Nights for Friday 6 May 2022
7:07 Sonic Tonic - Letters
If you could write a letter to anyone at all, who would it be?
Lady Writing a Letter with Her Maid Photo: Johannes Vermeer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
8:15 Pacific Waves
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.
Photo: RNZ Pacific
8:30 Friday Night Live
For this Friday Night Live we join Polynesian urban poet and artist Melodownz performing in session for RNZ
Melodownz Photo: RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly
9:07 Country Life
Country Life this week joins the audience at a country hall in Hawke's Bay which is among several in the district playing host to live music by top musicians. Community halls like Matapiro's used to be the life-blood of rural communities and The Small Hall Sessions are helping them find a new groove and bringing locals together.
Entry to the Matapiro Hall, one of several dozen community halls in Hawke's Bay staging Small Hall Sessions. Photo: Andrew Caldwell of Ankh Photography
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
David Ridler has just left NZ on Air as their Head of Music, a role he inhabited for six years. It was his third stint there, after working as a radio plugger in 2002 and then as Assistant NZ Music Manager in 2008, for a total of around 12 years.
David Ridler Photo: supplied
He also has a background in radio, starting as a volunteer at Radio Active in 1994 and finishing in 2016 as Head of Content at Radio Hauraki.
Photo: RNZ/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY
He joined Tony Stamp to share ten local songs that he helped fund during his recent stint at NZOA.
