Nights for Friday 23 April 2021
7:07 Sonic Tonic
In a special ANZAC Weekend Sonic Tonic we explore some New Zealand and Australian musical connections.
Photo: Dylan.ingleby, CC BY-SA 4.0
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: Supplied
In Friday Night Live we pay homage to iconic Maori artists and songs with Everything is Ka Pai from the Auckland Arts Festival in 2013.
Seth Haapu Photo: Josh Griggs
9:07 Country Life
On Country Life after 9 o'clock, Motueka Steiner School students have an outdoor classroom of log seats around a fire to look forward to when the school moves to its new farm campus in May.
Photo: RNZ/Cosmo Kentish-Barnes
The team also meet blacksmith Rob Pinkney who has seen forge after forge close. He's now offering blacksmithing classes in the hope the craft can be saved.
Photo: RNZ/Carol Stiles
and a call to Fiji where backyard farming is a matter of survival as the pandemic bites.
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
On The Mixtape, our guest picking his favourite songs and talking life with Charlotte Ryan is David Atai!
Mentor David Atai Photo: Hunter Crouchley
David is an award-winning, multi platinum-selling artist from groundbreaking NZ hip hop group Nesian Mystik with a track record of producing hits. David has been involved in music since 1999 and is passionate about helping young musicians.