Friday 4 January 2019 Rāmere 4 Kohi-tātea 2019

• 12:04 AM. All Night Programme

  Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 Discovery (RNZ); 1:05 The Friday Feature (RNZ); 2:05 Are We There Yet? (RNZ) 2:30 Friday Live (RNZ); 3:05 Long Hot Summer by Barbara Anderson read by Stephanie Wilkin (4 of 15, RNZ); 3:30 The Why Factor (BBC); 5:10 Witness (BBC); 5:45 Summer was Yesterday by Joyce West (4 of 14, RNZ)

• 6:06 AM. Breakfast with Anna Thomas

  An early miscellany of music, stories and random thoughts including:

  6:12: Pounding the Pillow by Sarah Delahunty

  6:20 No Boundaries (NZBS)

  6:30 Witness (BBC)

  6:45 The Assassination 8: The Assassin's Journey - The nasty, brutish and short life of Benazir's killer (BBC)

  7:10 The Long Way Home: A tumble in the Tararuas - Bruce Hopkins takes his father and brother's ashes back home to Stewart Island. But he's taking the long way there; walking the length of New Zealand on Te Araroa trail. Week 19 - Palmerston North to Wellington via the Tararua Tops (RNZ)

• 8:10 AM. Summer Report with Chris Bramwell and Craig McCulloch

• 9:06 AM. Summer Times with Lynn Freeman & Emile Donovan

  A variety-packed, celebrity free morning of news, interviews, documentaries and music

• Noon Worldwatch

  Radio New Zealand news, followed by reports from Correspondents around the world

• 12:30 PM. Matinee Idle with Phil O'Brien and Simon Morris

  An afternoon of alleged music and dubious entertainment

• 5:00 PM. The 5 O'clock Report with Te Aniwa Hurihanganui

  Half an hour of current affairs from the RNZ News team

• 5:30 PM. Trending Now

  Highlighting the RNZ stories you're sharing on-line

• 6:06 PM. Encounters

  Memorable exchanges from the past year on RNZ National (RNZ)

• 7:04 PM. CrowdScience

  (BBC)

• 7:30 PM. Essential NZ Albums: Herbs - Light of the Pacific

  Combining the influences of Bob Marley and the music of their Polynesian heritage, Herbs were pioneers of a Pacific reggae sound. Nick Bollinger discusses their first long-player Light of the Pacific (RNZ)

• 8:06 PM. The Why Factor

  The extraordinary and hidden histories behind everyday objects and actions (BBC)

• 8:30 PM. Friday Night Live

  (RNZ)

• 9:04 PM. The Best of Country Life

  Memorable scenes, people and places from the last year in rural New Zealand (RNZ)

• 10:00 PM. News at Ten

  A roundup of today's news and sport

• 10:10 PM. We Will Not Cease by Archibald Baxter

  The experiences of  farm labourer Archibald Baxter was one of New Zealand 14 conscientious objectors forcibly transported to the Western Front in 1918. (Part 6 of 15, RNZ)

• 10:30 PM. In Their Element:

  Exploring the history, features and uses of different elements in the periodic table (BBC)

• 11:06 PM. The Mixtape

  Musical guests compile a C60 and talk us through their selections (RNZ)

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