We found out more about how he made Taranaki his home and met his beautiful wife with whom he has three children, as well as having bought and moved onto a lifestyle block in north Taranaki where the dream is to live off the land as much as possible.
He is talking also about his passion for being a volunteer since 2012 across four different fire brigades.
An episode combined with travelling around Europe for two months, very good kiwi local music and family life.

Duration: 1:00:04 | Date: 11 September, 2023

Simona, Andreea and Alina's Stories

An energetic show with our showmakers; Andreea, Simona, and Alina. Great stories about Alina's and Simona's trips with Fijian music. Find out more about the cultural differences between Romania, Germany, and Fiji.

Duration: 00:57:25 | Date: 4 September, 2023

Nisha from Malaysia

Today's guest is Nisha from Malaysia, making herself at home at Access Radio Taranaki. Nisa talked with Andreea about her journey from Malaysia to New Zealand, her beautiful family, having 3 kids, and a lovely husband, her passion for working with people and how she learned to cook.

Duration: 00:58:57 | Date: 28 August, 2023

Simona and Andreea Make Themselves At Home

Did you ever think about food hours dine-in or food welcoming in Europe? Well, it appears that there are some interesting maps showing which countries are more likely to give food in Europe, but also in which time intervals usually people will dine-in. Additionally, in this episode Simona and Andreea have been talking about the wildlife that exists in New Zealand and some of their favorite places to visit around the country.

Duration: 00:55:20 | Date: 21 August, 2023

Stella from Glasgow

Today on our show we had our lovely guest, Stella from Glasgow, and discussed her job being an occupational health and safety consultant, and her hobbies -acting and needle felting. From nurse to mum of grown-up twins, wife, sister and friend.

Duration: 00:58:35 | Date: 14 August, 2023

Kadisha and Laura, Exciting Talks

It's been a while since Kadisha and Laura made themselves at home at Access Radio Taranaki. With their lovely energy and positivity, today they help Andreea to survive without Simona and Alina. Hear about Kadisha's trip home to India, Laura investigating Japan, and also about how their friendship lifts them up.

Duration: 1:00:03 | Date: 7 August, 2023

Simona and Andreea

In this 1 hour show you'll meet some of the beautiful people who make up Taranaki's vibrant international community.

Duration: 00:58:47 | Date: 31 July, 2023

Jennifer and Antonia - ImMaterial

ImMaterial is a community based print making project by Jennifer Halli and Antonia O'Mahony, that sets out to honour the invisible work carried out by household, care and domestic workers. Jennifer and Antonia talk about their project and even get the hosts creating their own print, on air.

Duration: 00:59:56 | Date: 24 July, 2023

Alina Simona and Andreea Make Themsevles at Home

A relaxing talk about winter in Romania and NZ and the benefits of music in our lives.

Duration: 00:59:18 | Date: 17 July, 2023

Gordon from the UK

We had today a lovely talk with Gordon, making himself at home from Britain since age 2. He shared his hobbies with us and his role in the Ngamotu Breakfast Toastmasters Club, his love for music and spicy food.

Duration: 1:00:14 | Date: 10 July, 2023

Franziska from Germany

Simona and Andreea had their lovely guests today: Franziska & her three beautiful kids (John, Scarlet and Tristan) and discussed about the love to offer people sweet treats and customized cakes.

Duration: 00:59:28 | Date: 3 July, 2023

Gratitude of Life and Daily Activities Talk

Simona and Andreea talked about the opportunity of living in New Plymouth, gratitude of being alive and healthy, and Andreea’s professional milestone of work.

Duration: 1:00:08 | Date: 26 June, 2023

Dreams and Wishes in NZ

A discussion about the dreams that were held by the hosts when they came to New Zealand, and about the small stuff that we have to take care of so the big stuff takes care of itself

Duration: 1:00:14 | Date: 12 June, 2023

Celebration in NZ

In this 1 hour show you'll meet some of the beautiful people who make up Taranaki's vibrant international community.

Duration: 00:55:00 | Date: 5 June, 2023

Melanie from Germany

Melanie from Germany lived in Vienna and woke up in new Zealand. Melanie loves travelling, food, and is always facing the sun with her love, Rico. A couple who came to the other side of the world.

Duration: 00:57:53 | Date: 29 May, 2023

Jesu from Chile

Welcome to our show to Jesu, an ocean lover and marine ecologist, passionate about marine conservation. She talks about her trip to NZ and how her passion for the ocean brought her here. Very interesting talks about the diversity of cultural impact between Chile and NZ, snorkelling, volunteering and a bit of Latino way to adapt here.

Duration: 00:52:11 | Date: 22 May, 2023

With Daniel from Romania

Meet Daniel, from Romania. We hear about how the pandemic interrupted Daniel's arrival plans, and whether it was worth the wait!

Duration: 00:59:41 | Date: 15 May, 2023

Evanne from the Phillipines

Evanne came today to talk about her journey from the Philippines to NZ, and how she inspired many others to come to NZ. Interesting talks about her role in the church and how God changed her life.

Duration: 00:58:47 | Date: 8 May, 2023

Simon and Andreea

In this 1 hour show you'll meet some of the beautiful people who make up Taranaki's vibrant international community.

Duration: 1:00:19 | Date: 1 May, 2023

What It's Like To Be A Romanian In NZ

Georgina, Andreea, and Alina are talking about Romanian traditions, food, weddings, and the difference between Romania and New Zealand.

Duration: 1:00:02 | Date: 24 April, 2023

Music for MYAH

Alina and Andreea talk about Easter celebrations in NZ and Romania and, in-between, play some of the music they love

Duration: 00:59:35 | Date: 17 April, 2023

Andreea from Romania

Andreea from Romania is talking about her journey to NZ and also how her husband accommodates in NZ after being 1 year and 7 months apart.

Duration: 00:47:58 | Date: 10 April, 2023

Chris and Joep from the Netherlands

Welcome to NZ Chris and Joep. Originally from Maastricht, The Netherlands, they came to NZ in January 2002. They talk about the warmness of people living here and the connections they have made in the small town of Inglewood, where they first lived, and in New Plymouth along with their two now-teenage sons.

Duration: 00:59:46 | Date: 3 April, 2023

Zelda from South Africa

Zelda is living in NZ for 14 years, she is originally from Port Elisabeth.

Duration: 00:57:37 | Date: 27 March, 2023

Simona from Romania

Simona is originally from Romania and has lived in New Zealand for almost a year. Tune in and listen to her journey from Romania to Brussels and to New Zealand.

Duration: 00:54:50 | Date: 13 March, 2023