Nights for Friday 12 May 2017 Nights

7:07 Sonic Tonic

Music with magic and mischief spun into an surreal sensation of mayhem and maybe magnificence.

The theme is cocktails.

Photo: James Bond

8:06 Dear Mum

Dear Mum's last episode tonight.

8:12 Stitching history in Otago

Jeanette Trotman is the Secretary of the Tapestry Trust of New Zealand, a fabric artist, and Past President of the Otago Embroiderers' Guild.

She'll be talking about The Tapestry Project which will be completed in the next couple of years.

Gallipoli complete (PHOTO: RNZ / Lydia Anderson)

Jeanette Trotman (PHOTO: RNZ / Lydia Anderson)

Tapestry Mountains to sea (PHOTO: RNZ / Lydia Anderson)

tapestry Shirley Jaquiery (PHOTO: RNZ / Lydia Anderson)

tapestry stitch guide (PHOTO: RNZ / Lydia Anderson)

Tapestry group shot (PHOTO: RNZ / Lydia Anderson)

Tapestry closeup (PHOTO: RNZ / Lydia Anderson)

8:30 Spotlight

Musical people (under a spotlight)

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.

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

RNZ Music's Alex Behan, Kirsten Johnstone, Nick Bollinger, Yadana Saw and Tony Stamp introduce their favourite music from the first quarter of 2017.

Nights for Friday 12 May 2017