Schedules for 1 - 7 July, 2017

Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight (RNZ); 12:30 Laugh Track (RNZ); 1:15 From The World  (BBC); 2:05 NZ Live-The Grawlixes; 3:05 Boy by Bruce Stewart (RNZ); 3:30 The Week (RNZ); 4:30 In The Balance (BBC); 5:10 Witness (BBC); 5:45 Voices (RNZ)

Spofforth Bowls Them Out, by David Somerset, told by Peter Vere Jones; King Pigeon, by Joy Cowley, told by Michele Amas; The Cat, the Dog, and the Puddle, by Jack Lasenby, told by Geraldine Brophy; When the Captain's Mother threw a Kennel in the Works, by Estelle Corney, told by Michael hurst 8'10"; A Walk in the Rain, by Vivienne Joseph, told by Jane Waddell; The Speck of Dust, by Marie Stuttard, told by Gerald Bryan (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 Phil O'Brien plays the songs YOU want to hear. All music from 7 till midnight (RNZ)

12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 The Book of Fame by Lloyd Jones (1 of 10, RNZ); 1:05 Our Changing World (RNZ); 1:35 Music with Graeme Downes (RNZ); 2:05 Heart and Soul (BBC); 2:35 Hymns on Sunday; 3:05 He Tapu Hau A Tane by Bruce Stewart (RNZ); 3:30 Te Waonui a Te Manu Korihi; 4:30 CrowdScience (BBC); 5:10 Hand Me Down World by Lloyd Jones (11 of 12, RNZ) 5:45 Sheila Nevins (RNZ)

The City of Blazes, by David Somerset, told by Peter Vere Jones; Tangaroa's Gift, by Mere Whaanga-Schollum, told by Peter Kaa; The Shoemaker and the Elves, by Trad., told by Ray Henwood; The Rat, by Michael Wilson, told by Michelle Amas; Wiremu Goes Bobbing, by Kingi McKinnon, told by Paora Maxwell; When Mountains Moved, written and told by Apirana Taylor; The Sleeping Johnny, by Rachel McAlpine, told by Anne Budd (RNZ)

A fresh attitude on current affairs, the news behind the news, in-depth documentaries, sport from the outfield, politics from the insiders, plus Mediawatch, 'The House' and music

7:35 The House

Legislation, issues and insights from Parliament (RNZ)

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

A  Programme of Maori writers presenting their own work, recorded in 1992 at  Tapu Te Ranga  Marae in Island Bay, Wellington, featured today as a tribute to the writer and activist, Bruce Stewart who died at Tapu Te Ranga on 28 June 2017.    Bruce founded the Marae and from there encouraged people from many walks of life to develop their potential.   including Maori writers ( RNZ)

A series of  five lectures in  which the much-awarded novelist discusses the role that history plays in our lives.

Episode One: The Day Is for the Living

In this first lecture, Hilary asks what history and the past is for? Whilst we cannot hear or see the past, she says, “we can listen and look”. She discusses her own relationship with history, describing how her imagination was fired towards historical fiction. (1 of 5, BBC) Listen   Transcript

A roundup of today's news and sport

Giving Death Back to the People is how Cara Mair describes her work as a funeral director. Her company, Arka Original Funerals, is part of a movement to de-industrialise, and re-personalise funerals in the UK.  Heart and Soul hears from those who have first-hand experience of Cara’s philosophy and asks what difference has her approach made to the process of saying goodbye? (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)

Legislation, issues and insights from Parliament (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 Burning Fires: The Tapu Te Ranga hui  (RNZ); 2:06 Healthy or Hoax (5 of 6, RNZ) 2:30 Music Feature  (RNZ); 3:05 The Writing Class by Stephanie Johnson read by Alison Quigan (1 of 12, RNZ); 3:30 Science In Action (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: Rangatira by Paula Morris

Ngati Wai chief Paratene Te Manu recounts the time he and a group of high-born North Island Maori spent in England from 1863-1864 (6 of 10, 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

Professor Tom Gilbert

RNZ's weeknight programme of entertainment and information

International public radio features and documentaries

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

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

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)

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 Te Ahi Kaa (RNZ); 1:05 From The World (RNZ); 2:05 Music Extra (BBC) 3:05 The Writing Class by Stephanie Johnson read by Alison Quigan (2 of 12, 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: Rangatira by Paula Morris

Ngati Wai chief Paratene Te Manu recounts the time he and a group of high-born North Island Maori spent in England from 1863-1864 (7 of 10, 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

Madi Fulton Buckle: the sexualisation of socks

Legislation, issues and insights from Parliament (RNZ)

RNZ's weeknight programme of entertainment and information

Nick Bollinger reviews some of the latest music releases

International public radio features and documentaries

A series of  five lectures in  which the much-awarded novelist discusses the role that history plays in our lives.

Episode One: The Day Is for the Living

In this first lecture, Hilary asks what history and the past is for? Whilst we cannot hear or see the past, she says, “we can listen and look”. She discusses her own relationship with history, describing how her imagination was fired towards historical fiction. (1 of 5, BBC) Listen   Transcript

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); 1:40 The House That Patu Built by Bruce Stewart (RNZ); 2:05 The Forum (BBC); 3:05 The Writing Class by Stephanie Johnson read by Alison Quigan (3 of 12, RNZ); 3:30 Diversions: Katie Cooper- 19th-century rural kitchen (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: Rangatira by Paula Morris

Ngati Wai chief Paratene Te Manu recounts the time he and a group of high-born North Island Maori spent in England from 1863-1864 (8 of 10, 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

Political commentators Stephen Mills & Matthew Hooton

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)

(RNZ)

Tumanbay by John Dryden - Jaws of Victory: A trade delegation from across the ocean, brings to Tumanbay the very latest in war merchandise. Convinced of victory by the words of the prophet child, the Sultan is now ready to march out with his armies and destroy rebellious provincial leader Maya (9 of 10, Goldhawk)

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)

(RNZ)

Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 Discovery (BBC); 1:05 Thursday Feature: Macron's Quest (BBC);1:40  Tama by Bruce Stewart (RNZ); 2:05 The Cultural Frontline (BBC) 3:05 The Writing Class by Stephanie Johnson read by Alison Quigan (4 of 12, 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: Rangatira by Paula Morris

Ngati Wai chief Paratene Te Manu recounts the time he and a group of high-born North Island Maori spent in England from 1863-1864 (9 of 10, 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

Dr Kirsty Ross: helping anxious Children

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 (RNZ)

Slices of life for curious minds (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 (RNZ); 1:05 The Friday Feature; 2:30 The Sampler (RNZ); 3:05 The Writing Class by Stephanie Johnson read by Alison Quigan (5 of 12, 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: Rangatira by Paula Morris

Ngati Wai chief Paratene Te Manu recounts the time he and a group of high-born North Island Maori spent in England from 1863-1864 (10 of 10, 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

Nicola Peart: challenging Wills

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

RNZ's weeknight programme of entertainment and information

(RNZ)

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

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

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)

(RNZ)