Nights for Friday 24 August 2012

7:06 Sonic Tonic

8 pm News and Weather

8:06 Feature

8:35 Essential New Zealand Albums

Music critic Nick Bollinger presents a selection of essential New Zealand albums adapted from his book 100 Essential Albums, published by Awa Press.

9 pm News and Weather

9:06 Country Life

Rural news and features.

10 pm News and 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 and Weather

11:06 Friday Finale - Extended Play

A series focusing on some of the “classic” EPs of the 1980s released by Flying Nun.