7:07 Sonic Tonic - Air

What or whom has taken your breath away?

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Photo: CCO Public Domain

8:10 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, Marcus Jones from AUT's chemistry department introduces us to the element oxygen and the reason for tonight's sonic tonic dedicated to air.

Sun shining through a tree's leaves. Plants take energy from sunlight, water and carbon dioxide, and use photosynthesis to produce sugars and oxygen, splitting water in the process.

Plants take energy from sunlight, water and carbon dioxide, and use photosynthesis to produce sugars and oxygen, splitting water in the process. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

8:15 Dateline Pacific

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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 New York based singer-songwriter Miriam Clancy in a performance with her six piece band at Auckland's Bacco Room in October 2009.

Miriam Clancy

Miriam Clancy Photo: RNZ/Supplied?

9:07 Country Life 

Tonight the Country Life team hear about the newest breed of cattle on the block - some are black with white spots and some are white with black.
They have a story about reject horses from the racing industry - retired trotters are being saved and prepared for loving new homes.
And they're catching up with an international cheese judge who's pretty clear about the sort of cheeses New Zealander should be making.

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Photo: Speckle Park International Inc

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

The Mixtape features the newly elected Dunedin mayor Aaron Hawkins speaking with Yadana Saw

Dunedin's mayor elect Aaron Hawkins

Dunedin's mayor elect Aaron Hawkins Photo: Supplied

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