Schedules for 4 - 10 February, 2017

Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight (RNZ); 12:30 Laugh Track (RNZ); 1:15 From the World (BBC); 2:05 NZ Live; 3:05 The Thrill of Falling by Witi Ihimaera (2 of 4, RNZ); 3:30 The Week (RNZ); 4:30 Global Business (BBC); 5:10 Witness (BBC); 5.45; Voices (RNZ)

Second Hand Birthday, by Norman Bilbrough, told by Sean Allen; Amiria's Hat, by Lois Burleigh, told by Arahia Bristowe; Peacock Valley, by Barbara Anderson, told by William Kircher; Jonah's First Day, by Fe'ana Tua'koi, told by Allan Henry; The Mystery at Tui Bay, by Janet Pates, told by Rachel Foreman; Listening to my Shell, by Jack Lasenby, told by Lorae Parry; Mr Kitchen and his Amazing Cat, by Anthony Taylor, told by Bruce Phillips (RNZ)

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

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

Slices of life for curious minds (RNZ)

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

Analysis of significant political issues presented by Radio New Zealand's parliamentary reporting 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 Paul Brennan plays the songs YOU want to hear. All music from 7 till midnight (RNZ)

12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 A Sound of Life (RNZ); 1:05 Our Changing World (RNZ); 1:40 Essential NZ Albums (RNZ); 2:05 Heart and Soul (BBC); 2:35 Hymns on Sunday; 3:05 The Thrill of Falling by Witi Ihimaera (3 of 4, RNZ); 3:30 Te Waonui a Te Manu Korihi; 4:30 CrowdScience (BBC); 5:10 The Kindness of Strangers by Shonagh Koea 5:45 Historical Highlight (RNZ)

Mr Jones' Slippers, by Stuart Payne, told by Michael Haigh; The Secret Game Plan, by Maria Sammel, told by Abby Marment; The Biggest Number in the Universe, by Julie Leibrich, told by Lyndee Jane Rutherford; The Mystery at Tui Bay, by Janet Pates, told by Rachel Foreman; Royal Babysitters, by Joy Cowley, told by Stephen Clements; Peanut and the Performing Pig, by David Somerset, told by Brian Sergent (RNZ)

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

8:10 Insight

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

9:06 Mediawatch

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

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

1:10 At the Movies with Simon Morris

A weekly topical magazine programme about current film releases and film-related topics. (RNZ)

2:05 The Laugh Track

The first of a 2017 comedy debate series the proceeds from which being donated to The Key to Life Trust, supporting Mike King's on going work in suicide prevention (RNZ)

In 1859, Charles Darwin published his monograph On the Origin of Species by Natural Selection. Rebecca Priestley, Joe Zuccarello and Joe Bulbulia join Megan Whelan to explain natural selection and discuss the reception of the idea over the last 150 years (RNZ)

A roundup of today's news and sport

Making Faces
Shamain Faruque is one of the most well known bridal make-up artists in Pakistan and her faith plays a big role in her artistic direction. While she works prayers are pumped through her Karachi based salon, as she channels beauty through God. Lucy Wearing profiles Shamain, her work and the role religion plays in her busy life. (BBC)

A round-up of the Maori news for the week with our Te Manu Korihi team (RNZ)

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

Highlighting the activities and experiences of people with different backgrounds (RNZ)

A crafted hour of ideas worth sharing presented by Guy Raz (NPR)

An evening of music and nostalgia (RNZ)

A roundup of today's news and sport

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 (KPR)

Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 Health Check (BBC); 1:05 Te Ahi Kaa (RNZ); 2:30 NZ Music Feature (RNZ); 3:05 The Thrill of Falling by Witi Ihimaera (4 of 4, RNZ); 3:30 Science in Action (BBC); 5:10 Witness (BBC); 5:45 Black Widows by Maggie Lilleby (RNZ)

An early miscellany of music, stories and random thoughts (RNZ)

A five-hour blend of reports from Waitangi and around Aotearoa, as well as conversations with New Zealanders about issues addressed and yet to be resolved. (RNZ)

A round-up of today's news and sports (RNZ)

An afternoon of musical mayhem and dubious entertainment (RNZ)

A round-up of today's news and sport

Every day a soaring amount of information and data crosses national boundaries. So where does that leave the nation state? In this BBC In The Balance feature, Manuela Saragosa is joined by guests Joshua Cooper Ramo, co-CEO of Kissinger Associates; Victoria Nash, deputy director of the Oxford Internet Institute; Lawrence Wintermeyer, CEO of Innovate Finance and Ryan Bourne, chair in public understanding of economics at the Cato Institute in Washington.  

The 14th in a series of annual lectures launched by the New Zealand Maori Council in 2003 as a way of monitoring the rebuilding of harmonious relationships between Maori and Pakeha by the bi-centennial of the nation in 2040. The speakers are Gareth Morgan and Dame Tariana Turia (RNZ)

In his Sir Paul Reeves Memorial Lecture Māori activist and artist Tame Iti, sets out his vision of how the idea of mana can challenge those in authority (RNZ)

International public radio features and documentaries

Sitting on his own suburban roof, breathing through the vertigo, a middle aged man engages in a bitter-sweet struggle to reconcile his past with his present (RNZ)

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

A round-up of today's news and sport

Sally Placksin looks at the use of language in literature

Wairarapa's Mark Rogers presents a selection of old and new music - the very best in alt.country, Americana and blues (Arrow FM)

Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 Black Sheep (RNZ); 1:05 From the World (RNZ); 2:05 The Jazz Singers - On the Road and in the Club (Smithsonian) 3:05 Lucky Bastard by Peter Wells (1 of 15, RNZ); 3:30 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: The Larnachs by Owen Marshal told by Michele Amas and Owen Scott

The intriguing story of prominent 19th century business man and politician, William Larnach, his wife Conny and son Douglas and the scandalous events that overwhelmed their lives and outraged the nation (1 of 12, RNZ)

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 - Do join us

"The golden age of ignorance"

RNZ's weeknight programme of entertainment and information

Nick Bollinger reviews some of the latest music releases

International public radio features and documentaries

Great Ideas 6. Darwin's Origin of the Species - In 1859, Charles Darwin published his monograph On the Origin of Species by Natural Selection. Rebecca Priestley, Joe Zuccarello and Joe Bulbulia join Megan Whelan to explain natural selection and discuss the reception of the idea over the last 150 years (RNZ)

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

10:35 The House

Legislation, issues and insights from Parliament (RNZ)

10:45 Dateline Pacific

A daily current affairs programme covering the major Pacific stories of the week, with background and reaction from the people making the news (RNZ)

Trevor Reekie hosts a weekly music programme celebrating an eclectic mix of 'world' music, fusion and folk roots (RNZ)

Including: 12:06 Music after Midnight; 12:30 Insight (RNZ); 1:15 Country Life Story (RNZ); 2:05 The Forum (BBC); 3:05 Lucky Bastard by Peter Wells (2 of 15, 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: The Larnachs by Owen Marshal told by Michele Amas and Owen Scott

The intriguing story of prominent 19th century business man and politician, William Larnach, his wife Conny and son Douglas and the scandalous events that overwhelmed their lives and outraged the nation (2 of 12, RNZ)

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 drive-time news and current affairs programme - Do join us

Don Henley: statesman of rock

Legislation, issues and insights from Parliament (RNZ)

RNZ's weeknight programme of entertainment and information

A weekly topical magazine about current film releases and film related topics (RNZ)

International public radio features and documentaries

Who Wants to be 100? Anyone Who's 99 by Roger Hall

In their twilight years, four rest home residents: an ex-All Black, a retired lawyer, a once popular potter and a history professor, face life's biggest challenge (1 of 2, RNZ)

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

10:35 The House

Legislation, issues and insights from Parliament (RNZ)

10:45 Dateline Pacific

A daily current affairs programme covering the major Pacific stories of the week, with background and reaction from the people making the news (RNZ)

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Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 Discovery (BBC); 1:05 The Thursday Feature (RNZ); 2:05 The Cultural Frontline 3:05 Lucky Bastard by Peter Wells (3 of 15, 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: The Larnachs by Owen Marshal told by Michele Amas and Owen Scott

The intriguing story of prominent 19th century business man and politician, William Larnach, his wife Conny and son Douglas and the scandalous events that overwhelmed their lives and outraged the nation (3 of 12, RNZ)

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 - Do join us

Political commentators: Matthew Hooton and Stephen Mills

Legislation, issues and insights from Parliament (RNZ)

RNZ's weeknight programme of entertainment and information

Music commentator and critic William Dart looks at "clever" music - music with far, far more going on in it than just surface (RNZ)

International public radio features and documentaries

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

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

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

10:35 The House

Legislation, issues and insights from Parliament (RNZ)

10:45 Dateline Pacific

A daily current affairs programme covering the major Pacific stories of the week, with background and reaction from the people making the news (RNZ)

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 At the Movies with Simon Morris (RNZ); 1:05 The Friday Feature; 2:30 The Sampler (RNZ); 3:05 Lucky Bastard by Peter Wells (4 of 15, 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: The Larnachs by Owen Marshal told by Michele Amas and Owen Scott

The intriguing story of prominent 19th century business man and politician, William Larnach, his wife Conny and son Douglas and the scandalous events that overwhelmed their lives and outraged the nation (4 of 12, RNZ)

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 - Do join us

Trump and World Peace

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

RNZ's weeknight programme of entertainment and information

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

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

10:35 The House

Legislation, issues and insights from Parliament (RNZ)

10:45 Dateline Pacific

A daily current affairs programme covering the major Pacific stories of the week, with background and reaction from the people making the news (RNZ)

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