Nights for Friday 5 May 2017

7:07 Sonic Tonic

Music with magic and mischief spun into an surreal sensation of mayhem and maybe magnificence. This week's theme is kitchens, cooking and baking. 

Photo: Google images

8:12 Dames and babies 

20 dames, and Professor Frank Bloomfield. The event this week is about the Liggins Institute which is trying to  prevent diseases like obesity, optimise the health of pregnant women, and give all babies the best possible start to life. Professor Frank Bloomfield who is also director of the Liggins Institute, he does research and also works in NICU at Auckland Hospital as a neonatologist. Will be on the show to talk about the event & the Liggins institute's history. 

8:30 Spotlight 

Musical people (under a spotlight)

9:07 Country Life 

Keeps it rural

10:17 Late Edition

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

11:07 The Mixtape

For the latest series of The Mixtape, RNZ Music invites guests to compile a C60 of local sounds, and talk us through their selections.

Legendary Wellington Rock outfit Head Like A Hole are about to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their debut release Thirteen by hitting the road once again. Frontman Booga Beazley joins Kirsten Johnstone to talk through the soundtrack in his formative years.