Nights for Friday 17 December 2021

7:07 Sonic Tonic - Rushing

What are you leaving to the last minute?

 

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.

8:30 Friday Night Live

On Friday Night Live we are joined by Port Chalmers based singer-songwriter Nadia Reid. Nadia has made numerous live appearances on RNZ, and tonight we feature performances for NZ Live in 2016 and 2017.

9:07 Country Life 

The Country Life team meets a couple of wine-mad viticulturists who have transformed a limestone quarry into an organic vineyard that pays homage to the grape-growing traditions of the Burgundy region in France and they find out about the 14 varieties of Christmas tree that are grown at a Wairarapa Christmas tree farm. 

10:17 Late Edition

Bryan Crump presents all the breaking news, a little analysis of the stories of the moment, and some highlights of the day on RNZ National.

10:18 Reopening the Tākaka Hill road

The Tākaka Hill road has been restored to two lanes, almost four years after it was extensively damaged by Cyclone Gita. Road access to and from Golden Bay was cut off for several days following the February 2018 incident, but was reopened to a single lane after almost $3 million of emergency repairs. Tasman Mayor, Tim King chats to Bryan Crump about the long wait to get the road reopened.

 

11:07 The Mixtape

A slightly different Mixtape tonight: Instead of one guest picking their favourite tunes, Charlotte Ryan plays some of the songs that didn't make RNZ Music's Top 20 Countdown list, and speak to the RNZ Music family and friends that voted for them.