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Afternoons for Friday 8 May 2015

  • Your Song - Stardust

    1:10 PM.Brian from Tauranga nominates Stardust by Hoagy Carmichael. Audio

  • NZ Live - The Remarkables

    1:20 PM.Today, a quartet who are proudly championing a whole new genre of music, bluegrasscountryswing. Read more Video, Audio

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  • Prince Haka

    2:10 PM.His Royal Highness Prince Harry arrives in the country tomorrow. His five-day trip is packed with official duties, visits to Christchurch, Stewart Island and a Hurricanes game in Wellington. And - we… Read more Audio

  • Tokanui Cemetery – The paddock below the woolshed

    2:20 PM.A project to properly remember the 500-plus people buried in Tokanui Cemetery is calling for help from the public. Read more Audio

  • Feature Album - Empty Glass

    2:45 PM.Our feature album today is inspired by today's lead music story on rollingstone.com on the eve of Pete Townshend's 70th birthday, during the Who's 50th Anniversary Tour. Empty Glass was the first… Read more Audio

  • Fresh fast food with Johnny Schwass

    3:10 PM.Vanilla Caramel Feijoa Sponge with autumn fruits. Audio

  • Wine with Yvonne Lorkin

    3:20 PM.Cheap and Cheerful Wolf Blass Yellow Label South Australian Shiraz 2013 Mid Price Magic Jacobs Creek Double Barrel Barossa Shiraz 2012 Treat Yourself Julicher Estate Martinborough Pinot Noir 2011 Audio

  • Film with Sarah McMullan

    3:30 PM.The Ground We Won 1hr 31mins / M Pitch Perfect 2 1hr 55mins / M Audio

  • The Panel pre-show for 8 May 2015

    3:45 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

1:10 Your Song - 'Stardust' by Hoagy Carmichael chosen by Brian Geoghan of Tauranga.

1:20 NZ Live with a band you'll have a hard time sitting still to .. the four piece bluegrass country swing outfit, The Remarkables.

2:10 The Royal Haka - Warrant Officer Class 1, Mario Ropitini,
Prince Harry arrives in the country tomorrow - and among his many duties, he's requested to learn the haka. We speak to one of the men assigned with the task of teaching him the moves.

2:20  Honouring the Forgotten Dead - Lisa Thompson
We meet a Hamilton man trying to restore some dignity to the 500-plus souls lying in unmarked graves in the former Tokanui Hospital cemetery.

Link:  New Zealand Society

2:30 NZ Reading - Peter Bland with part five of The Conductor, by Sarah Quigley.

MUSIC DETAILS     
Excerpts from allegretto of  Dmitri Shostakovich's Symphony no. 7 in C major, NZSO [RNZ Recording]

The Conductor by Sarah Quigley Pub: Random House  / Vintage (6-May-2011) ISBN-978-1869795061

2:45 Feature album - Empty Glass - Pete Townshend (1980)

Rolling Stone link:Who's Done? Pete Townshend's Ambivalent Farewell

3:10 Food, Wine and Movies

Fresh Fast Food - Jonny Schwass - Vanilla Caramel Feijoa Sponge with Autumn Fruits

Weekend Wine - Yvonne Lorkin
Wolf Blass Yellow Label South Australian Shiraz 2013 $12
Jacobs Creek Double Barrel Barossa Shiraz 2012 $25
Julicher Estate Martinborough Pinot Noir 2011 $42

Movie Reviews - Sarah McMullan
The Ground We Won          *****
1hr 31mins / M:

Pitch Perfect 2         ***
1hr 55mins / M:

3:45 The Panel Pre-Show - Bridget Mills.