Nights for Friday 30 August 2019

 

7:07 Sonic Tonic - Splitting

If you could split right now, where would you split to?

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, Richard Hartshorn, Professor of Chemistry at University of Canterbury and Secretary General of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry introduces us to the element Rutherfordium and the reason for tonight's sonic tonic dedicated to splitting.

8:15 Dateline Pacific

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 this week's edition of Friday Night Live we join singer-songwriter Reb Fountain performing in session and at The Civic Theatre and The Wine Cellar.

9:07 Country Life 

'Til the Cows Come Home is a not-for-profit cow sanctuary near Cust in North Canterbury. It's run by 19-year-old Jasmine Hubber and so far she's rescued nearly 200 cows and calves. While some are taken off her by other animal lovers, she lets the rest of her adopted herd see out their days on family-owned and leased farm land.

10:17 Lately

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

Christchurch native and music industry veteran Charlotte Ryan is the new host of RNZ's flagship music programme Music 101. She joins Tony Stamp on the RNZ Music Mixtape to select some of her favourite songs, and to share stories from her long and varied career in music.