7:07 Sonic Tonic - Lawyers

3D illustration image of a gavel - auction hammer

Photo: Quince Media, CC BY-SA 4.0

8:15 Pacific Waves

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Elisha Foon 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.

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.

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

In Friday Night Live we feature singer-songwriter Ladyhawke playing a selection of her classic hits and new songs.    

Ladyhawke

Ladyhawke Photo: Lula Cucchiara

9:07 Country Life 

The Ngawha Innovation and Enterprise park is currently being built on 240 ha of land near Kaikohe. It is expected to create hundreds of jobs.

Ngawha Innovation and Enterprise Park

Photo: Supplied Ngawha Innovation and Enterprise Park

At French Farm on Banks Peninsula Richie Bocock has planted what he believes is the southernmost avocado grove in the world.

Richie and Kate Bocock

Richie and Kate Bocock Photo: Cosmo Kentish-Barnes

Robin Oakley grows spuds, broccoli, beetroots and pumpkins on 400 hectares in Canterbury. To improve the businesses' environmental footprint, he’s recently installed a 220 kilowatt solar operation to power the processing and packing site in Southbridge. 

ifth generation vege grower Robin Oakley has installed a 220 kilowatt solar operation to power the processing and packing site in Southbridge.

Photo: supplied

10:17 Late Edition 

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

Anna Thomas

Anna Thomas Photo: Supplied / Anna Thomas

Late Edition - The Kiwis businesses hustling in the US 

The doors of the Oval Office are opening to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.  The highly anticipated meeting with US President, Joe Biden, and Vice President Kamala Harris will take place next week as Ms Ardern wraps up her 'back in business tour'.  

NZ Story is part of the business delegation travelling with the Prime Minister, and Anna Thomas got Chief Executive David Downs up early for a chat. 

(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on May 26, 2022 shows New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern (L) attends her cabinet meeting at the parliament in Wellington on November 6, 2020, and US President Joe Biden (R) meets with Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 10, 2022.
US President Joe Biden will welcome New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to the White House next week for talks, his administration announced May 26, 2022.

Photo: Nicholas Kamm, Dave Lintott / AFP

11:07 The Mixtape

Julia Deans picks the Mixtape.

Julia Deans

Julia Deans Photo: Christchurch Arts Festival