7:07 Sonic Tonic - Science

Coloured test tubes containing a DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) double helix, computer illustration. (Photo by KTSDESIGN/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / KTS / Science Photo Library via AFP)

Photo: KTSDESIGN/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

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

In Friday Night Live we remember soul and blues singer Rick Bryant with a session recorded in RNZ's Helen Young Studio in 2003.

Rick Bryant in the Helen Young Studio, RNZ Auckland, 2003.

Rick Bryant and the Jive Bombers Live at Helen's, 2003. Photo: RNZ / Andre Upston collection

9:07 Country Life 

Many of her feijoas are destined for juice but Heather has also developed a range of other products including freeze-dried snacks and powder and a beauty product.

Many of her feijoas are destined for juice but Heather has also developed a range of other products including freeze-dried snacks and powder and a beauty product. Photo: RNZ/Sally Round

Country Life this week meets pickers helping out with a bumper feijoa harvest in Hawke's Bay, and heads out to sea with an Akaroa salmon farmer. Duncan Bates built the Akaroa Salmon farm near Wainui with his father Tom from scratch nearly four decades ago and now it produces 700 tonnes of King salmon a year..

Duncan Bates

Duncan Bates Photo: RNZ / 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

Charlotte invites NZ Record collector Dujon Cullingford to pick some rare NZ Music gems he has discovered over the years. 

Record Collector Dujon Cullingford

Record Collector Dujon Cullingford Photo: Supplied