Nights for Friday 21 August 2015
7:06 Sonic Tonic
8:10 Wheelchair Rugby
NZ Wheel Black coach Andrew Chittick on preparations of the team to attend the World Wheelchair Rugby Challenge in London in October this year.
8:25 Rackets live at The Kings Arms
When Auckland rock’n’roll trio Rackets – Oscar, Vince and Jeremy – dropped their new Bob Frisbee-produced LP Walking the Skeleton, they promptly embarked on a 20-date tour of their hometown of Auckland City. One of their stops included live music destination, The Kings Arms. Radio New Zealand’s Andre Upston caught their raucous set for Music 101.
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 Live
A live performance by Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino - a seven-piece band from Puglia in the south-east of Italy - who’s fusion of traditional pizzaca music has been their passport to the global Festival circuit.
And the Malawi Mouse Boys, who’s up beat delivery of African Gospel proved to be hugely popular with this year’s Womad audience.