Nights for Friday 29 September 2017
7:07 Sonic Tonic - Coming Home
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Let the wife make the husband glad to come home, and let him make her sorry to see him leave. Martin Luther
The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home. Confucius
Photo: flickr/ Geof Wilson
The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned. Maya Angelou
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There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort. Jane Austen
Photo: By Tulane Public Relations (2010 Homecoming King & Queen) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body. Benjamin Franklin
Photo: flickr/Archives New Zealand
The more one does and sees and feels, the more one is able to do, and the more genuine may be one's appreciation of fundamental things like home, and love, and understanding companionship. Amelia Earhart
Photo: Fritz von Uhde [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons
If you go back to your home town or you're reunited with school friends, its always slightly bittersweet because as much as there's nice things in terms of seeing them again, the town has changed without you, and you're no longer a part of it. Edgar Wright
8:12 It's Our Business
Sadly alcohol is commonly associated sexual violence. Tonight's guests are working with bar and club staff to help them spot the possible signs and play a positive role in sexual violence prevention. However it isn't always easy to know what to do when you spot a potentially unsafe situation.
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8:30 Spotlight
Grove Roots at Waiata Maori Music Awards Photo: screencapture/waiata maori music awards
Māori music displayed its diversity and its vitality at the tenth annual Waiata Māori Music Awards last week.
Attendee, nominee and correspondent Noel Woods gauged the health of the waiata and kaupapa of community.
9:07 Country Life
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Tonight on Country Life old working dogs are given a new life and with the programme having just clocked up its 1000th show, we reminisce about some of the stories covered in that first year.
10:17 Late Edition
A roundup of today's RNZ News and feature interviews as well as Dateline Pacific from RNZ International.
11:07 The Mixtape
Andrew Dubber - digital era expert on radio and music Photo: supplied
For the latest series of The Mixtape, RNZ Music invites guests to compile a C60 of local sounds, and talk us through their selections.
This week's mixtape guest is music technologist, author, broadcaster, and academic Andrew Dubber. Along with his partner Michela Magas he runs Music Tech Fest, and lives in Sweden with two big fluffy dogs. Back in NZ to celebrate his 50th birthday, he shares a mixtape of songs close to his heart.