Nights for Friday 7 June 2019
7:07 Sonic Tonic - Salty water
The sodium in salt is responsible for increasing blood pressure and too much sodium can contribute to cardiovascular diseases such as heart attacks and strokes Photo: CC BY 2.0 Dubravko Sorić
Music with magic and mischief spun into an surreal sensation of mayhem and maybe magnificence.
8:10 Element of the Week
To mark 2019 as the year of the Periodic Table, RNZ Nights has teamed up with the MacDiarmid Institute to bring you Element of The Week.
Tonight, Duncan McGillivray introduces us to the element Sodium and the reason for tonight's sonic tonic dedicated to Salty water.
8:15 Dateline Pacific
Photo: RNZ
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
Photo: RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly
This week we feature the poly-fonk, R'n'B stylings of South Aucklanders Ardijah.
9:07 Country Life
The team catch up with a young and ambitious Southland dairy farmer who manages to find time to work on several off farm activities, we'll also find out about a educational programme that connects young people with permanent work or further education through hands-on outdoor work experience...
10:17 Lately
Photo: RNZ
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
Milly Olykan Photo: © The O2
This week, Milly Olykan is the Vice President of International Relations and Development at the Country Music Association of America - in short, it's her job to take Nashville to the world. She had her start managing theaters and bands here in New Zealand - including The Brunettes, who made international breakthroughs in the early 2000s.
For the RNZ Music Mixtape Milly shares some of the songs that have accompanied her storied career so far.