Nights for Friday 4 November 2022

7:10 Country Life

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

This week, for Country Life's special 25th birthday edition, the crew takes you on a trip down memory lane, meeting some of the characters who've been on the show over its quarter century. 

 

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

In Friday Night Live this week we feature South Auckland singer-songwriter Paige performing for RNZ Music.    

 

9:07 Understanding your cat's behaviour

With kitten season well underway, animal behaviourist Dr Elsa Flint joins the show to share some tips and tricks on how to train any new additions, as well as dealing with problematic behaviour from older cats.

Send your questions for Dr Flint to nights@rnz.co.nz or text 2101 (texts cost 20 cents).

 

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.

This week Dan checks out the (latest) return of Patrick Stewart as Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek spinoff, Picard. And we also dive into new psychological thriller The Wonder, starring Florence Pugh,

 

10:17 Is TikTok giving teens tic disorders?

An outbreak of tic disorders among young women has led to doctors identifying TikTok videos as a probable cause.

In new documentary Believeng Is Seeing, released this week as part of 2022's Loading Docs, sociologist Dr Robert Bartholomew looks at the spread of psychogenic illness via social media, and the wider implications. 

 

10:45 Out Lately with Finn Johansson

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

This week he shares tracks from Piss for Pumpkin, Y2K, Picastro, and Joey Valence & Brae.

 

11:07 The Mixtape

This week  Matiu Walters of Six60 joins Music101's Charlotte Ryan to talk about the music he grew up with and where he finds his music inspiration - and pick his favourite songs.