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Nights for Friday 25 November 2016

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7:07 Sonic Tonic

Music with magic and mischief spun into an surreal sensation of mayhem and maybe magnificence. Tonight the Doctor is in...

8:12 Puppeteer Norbert Hausberg

Puppeteer Norbert Hausberg has been making marionettes and performing one man shows for over 30 years. Waikato Museum is currently showing an exhibition of his marionettes: The Wonderful World of Norbert Hausberg

"Till Eulenspiegel" - the figure of a trickster.

Exhibition at Waikato Museum

Exhibition at Waikato Museum

Exhibition at Waikato Museum

Norbert Hausberg's first Marionette

"Pehanetonga" -This figure was part of Mustava and the Kauri Giant

Detail of "Pehanetonga"

These marionettes above are now part of the permanent collection of Te Papa

The veteran in a wheelchair

The little boy in a sailor outfit

The spy satelite

The Moon

8:30 Spotlight

American author Joel Slevin has just published his book "Altamont, The Rolling Stones, the Hells Angels, and the Inside Story of Rock's Darkest Day" which unveils a lot of new information about the ill fated 1969 free festival that has been described as "a day when everything went perfectly wrong."

9:07 Country Life 

Industry leaders from seven top beef producing nations have been in New Zealand to discuss the trials of farming beef and selling it to the world and ....having a blast on the Mahia Peninsula - the high tech company Rocket Lab has built a launch pad for satellites there. What do the locals think and how are the international scientists enjoying living in remote, rural New Zealand?

10:17 Late Edition

A roundup of today's RNZ News and feature interviews as well as Date Line Pacific from RNZ International.

11:07 The Mixtape

For the latest series of The Mixtape, RNZ Music invites guests to compile a C60. This week, Victoria Kelly, film composer and APRA Director of Member Services takes us through a selection of classical and popular songs that she has discovered throughout her musical adventures.

Music played in this show

Sonic Tonic - Doctors

artist:         The Timelords
song:         Doctorin' The Tardis  

artist:         Millie Jackson
song:         Love Doctor

artist:         Kiss
song:         Calling Dr Love

artist:         Parliament
song:         Dr Funkenstein

artist:         Sleater Kinney
song:         Call the doctor

artist:         Harry Nilsen
song:         Coconut     

artist:         The Young Rascals
song:         Good Lovin'
        
artist:         Dr Octagon
song:         Blue Flowers

artist:         St Vincent
song:         Surgeon

artist:         Eels
song:         Hospital Food
        
artist:         The Clean  
song:         Anything could Happen

artist:         Dinah Washington
song:         Long John Blues

artist:           Coldplay     
song:           Fix You