Nights for Friday 2 July 2021
7:07 Sonic Tonic - Suburbia
What's your favourite suburb?
Photo: Bob Linsdell, CC BY 3.0
8:15 Pacific Waves
Koroi Hawkins presents a daily current affairs programme that delves deeper into the major stories of the week, through a Pacific lens, and shines a light on issues affecting Pacific people wherever they are in the world.
Photo: RNZ Pacific
8:30 Friday Night Live
This week on the Best of Friday Night Live we revisit soul singer Aaradhna performing in session at RNZ for NZ Live, the long running Friday music segment of Jesse Mulligans Afternoons show. Aaradhna performs acoustically in 2013, and with her band in 2016.
Photo: RNZ / Brad White
9:07 Country Life
Country Life chats to a farmer who's researched how farmers around the world deal with pressure.
Photo: RNZ/Sally Round
Also on the programme, one of New Zealand's earliest organic growers invites us into his apple cider vinegar factory in Otaki; plus, two neighbouring flood-hit farmers in mid Canterbury share their stories of the massive clean-up job still ahead.
Anne-Marie Allen assesses the damage Photo: RNZ / Cosmo Kentish-Barnes
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
This episode of the RNZ Mix Tape features Sam Hunt, a man who has never strayed from his passion for poems. Sam Hunt's charismatic live performances and books have earned him a reputation for the consistency and originality of his work.
Sam Hunt photographed by Luke McPike Photo: Luke McPike
Always charming and blessed with considerable 'presence, Sam Hunt remains one of Aotearoa's favourite sons. Sam Hunt talks to Trevor Reekie about his enduring passion for words and rhyme and includes a tasteful selection of songs that continue to resonate with him.