Nights for Friday 20 March 2020
7:07 Sonic Tonic - Squares and boxes
How are you managing to think outside the box?
Photo: Creativity103 / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)
8:15 Dateline Pacific
Photo: RNZ
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 charismatic and intense singer-songwriter Aldous Harding for performances at the Crystal Palace and the Civic Theatre.
Aldous Harding and Simon Gregory performing at Crystal Palace. Photo: Ben Howe
Radio New Zealand engineer Andre Upston was on deck to capture the performance, ensuring RNZ Music listeners a front row seat.
9:07 Country Life
Country Life heads to Manawatu and drops in on New Zealand's first spirulina farm which grows the bright green protein-rich superfood from tiny algae.
Benjamin Baril pours a specimen of the spirulina being farmed at NZ's first spirulina farm in Manawatu Photo: RNZ/Sally Round
Then they ride the waves at Mount Maunganui.... yes the surf does have something to do with farming!
Surfing for Farmers Mount Maunganui Photo: Susan Murray RNZ
10:17 Lately
Photo: RNZ
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
This week's RNZ Music mixtape selector is songwriter Nadia Reid, who released her third album Out Of My Province three weeks ago. Since this mixtape was recorded she has had to cancel her whole UK and US tour.
Nadia Reid Photo: 2019 ALEX LOVELL-SMITH
