7:07 Sonic Tonic - Crustaceans

What's underneath your shell?

Fresh lobster (Photo by Laurence Mouton / es-cuisine / PhotoAlto via AFP)

Photo: L. Mouton / Altopress

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

Paul Kelly

Paul Kelly Photo: screen grab

 On the Best of Friday Night Live we hear performances from Australian song-writing legend Paul Kelly and a 2012 RNZ session by British born Ugandian artist Michael Kiwanuka.

Michael Kiwanuka

Michael Kiwanuka Photo: Wikicommons

9:07 Country Life 

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Country Life heads out on horseback to find out how horses are helping to heal sufferers of post traumatic stress, the breeder of the new Roxy apple says it has the flavour of yesteryear; and fourteen years after a young dairy assistant turned up to milk the cows in streetwear, he's been named New Zealand's dairy manager of the year.

Nicholas Bailey Dairy Trainee of the Year, Mark and Jaime Arnold Share Farmers of the Year, Thomas Chatfield Dairy Manager of the Year

Nicholas Bailey Dairy Trainee of the Year, Mark and Jaime Arnold Share Farmers of the Year, Thomas Chatfield Dairy Manager of the Year Photo: NZDI

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

Charlotte Ryan's guest on the Mixtape this evening is musician Warren Maxwell who formed the  bands Trinity Roots, Little Bushman and now teaches contemporary music at Massey University.  

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Photo: Jason O'Hara