Nights for Friday 15 October 2021
7:07 Sonic Tonic - Philosophy
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.
8:30 Friday Night Live
For this performance we join electronic multi-instrumentalist Sean Donnelly AKA SJD performing with his band at Mercury Theatre October 2015.
9:07 Country Life
On Country Life we visit a dairy farm which is helping to test methods which might lower the environmental footprint of dairying; and we meet an entrepreneur who's taken New Zealand wool socks to the world.
10:17 Late Edition
Karyn Hay presents all the breaking news, a little analysis of the stories of the moment, and some highlights of the day on RNZ National.
10:20 Willie Jackson: Māori vaccination imperative
As a nation we're learning to think differently under Covid-19, as the government looks at what a future with covid-19 in our communities looks like. But there are concerns that some communities will bear the brunt of lifting restrictions much more than others. Since the beginning of the Delta outbreak māori health professionals have been calling for urgent measures to be put in place so the weight of the pandemic is not felt disproportionately by māori communities. There have been some big drives over the last few weeks but māori vaccination rates are still lower than other demographics and earlier this week half the new cases were māori. A man who has been thinking a lot about this is Minister for Māori Development Willie Jackson.
10:30 What to do with an abundance of avocados?
The big horticulture news today is that we're having an avocado glut! So if you don't have an avocado pear baby at home chewing through them, what do you do with this wealth of green goodness? Michael Franks is the CEO of Avocado exporter Seeka, so he should have a couple of ideas.
10:35 At the pub in Sydney
Author and hardcore Sydney sider Peter Fitzsimons has returned to the pub for the first time in over three months. He says its chocka with happy people. This is the first time Peter has had to use a vaccination certificate to gain entry anywhere and people are relishing it. He joins Karyn from outside the pub.
10:45 Invercargill prepares a present for 2071
A brand new time capsule is being built into a new CBD development in Invercargill. The project director Greg Cotton came up with the idea and he joins Karyn to discuss the thinking behind it, and what's going in the capsule.
11:07 The Mixtape
Dunedin rock royalty Shayne P Carter joins Charlotte Ryan on this week's Mixtape to talk about life and his journey so far, as well as the music that made him.