7:07 Sonic Tonic - Strength

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Photo: National Museum of American History [Public domain]

8:10 Element of the Week - Titanium

Catherine P. Whitby, Lecturer in  Chemistry at Massey University has the info on Titanium.

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Photo: By Alchemist-hp (pse-mendelejew.de) - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7329436

8:15 Dateline Pacific

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RNZ Pacific's daily current affairs programme covering the major Pacific stories of the week, with background and reaction from the people making the news.

8:30 Friday Night Live

For Friday Night Live we join New Mexico born, Arrowtown raised singer-songwriter Holly Arrowsmith performing in the RNZ Studios back in 2015 and 2018.

Holly Arrowsmith @ RNZ

Holly Arrowsmith @ RNZ Photo: Cole Eastham-Farrelly

9:07 Country Life 

Country Life this week is Masterful in Masterton, the programme has been high-jacked by the Golden Shears .. the Goldies  … we hear about the event many call the Wimbledon of shearing.  Also over paua fritters in a shearers' motel we hear what the guns do while waiting for their event to start.

Emily Welch won the first Golden Shears event for women.

Emily Welch won the first Golden Shears event for women. Photo: Supplied

10:17 Lately

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Lately with Karyn Hay is a late night radio show on RNZ National, with an eye on live events, an ear for music, a great sense of humour and a genuine interest in people and their stories.

11:07 The Mixtape

Teresa Patterson

Longtime band manager, record label manager Teresa Patterson shares her all-female mixtape ahead of the inaugural Milk and Honey Festival. The nationwide event she and Elemeno P's Lani Purkis dreamed up over a coffee. Teresa shares her mixtape with Yadana Saw Photo: supplied