6:30 Radio Santa

We're giving away a copy of Dan Carter: 1598. A collector's item and celebration of the career of Dan Carter - with a forewward by Richie McCaw.

Pohutukawa flower

Pohutukawa flower. Photo: Image by Avenue, Creative Commons

6:35 Summer Tonic - Australasia

Australasia, computer artwork. (Photo by LCL / Science Photo Library via AFP)

Photo: 2011 © Pixelchaos

7:07 Sonic Tonic - The World

Lockdown, conceptual illustration. (Photo by Fanatic Studio/Gary Waters/SCIEN / FST / Science Photo Library via AFP)

Photo: Fanatic Studio/Gary Waters/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

8:15 Pacific Waves

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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.

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8:30 Friday Night Live

For this Friday Night Live we join velvet-voiced Te Karehana Toi AKA Teeks, performing live in session and on stage in recordings captured by RNZ engineer Andre Upston. 

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9:07 Country Life 

The Country Life's teams headed off for their summer break - but each week over summer you'll still be able to get your fix of stories from rural New Zealand - coming up  we have Country Life's summer series - this week we're  re-visiting a town famous for its annual shemozzle.  

A shepherd and his Huntaway crossing the finish line at the Hunterville Shemozzle.

Photo: RNZ / Jemma Brackebush

10:17 Late Edition

Bryan Crump presents all the breaking news, a little analysis of the stories of the moment, and some highlights of the day on RNZ National.

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Photo: RNZ Andrew Robertson

11:07 The Mixtape

It’s the last Mixtape of the year, so the RNZ Music team bring you a special edition picking their favorite songs of the year.  Tony Stamp, Trevor Reekie, Yadana Saw, Zen Yates-Fill, Jana Te Nahu Owen and Charlotte Ryan all pick their top song of 2021.  

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