Afternoons for Friday 24 December 2010

1:10 NZ Music - Live

Today, not one, not two but four live acts to bring to you as we get underway with our New Zealand Live Christmas Special.
The Nukes in Auckland, in our Wellington studio, Barry Saunders and Nik Brown from the Waratahs and in Christchurch, the members of that city's hardest working band, The Eastern and Will Martin

Audio of NZ Music Live can be found on our music webpage.

2:10 Best Song Ever Written

This is our annual 2010 countdown of the most nominated tunes for the "Best Song Ever Written ."

2:30 Reading: Heading For It by Allyson Caseley

The reader is Sean Allan.

2:45 Feature Album

Our Feature Album provided by our hardworking crew in our Music Room .. this is their choice for album of the year. It's the debut studio long player from American musician Janelle Monáe (came out in May this year) - called The ArchAndroid (Suites II and III)

3:08 Food with Jonny Schwass

It's a great day to talk about food, with all the last minute preparation going on in households and camping grounds all around the country. On the line is Jonny Schwass from Restaurant Schwass in Christchurch.

Jonny's Grandmother's Jam Recipe

3:20 Wine with Karl du Fresne

4:06 The Panel with Liz Bowen-Clewley and Peter Elliot