Nights for Friday 18 June 2010

7:06 pm Friday Night Theme

Music and fun.

7:40 Flash

Includes NZ Society, The Vault, Asian Report and other interesting snippets.

8 pm News & Weather

8:06 Raashi and Rhian in India

Soak up some of the sounds of India in this guided musical tour with New Zealand-born Indian Raashi Malik, and her husband composer Rhian Sheehan.

8:40 David Rock

American motivational coach and author

Overcome distraction, regain focus and work smarter...

8:50 Conundrum

The answer and the winner's chosen song.

9 pm News & Weather

9:06 Country Life

Rural news and features.

10 pm News & Weather

10:17 Late Edition

A review of the leading news from Morning Report, Nine to Noon, Afternoons and Checkpoint. Also hear the latest news from around the Pacific on Radio New Zealand International's Dateline Pacific.

11 pm News & Weather

11:06Womad Taranaki 2010

Opening Ceremony and Hypnotic Brass Ensemble (USA): Formed on Chicago's south side, these eight horn-playing brothers were taught by their father Phil Cohran, Sun Ra's lead trumpeter in the 1950s, who later became a jazz educator for Chicago brass musicians. When the brothers left school, they took to Chicago's streets and subways to start busking, creating a new brassy style they called 'hypnotic', fusing jazz, funk, rock, reggae and hip hop (RNZ)