Nights for Thursday 1 October 2009

7 pm News & Weather

7:15 China's 60th Anniversary

Emma Moore, freelance correspondent

The celebrations at China's 60th National Day Parade in Beijing.

7:30 Spectrum

People, places and events in New Zealand.

8 pm News & Weather

8:15 Windows on the World

International public radio documentaries

8:45 Primarily Numbers - mathematics

Dr Dennis McCaughan, Mathematician, University of Otago

From finite to infinity, it adds up to alot more than cuisenaire rods... counting systems based on ten or otherwise

8:59 Conundrum: Clue 7

9 pm News & Weather

9:06 Our Changing World

Radio New Zealand's science and environment programme.

9:59 Conundrum: Clue 8

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 The Music Mix