7:07 Sonic Tonic

What is better than the real thing?

Margaret Thatcher Spitting Image Puppet

Photo: mattbuck (category) / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)

 

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 this Friday Night Live we go to The Last Waltz 40th Anniversary tribute performance, reuniting two of the creative lynchpins from the 1976 original farewell show and a stellar line-up of local artists.

Reb Fountain, Mike Hall, Brett Adams, Paul Ubana, Adam McGrath, Tami Neilson, Barry Saunders and Delaney Davidson

Reb Fountain, Mike Hall, Brett Adams, Paul Ubana, Adam McGrath, Tami Neilson, Barry Saunders and Delaney Davidson Photo: Suppl

9:07 Country Life 

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Photo: RNZ/Carol Stiles

Tonight on Country Life, we learn how waste from figs is being turned into a valuable nutritional product, a dairy herd breeder sells off a precious herd of Friesians, and the Wilencote Polled Hereford stud celebrates 100 years with a special bull sale.

Wilencote bull sale near Gisborne

Wilencote bull sale near Gisborne Photo: RNZ / Sally Round

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

Comedian, podcaster and politics enthusiast, Tim Batt, discusses some of his favourite music with Charlotte Ryan.

Tim Batt

Tim Batt Photo: supplied