Nights for 9 October 2009

7:06 pm Friday Night Theme

Music and fun.

7:40 Flash

Includes NZ Society, The Vault, Asian Report and other interesting snippets.

8 pm News & Weather

8:06 Access All Areas: Kearney Barton

Audio Engineer Kearney Barton aged 76 has a CV that dates back to the recordings of the Sonics, the Ventures, the Frantics and umpteen 1960s North Western garage bands.

Proving that you're never too old to rock Kearney has just recorded an album with some funky old cats from the Seattle funk band Wheedle's Groove.

The brand new album, which the band called 'Kearney Barton' was recorded at Audio Recording, the Seattle studio where it all began.

Trevor Reekie tracks down the cultural ambassador of the Northwest sound and talks about his lifetime in music.

8:35 Godwit Marathon

Janet Hunt, environmentalist and author: E3 Call Home

What's been discovered about the migratory path of godwits since they were recently tagged and tracked.

8:50 Conundrum

The answer and the winner's chosen song.

9 pm News & Weather

9:06 Country Life

Rural news and features.

10 pm News & 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 & Weather

11:06 Womad Taranaki 2009