Schedules for 23 - 29 April, 2016

Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight (RNZ); 12:30 Laugh Track (RNZ); 1:05 From the World (BBC); 2:05 NZ Live; 3:05 The Godley Letters read by Ginette McDonald and Sam Neill (2 of 10, RNZ); 3:30 The Week (RNZ); 4:30 Global Business (BBC); 5:10 Witness (BBC); 5:45 Voices (RNZ)

Tim's Baby, by Sylvia Hickman, told by Mick Rose; Mango Surprise, by Dorothy Corry, told by Jacob Rajan; Elspeth and the Phantom, by Anthony McCarten, told by Anne Budd; There used to be a Maunga, by Karen Sidney, told by Glynnis Paraha; Going for a Swim, by Victor Rodger, told by Victor Rodger; How Much Would You Pay Me? by Pauline Cartwright, told by Joanne Simpson

Memorable scenes, people and places in rural New Zealand (RNZ)

A mixture of current affairs and feature interviews, until midday (RNZ)

Exploring the things we use and consume. Some content may offend (RNZ)

The best songs, music-related stories, interviews, live music, industry news and music documentaries from NZ and the world

Analysis of political issues presented by RNZ's Parliamentary team (RNZ)

Pacific news, features, interviews and music for all New Zealanders, giving an insight into the diverse cultures of the Pacific people (RNZI)

In-depth interviews selected from RNZ National's feature programmes during the week (RNZ)

Saturday nights on RNZ National is where Phil O'Brien plays the songs YOU want to hear. All music from 7 till midnight (RNZ)

Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 Nga Taonga Korero (RNZ); 1:05 Our Changing World (RNZ); 2:05 Heart and Soul (RNZ); 2:35 Hymns on Sunday; 3:05 The Godley Letters read by Ginette McDonald and Sam Neill (3 of 10, RNZ); 3:30 Te Waonui a Te Manu Korihi (RNZ); 4:30 Science in Action (BBC); 5:10 Mihipeka - The Early Years, by Mikipeka Edwards (8 of 15, RNZ); 5:45 NZ Society

Time for Time, by Bruce Phillips, told by Steven Ray; Nanny Mihi's Garden, by Melanie Drewery, told by Tere Harrison; The Anzac Biscuit Man, by Peter Millett, told by Michael Leota; Egbert, by Robin Nathan, told by Jane Waddell; The Cave, by Roderick Finlayson, told by Peter Vere-Jones; Craftiest Trio, by Pauline Cartwright, told by Bruce Phillips

A fresh attitude on current affairs, the news behind the news, documentaries, sport from the outfield, politics from the insiders, plus Mediawatch and music

7:32 The Week in Parliament

An in-depth perspective of legislation and other issues from the house

8:10 Insight

An award-winning documentary programme providing comprehensive coverage of national and international current affairs

9:06 Mediawatch

Critical examination and analysis of recent performance and trends in New Zealand's news media (RNZ)

Any week on a Tuesday night at an Auckland marae you'll hear members of the Takatāpui community singing for their dead transgender sister Natasha. Ahakoa Te Aha is a community kapa haka group formed two years ago in the Takanini garage of Jade Kanara Mills, spurred on by the death of her Takatāpui sister. People who join the group are either part of the queer community or they're supporters of it.

It's an 'all access pass' to what's happening in the worlds of arts and entertainment

The Easter Rising 24–29 April 1916
In 1916 the United Kingdom came under attack from within. Irish nationalist rebels, allied with Germany, seized control of Dublin to proclaim an Irish Republic. Their first victim was an Irishman. Their action - violent, daring, impossibly romantic - would change the majority of Irish public opinion radically towards demands for full independence and push Northern Ireland's Unionists further towards partition. This was Britain's war within the war. One hundred years on, historian Heather Jones reassesses the armed struggle that came to be known as The Easter Rising.

A roundup of today's news and sport

Converting Out Of Caste (BBC)
Sunita Thakur investigates why thousands of Dalit Hindus are responding to violence against them by converting to Buddhism.

Exploring issues and events from a tangata whenua perspective (RNZ)

Lynda Chanwai-Earle hears about the contribution New Zealand Chinese made to the ANZAC war effort, a story long overdue and long overlooked (RNZ)

An evening of music and nostalgia (RNZ)

Critical examination and analysis of recent performance and trends in New Zealand's news media (RNZ)

An hour of music that's "shaken, not stirred" every week from the Underground Martini Bunker at Kansas Public Radio

Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 At the Movies with Simon Morris (RNZ); 1:05 Te Ahi Kaa (RNZ); 2:05 Brubeck Goes to War (RNZ); 3:05 The Godley Letters read by Ginette McDonald and Sam Neill (4 of 10, RNZ); 3:30 Science (RNZ); 5:10 Anzac Day at the Bay by Patricia Lawson (RNZ)

The Dawn Ceremony of Remembrance from the Pukeahu National War Memorial Park in central Wellington presented by Warwick Burke

Stephanie Simpson's speech that won the 2016 ANZ RSA Cyril Bassett VC Speech Competition

New Zealand’s Own Civil War between Maori and the settler government was waged over more than a decade and cost thousands of lives. Our Maori Issues correspondent, Mihingarangi Forbes, looks back at this turning point in New Zealand history with a mix of interviews, drama and music

Colin Peacock checks in with New Zealanders at home and overseas as they commemorate 100 years since the first ANZAC day. He also talks to photographer Brett Killington who has explored the vast underground network of tunnels under the Western Front, mined out by the NZ 'Diggers'. Brett's work features in a new sound and light show in Wellington, which focusses on the events of 1916. Colin meets some Diggers' descendants, and talks to David Littlewood about Experience of a Lifetime: People, Personalities and Leaders in the First World War, a book offering a new analysis of the war from the perspective of those who were alive at that time.

Warwick Burke presents from the Pukeahu National War Memorial Park in central Wellington

Phil O'Brien and Simon Morris present an afternoon of alleged music and dubious entertainment

More than 30 New Zealand-born Chinese enlisted with the NZ Expeditionary Force 1914 to 1919. Their stories have finally been recognised in the book 'Chinese ANZACS' and at the formal launch, Lynda Chanwai-Earle hears about the contribution that NZ Chinese made to the ANZAC war effort, a story long overdue and long overlooked (RNZ)

Front of House (BBC)

What’s life like for a career waiter at the top of their game? The Food Chain looks at the business of serving and pleasing the ever-fickle customer.

A Global Queen: To mark the 90th birthday of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, David Cannadine, eminent Professor of History at Princeton University explores the worldwide role and significance of the British monarchy  (BBC).

New Zealand’s Own Civil War between Maori and the settler government was waged over more than a decade and cost thousands of lives. Our Maori Issues correspondent, Mihingarangi Forbes, looks back at this turning point in New Zealand history with a mix of interviews, drama and music

One hundred years ago a group of New Zealand Soldiers caught up in the Irish Easter Rising of 1916 had the chance to change history when one had a clear shot of the rebel leader James Connolly.

A child's view of a family struggling with returned serviceman suffering from shell shock

RNZ news, including Dateline Pacific and the day's best interviews from RNZ National

Three viewpoints on different aspects of the use of poetry to express grief. Barbara Lewalski talks about John Milton's pastoral elegy, 'Lycidas'; Harold Aspiz discusses Walt Whitman's 'When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd'; and Sarah Cole talks about Wilfred Owen's World War One poem 'Anthem for Doomed Youth'

David Knowles introduces the Memphis-based radio show with an international reputation for its location recordings of blues musicians live in concert (13 of 13, BSC)

Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 Spectrum (RNZ); 1:05 From the World (RNZ); 2:05 New Jazz Archive (9 of 12, PRX) 3:05 The Godley Letters read by Ginette McDonald and Sam Neill (5 of 10, RNZ); 3:30 An Author's View (RNZ); 5:10 Witness (BBC)

RNZ's three-hour breakfast news show with news and interviews, bulletins on the hour and half-hour, including:

6:16 and 6:50 Business News

6:18 Pacific News

6:26 Rural News

6:48 and 7:45 NZ Newspapers

Current affairs and topics of interest, including:

10:45 The Reading: Shackleton's Boat Journey by Captain Frank W. Worsley, read by Peter Elliot

An epic story of survival in Antarctic waters early in the 20th century told by the Akaroa-born master of Shackleton's ill-fated expedition ship, Endurance (7 of 10, RNZ)

(Unfortunately the audio for this Reading is not available online)

RNZ news, followed by updates and reports until 1.00pm, including:

12:16 Business News

12:26 Sport

12:34 Rural News

12:43 Worldwatch

An upbeat mix of the curious and the compelling, ranging from the stories of the day to the great questions of our time (RNZ)

An hour of discussion featuring a range of panellists from right along the opinion spectrum (RNZ)

RNZ's weekday drive-time news and current affairs programme

The stories behind the international headlines

RNZ's weeknight programme of entertainment and information

A weekly review and analysis of new CD releases

RNZ news, including Dateline Pacific and the day's best interviews from RNZ National

A selection world music, along with jazz, rock, folk and other styles, artists and songs with world and roots influences chosen and presented by Wichita radio host Chris Heim (6 of 12, KMUW)

Including: 12:06 Music after Midnight; 12:30 Insight (RNZ); 1:15 Country Life (RNZ); 2:05 The Forum (BBC); 3:05 The Godley Letters read by Ginette McDonald and Sam Neill (6 of 10, RNZ); 3:30 Diversions (RNZ); 5:10 Witness (BBC)

RNZ's three-hour breakfast news show with news and interviews, bulletins on the hour and half-hour, including:

6:16 and 6:50 Business News

6:18 Pacific News

6:26 Rural News

6:48 and 7:45 NZ Newspapers

Current affairs and topics of interest, including:

10:45 The Reading: Shackleton's Boat Journey by Captain Frank W. Worsley, read by Peter Elliot

An epic story of survival in Antarctic waters early in the 20th century told by the Akaroa-born master of Shackleton's ill-fated expedition ship, Endurance (8 of 10, RNZ)

(Unfortunately the audio for this Reading is not available online)

RNZ news, followed by updates and reports until 1.00pm, including:

12:16 Business News

12:26 Sport

12:34 Rural News

12:43 Worldwatch

An upbeat mix of the curious and the compelling, ranging from the stories of the day to the great questions of our time (RNZ)

An hour of discussion featuring a range of panellists from right along the opinion spectrum (RNZ)

RNZ's weekday drive-time news and current affairs programme

The stories behind the international headlines

RNZ's weeknight programme of entertainment and information

Any week on a Tuesday night at an Auckland marae you'll hear members of the Takatāpui community singing for their dead transgender sister Natasha. Ahakoa Te Aha is a community kapa haka group formed two years ago in the Takanini garage of Jade Kanara Mills, spurred on by the death of her Takatāpui sister. People who join the group are either part of the queer community or they're supporters of it.

The experience of belonging - or not belonging - to a place, a country, a culture. Be-Longing tells the many stories of those who have migrated to Aotearoa, who have lived overseas for a long period and returned, as well as those from the tangata whenua. (RNZ)

RNZ news, including Dateline Pacific and the day's best interviews from RNZ National

Exploring jazz's place in the story of America. Each episode is a collection of stories, interviews, and music that relates the past, present and future of jazz

Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 Discovery (BBC); 1:05 The Thursday Feature (RNZ); 2:05 The Cultural Frontline; 3:05 The Godley Letters read by Ginette McDonald and Sam Neill (7 of 10, RNZ); 3:30 NZ Books (RNZ) 5:10 Witness (BBC)

RNZ's three-hour breakfast news show with news and interviews, bulletins on the hour and half-hour, including:

6:16 and 6:50 Business News

6:18 Pacific News

6:26 Rural News

6:48 and 7:45 NZ Newspapers

Current affairs and topics of interest, including:

10:45 The Reading: Shackleton's Boat Journey by Captain Frank W. Worsley, read by Peter Elliot

An epic story of survival in Antarctic waters early in the 20th century told by the Akaroa-born master of Shackleton's ill-fated expedition ship, Endurance (9 of 10, RNZ)

(Unfortunately the audio for this Reading is not available online)

RNZ news, followed by updates and reports until 1.00pm, including:

12:16 Business News

12:26 Sport

12:34 Rural News

12:43 Worldwatch

An upbeat mix of the curious and the compelling, ranging from the stories of the day to the great questions of our time (RNZ)

An hour of discussion featuring a range of panellists from right along the opinion spectrum (RNZ)

RNZ's weekday drive-time news and current affairs programme

The stories behind the international headlines

RNZ's weeknight programme of entertainment and information

A weekly topical magazine about current film releases and film related topics

Highlights from the world of science and the environment, with Alison Ballance and Veronika Meduna

RNZ news, including Dateline Pacific and the day's best interviews from RNZ National

Music, interviews, live performances, behind the scenes, industry issues, career profiles, new, back catalogue, undiscovered, greatest hits, tall tales - with a focus on New Zealand/Aotearoa (RNZ)

Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 Health Check (BBC); 1:05 The Friday Feature:The Easter Rising 2:05 Anzacs Rising ; 2:30 The Sampler (RNZ); 3:05 The Godley Letters read by Ginette McDonald and Sam Neill (8 of 10, RNZ); 3:30 The Why Factor (BBC); 5:10 Witness (BBC)

RNZ's three-hour breakfast news show with news and interviews, bulletins on the hour and half-hour, including:

6:16 and 6:50 Business News

6:18 Pacific News

6:26 Rural News

6:48 and 7:45 NZ Newspapers

Current affairs and topics of interest, including:

10:45 The Reading: Shackleton's Boat Journey by Captain Frank W. Worsley, read by Peter Elliot

An epic story of survival in Antarctic waters early in the 20th century told by the Akaroa-born master of Shackleton's ill-fated expedition ship, Endurance (10 of 10, RNZ)

(Unfortunately the audio for this Reading is not available online)

RNZ news, followed by updates and reports until 1.00pm, including:

12:16 Business News

12:26 Sport

12:34 Rural News

12:43 Worldwatch

An upbeat mix of the curious and the compelling, ranging from the stories of the day to the great questions of our time (RNZ)

An hour of discussion featuring a range of panellists from right along the opinion spectrum (RNZ)

RNZ's weekday drive-time news and current affairs programme

The stories behind the international headlines

Analysis of significant political issues presented by RNZ's parliamentary reporting team (RNZ)

RNZ's weeknight programme of entertainment and information

7:42 The Why Factor

Memorable scenes, people and places in rural New Zealand (RNZ)

RNZ news, including Dateline Pacific and the day's best interviews from RNZ National

The European Man - George Kay looks into Bowie's 'European Man' phase - from "The Thin White Duke" to Lodger (5 of 6, RNZ)