7:06 Friday Night Theme

7:40 NZ Society

8 pm News and Weather

8:06Musical Chairs featuring The Trons

Musical Chairs features mad scientist and music fanatic Greg Locke about building The Trons, a touring band of robots made out of old Meccano.

8:40 Atoll Adaption

Associate Professor John Campbell, geographer, The University of Waikato

How Pacific Islanders could adapt to survive on atolls, in response to the talk surrounding climate change and sea level rise.

8:50 Conundrum

The answer and the winner's chosen song.

9 pm News and Weather

9:06 Country Life

Rural news and features.

10 pm News and Weather

10:17 Late Edition

A review of the leading news from Morning Report, Nine to Noon, Afternoons and Checkpoint. Also hear the latest news from around the Pacific on Radio New Zealand International's Dateline Pacific.

11 pm News and Weather

11:06 Classic Concerts

Bill Withers - Live at Carnegie Hall 1972

The troubadour of melancholy soul at his creative peak relates to the large Carnegie Hall audience as if he was in a small club. His introductions are just as poignant as the songs, as he moves from sadness to celebration. Allmusic Guide called this one of the great live albums of the 70s. (Columbia)