7:07 Sonic Tonic
Music with magic and mischief spun into an surreal sensation of mayhem and maybe magnificence.

7:45 The Why Factor
The Why Factor examines one simple question: Who are you? Did you choose your identity or was it given to you? Mike Williams asks how our identities are created and if that shapes the way we see the world, and the way the world sees us.

Nik Mavromatis of Muddy Water vineyard beside $1000 French oak barrels.

Nik Mavromatis of Muddy Water vineyard beside $1000 French oak barrels. Photo: RNZ/Cosmo Kentish-Barnes

9:07 Country Life 
Land of the Grapes
Grape harvesting’s in full swing in North Canterbury’s Waipara Valley.  At the Muddy Water winery, that’s nestled in the lee of the Teviotdale Hills, tonnes of freshly picked chardonnay and pinot noir grapes are sorted and de-stemmed by seasonal workers at the back of the building. Inside, dozens of two metre high fermenting vats are full to the brim with grapes in the first stage of the wine making process, while next door the last of the 2015 vintage is being bottled and boxed.

10:17 Late Edition
A round up of today's RNZ News and feature interviews as well as Date Line Pacific from RNZ International.

11:07 The Friday Finale
David Bowie - Part 2: The Breakthrough Years
In this episode series presenter George Kay focuses on Bowie's breakthrough years - ranging
from the early single The Laughing Gnome through to his Velvet Underground tribute track Queen Bitch.

 

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