Nights for Friday 12 December 2014

7:06 Sonic Tonic

8:10 Greyhounds as Pets

Concern for the wellbeing of greyhounds in the gambling industry. With Aaron Cross from The Greyhound Protection League of New Zealand.

Gallery: Happy greyhounds

8:25 The Secret Life of Music Royalties

Recently Iggy Pop delivered a lecture on BBC Radio called 'Free Music in a Capitalist Society', in which he lambasted record companies for screwing musicians into penury. If the "computer Putins" had their way, he argued, he'd be tending bars between sets to support himself. Julie Hill looks into music royalties in New Zealand: who gets how much and for what, where the money's coming from and what are the alternatives.

9:06 Country Life

Rural news and features.

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.

11:06 WOMAD 2015 Preview

Looking forward to the late summer days when the WOMAD Festival brings musical and cultural flavours from around the globe to New Plymouth, Taranaki (RNZ)