Gaia FM is a low-power station broadcasting to Tauranga and Mount Maunganui from the Welcome Bay hills, receivable on 87.8 and 107.1 FM. Its sound is a world away from the chart stations: a calm, continuous flow of new-age, ambient and world music — artists such as Karunesh and Oliver Shanti & Friends — blended with gentle instrumentals and mellow vocals. It is the sort of station that suits its name, named for the Earth goddess: unhurried, meditative listening for Tauranga's beaches-and-lifestyle pace of life.
