Nights for Friday 13 September 2019

 

7:07 Sonic Tonic

When was the last time you slipped up?

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, Mike Price. MacDiarmid Institute researcher and Victoria University of Wellington postdoctoral researcher introduces us to the element potassium and the reason for tonight's sonic tonic dedicated to bananas.

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 Friday Night Live we join Auckland based singer-songwriter Julia Deans in a selection of performances from the RNZ Studios.

9:07 Country Life 

The 300 metre long 'Wall of Waiau' cuts though a paddock on Dave and Rebekah Kelly's North Canterbury farm. It was created during the 7.8 Kaikoura earthquake in November 2016. Their 2000 hectare sheep and beef property has also got a new 30 metre deep lake. "It's great for jet-boating and water skiing," jokes Dave. The couple are still repairing damaged water pipes and fences but issues with their insurance company mean a number of farm buildings are yet to be fixed. Rebekah says working around the damage is stressful. They have shorn their sheep three times since the quake but can only use part of the woodshed.

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

This week's RNZ Music Mixtape selector is Hinewehi Mohi. To celebrate the release of Waiata/Anthems and commemorate twenty years since she sang the New Zealand national anthem in te reo Māori at Twickenham, she shares some of her favourite songs with Yadana Saw