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Dr Paul Giacomin Photo: Romy Bullerjahn

7:12 Hookworms to treat coeliac disease?

Australian medical researcher Dr Paul Giacomin has successfully used hookworms to alleviate the symptoms of coeliac disease. Coeliac sufferers experience an autoimmune reaction to gluten which results in damage to the small intestine. He's working towards developing a more palatable pill-based medicine based on his research.

7:35 New Horizons

William Dart considers issues of good songcraft - Brian Wilson and Randy Newman serve as exemplars. This leads to a tribute to recently-departed Auckland crooner Grant Chilcott.

8:12 Rosanna Raymond - Ata Te Tangata / Capture The People    

Pasifika artist and curator Rosanna Raymond recently returned from China, where she presented 80 works by 13 Maori and Pasifika New Zealand artists at the Pingyao festival, the world's largest photography festival.

Rosanna Raymond at the Pingyao International Photography Festival

"a kama Samoa moni lou ulu/cut your hair like a true Samoan boy" by Siliga Setoga

"Ofa" by Ane Tonga from Grills

"Red Couch South" by Terry Klavenes

"Aitu Pati" by Pati Solomona Tyrell

"lanu meamata" by Tuafale Tanoa'i aka Linda T.

"Are you not entertained?" by Grant Apiata

"Pigs Eye" by Terry Klavenes

"Rubbish Day from Feau O Fafine" by Tanu Gago

Pingyao International Photography Festival

Pingyao International Photography Festival

8:30 Window on the World

Venezuela - Oil-rich Venezuela is struggling to feed its own people as a result of a spiralling economic and political crisis which has brought the country to its knees. Vladimir Hernandez returns to his home country where thousands queue for many hours in order to buy even the most basic of food stuffs. Malnutrition and starvation, unthinkable only a few years ago, are becoming a reality for some communities and particularly the poor.

9:07 Our Changing World

We find out about the reliability of children as eyewitnesses, and check in with a statistician on what the 'mean' means

9:30 This Way Up

This Way Up's Simon Morton speaks to the man from Timaru who is one of the leaders of the Gaia project, which is mapping the universe using the world's most powerful space telescope. Plus, two Auckland teenagers who've set up a charity that sends donated fishing gear all over to the Pacific to help people fish and feed their families.

Gaia's first sky map (annotated) (ESA Gaia DPAC).png

Gerry Gilmore (Supplied)

Artist's impression of the Gaia spacecraft (WP NFCC 4) Fair use)

Gerry Gilmore (Lucinda Douglas-Menzies)

Gaia mission in numbers (ESA)

Gerry Gilmore sand (Supplied)

An 'all sky' look at stars in the the known universe (ESA Gaia DPAC).png

10:17 Late Edition

A round up of today's RNZ News and feature interviews as well as Date Line Pacific from RNZ International.

11:07 Music 101 pocket edition

In the Music 101 Pocket Edition tonight Yadana Saw attends the Renters United fundraiser gig, Trevor Reekie has his time with the Reverend Horton Heat and Alex Behan talks busking with Passenger and Graeme James.