Nights for Friday 4 October 2019

 

7:07 Sonic Tonic - Writing

What was the last handwritten letter you received?

7:45 Element of the Week

To mark 2019 as the year of the Periodic Table, RNZ Nights has teamed up with the MacDiarmid Institute to bring you Element of The Week.

Tonight, Dr Nathaniel Davis, Lecturer in Physical Chemistry at Victoria University of Wellington and Associate Investigator with the MacDiarmid Institute introduces us to the element Lead and the reason for tonight's sonic tonic dedicated to writing.

8:06 Friday Comedy - Killjoy

Part 2 of Killjoy, a satire about our obsession with true-crime and about the ill advised attempt to make a true-crime podcast where there's really nothing to make it about. The borax is subtly poked at the genre.

8:15 Dateline Pacific

RNZ Pacific's daily current affairs programme covering the major Pacific stories of the week, with background and reaction from the people making the news.

8:30 Friday Night Live

In Friday Night Live we join the incomparable Australian born NZ singer-songwriter, actor and TV personality Stan Walker in session at RNZ

9:07 Country Life 

On Country Life we hear about Steve and Phil Brown who have set up their King Country home and farm as a sanctuary for children with disabilities and their families. Their rescued animals are on the staff and help entertain and comfort visitors and energy consultant Phil Stevens wanted to reduce his carbon footprint so on his Manawatu lifestyle block he's experimenting taking old logs and tree trimmings and turning them into a special ingredient to sequester carbon and enhance soil and water.

10:17 Lately

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

The week's RNZ Mixtape selector is Ngahiwi Apanui, tumuaki (Chief Executive) of Te Taura Whiri i te reo Maori and founding member of conscious roots band Aotearoa. He shares his 100% New Zealand mixtape with Yadana Saw.