Nights for Friday 21 October 2022

7:10 Country Life

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

This week Country Life chats to a mushroom grower who's been in the business for more than half a century, pops in on the pioneering couple behind New Zealand's manuka honey industry and shows off all the fun of the fair at the Selwyn Spring Show which is up and running again after a two year break due to Covid.

 

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

Tonight we feature Wellington based six-piece The Phoenix Foundation performing at the James Cabaret in 2013.

Since 2000 the band has released seven studio albums, four EPs, solo projects, and soundtracks for numerous films, as well as touring extensively overseas and appearances at the Glastonbury Festival and BBC's Later with Jools Holland in 2011.

 

9:07 How playing sounds while asleep could impact memories

Playing sound while you are sleeping could help to strengthen some memories, while weakening others according to new research from the University of York. While the research is new, it suggests that the approach could be used to help people living with traumatic recollections.

Dr Aidan Horner is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience at University of York, and principal investigator at the York Episodic Memory Lab. He joins the show to explain.

 

9:35 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.

This week Dan focusses on a couple of muscle-bound post-apocalyptic releases. See stars Jason Momoa as a man with a dark past who will do anything to save his adopted children. And Black Adam, from the DC stable, sees Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson return to his wrestling roots.

 

10:17 BBC World 

The BBC joins Nights with a round-up of the biggest stories from around the globe.

 

10:30 Stolen lifebuoy sent back to Arahura after 20 years

A lifebuoy that was stolen from the Cook Strait Arahura ferry has been returned, two decades later.

A mystery package arrived at Wellington's Interislander terminal this week, the bright orange buoy accompanied with a regretful note from the thief.

Interislander executive general manager Walter Rushbrook joins the show to share the story.

 

10:40 In With Finn with Finn Johansson 

Tamaki's resident music nerd steps out of his makeshift recording studio to bring us his favourite tracks of the week.

Tonight, Finn shares tunes from Lord Jah-Monte and Twit One, Maury Blu, Kristin Berardi, and Pearla.

 

11:07 The Mixtape

This week on The Mixtape, award winning rapper, poet, and Avondale local Melodownz joins Kara Rickard with a selection of soul inflicted songs that shaped his musical pathway.