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10:15 Live from the Commonwealth Games

We're now on to Day 8 of the Commonwealth Games - New Zealand sits fourth on the medal table with 37 medals, including 16 golds

Bronze medalist New Zealand's Lewis Clareburt poses during the medal presentation ceremony for the men's 200m individual medley swimming final at the Sandwell Aquatics Centre, on day six of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

Bronze medalist New Zealand's Lewis Clareburt poses during the medal presentation ceremony for the men's 200m individual medley swimming final at the Sandwell Aquatics Centre. Photo: AFP

The RNZ team in Birmingham will join us just after the news with a run down of all the day's action.

10:25 Fly Away Home - Or Not

Its been a bad week to be a pigeon - world-wide.

You had thousands of Belgian pigeons mysteriously go missing at a competition in France - a "catastrophe and an emotional and financial drama"

close up face of male speed racing pigeon against green blur background

Photo: 123RF

You had Bob from the UK - a pigeon on a mission who took a wrong turn and ended up in Alabama

And a local pigeon who took an even worse turn by flying into the lions den at Auckland Zoo... fair to say he was toast - or pate at least.

Pigeon fancier Craig Gray has been racing birds for 57 years, he joins Karen to tell us a thing or two about how pigeons operate.

10:35 Out Lately with Finn Johansson

He's been on ice for weeks now but we've opened the chilly bin ... Finn Johansson with our Friday night music feature Out Lately and it's not cold in there at all.

Wellington's avant Finn Johansson with his Out Lately depth and intrigue.

Photo: supplied - photo Ezra Simons

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