7:07 Sonic Tonic - Pastry

What's the filling in your pastry?

Pastry case in tart tin (Photo by Foodcollection GesmbH / foodcollection / foodcollection via AFP)

Photo: Foodcollection / Foodcollection GesmbH

8:15 Pacific Waves

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Koroi Hawkins presents a daily current affairs programme that delves deeper into the major stories of the week, through a Pacific lens, and shines a light on issues affecting Pacific people wherever they are in the world.

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8:30 Friday Night Live

For Friday Night live, we go to Roundhead Studios in June 2010 for an intimate session with AK four-piece The Bellbirds.

The Bellbirds

Photo: Going West Festival

9:07 Country Life 

The Country Life team meet rum distiller Janet Charteris who is slowly taking over the old shed on her parents' Taranaki macadamia orchard for her barrels and a shiny copper still.

Janet Charteris at work in her distillery

Janet Charteris at work in her distillery Photo: RNZ/Sally Round

The new farm manager at one of New Zealand's biggest sheep and beef properties in North Canterbury has hit the ground running. As well as getting up to speed with a holistic grazing system established by the farm's US owners, Michael Whyte is also dealing with extensive damage to infrastructure caused by the devastating floods in June.

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Photo: Cosmo Kentish-Barnes

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 week's RNZ Mixtape guest is Keith de Dulin better known as Constable Keith. Constable Keith, and his puppet dog, Sniff, became household names during the 1980s for their road safety promotion work in schools and on children's television.  He joins Charlotte Ryan to talk life, music, and chooses his favourite songs. 

Constable Keith and Sniffer

Constable Keith and Sniffer Photo: Photo Supplied