Nights for Friday 3 June 2016

7:07 Sonic Tonic
Music with magic and mischief, spun into an surreal sensation of mayhem and maybe magnificence. Tonight we're looking at perspective from a different angle.

7:45 Witness
Karakoram Highway  In 1979 one of the great engineering feats of the twentieth century was completed and the Karakoram highway between Pakistan and China was finally opened to the public. The highway, also known as the Friendship Highway in China, was started in 1959. Due to its high elevation and the difficult conditions under which it was constructed, it's also sometimes referred to as the "Eighth Wonder of the World".

8:12 Nights' Sport - Australia
ABC sports presenter Paul Kennedy tackles State of Origin, Jarryd Hayne's latest plans and the future of netball.

8:30 Spotlight 
A first generation New Zealander from Niuean parents, Tigilau Ness has walked a path that saw him expelled from Mt Albert Grammar and become a member of the Polynesian Panthers protesting the Dawn Raids. He was an activist in the 1981 anti Springbok Tour which resulted in him being sentenced to 12 months imprisonment. However, music and family has always prevailed and got him through tough times. His integrity, community consciousness and well-grounded family values continue to permeate the man that he remains today.

9:07 Country Life 
Dozens of cut & blow wave vouchers from the Kaos HQ hair salon in Invercargill have been gifted to dairy farmers in response to the plunging payout. The initiative is run by the Southern Dairy Women's Network in order to raise rural spirits and give women a chance to catch up with others and get some well-deserved pampering.

10:17 Brass Monkey
Mike O'Donnell is one of 2000 leather clad men and women gathering for 36th Brass Monkey motorcycling rally at the Idaburn Dam, Oturehua, Central Otago this weekend.

10:25 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
Mixtape - Moana Maniapoto In our final New Zealand Music Month Mixtape, writer, broadcaster, filmmaker, singer and songwriter Moana Maniapoto plays us her favourite tunes from Aotearoa

 

Music played in this show

Sonic Tonic - Perspective

ARTIST:         Jimmy Cliff   
SONG:           I can see clearly now

ARTIST:         The Who
SONG:           I can see for Miles

ARTIST:         Patti Smith
SONG:           25th floor

ARTIST:         They might be Giants
SONG:           She's actual Size

ARTIST:         Beyonce
SONG:           If I was a boy

ARTIST:         Lorde
SONG:           Tennis Court

ARTIST:         Public Enemy
SONG:           Don't believe the Hype

ARTIST:         Joni Mitchell
SONG:           Both Sides Now