Nights for Friday 7 October 2022

7:10 Country Life

Country Life takes you down country roads to meet ordinary people achieving their dreams.

This week Country Life is in Taniwha Gully, one of the most well-known Māori rock art sites within Te Waipounamu / South Island. And we meet Finlay Ludbrook, a 13-year-old who has had success with an experiment to see whether giving copper to cattle calves improves their condition. And it's no bull - the trial has won Finlay several awards.

 

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.

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8:30 Friday Night Live

This week we for Friday Night Live we pay homage to singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, actor and scuba diver Troy Kingi. 

The award-winning artist has just released his new 80s inspired album Year Of The Ratbags And Their Musty Theme Songs, the sixth long player in his epic 10 10 10 series —10 albums in 10 years in 10 genres.

 

9:07 Original artworks by Frida Kahlo to be shown in Auckland

Original works by two of Mexico’s most celebrated artists are coming to Tāmaki Makaurau for a special exhibition. 

Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera: Art and Life in Modern Mexico encompasses Kahlo’s striking self-portraits and Rivera’s prized easel paintings, alongside more than 150 artworks by leading Mexican artists including muralist David Siqueiros and painter María Izquierdo.

Curator Julia Waite has spent a year working on the exhibition, which opens next week.

The exhibition runs 15 October 2022 to 22 Jan 2023 at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. Head over here for more information and to buy tickets.
 

 

9:30 Short-Cut with Dan Slevin

Film critic Dan Slevin joins the show to share his film selections to kick-start your binge watching this weekend.

Tonight Dan looks at the Oprah Winfrey-produced documentary about Sidney Poitier — the first black man to win an Oscar for Best Actor and a powerful influence during the Civil Rights movement. He also dives into Apollo 10 1/2, an animated story about growing up in Houston during the time of the moon landings, and star-studded comedy-thriller Amsterdam.

 

10:17 How can cannabis convictions affect your future?

A cannabis grower who has multiple convictions for possession, supply, and cultivation tells Karyn that none of his convictions have held him back in life. He now grows for legal operations on the East Coast.

His comments come as US President Joe Biden pardons thousands of American citizens with prior federal convictions for marijuana possession.

 

10:30 Punters bouncing into the weekend at Megaland 

The thought of tackling an obstacle course is probably enough to make most of us break out in hives. But what about a gigantic bouncy castle billed as one of the largest inflatable obstacle courses in the world? 

Megaland is a colossal inflatable obstacle course, measuring an epic 300 meters long with 43 challenging obstacles along the way.

Andrew Broadley is one of the punters that has been put to the test at Mt Smart Stadium, where Megland will be until October 15.

 

10:45 Out Lately with Finn Johansson

Nights' resident music nerd steps out of his makeshift recording studio to bring us his favourite tracks of the week. Tonight Finn features tracks from Smino, The Haunted Youth, Nilüfer Yanya, and Glamourie.

 

11:07 The Mixtape

Charlotte Ryan invites Leon Wadham, comedian, director and actor in Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power to pick his favourite songs for The Mixtape.