Schedules for 28 Apr - 04 May, 2018

Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight (RNZ); 12:30 Laugh Track (RNZ); 1:15 From the World (BBC); 2:05 NZ Live (RNZ); 3:05 An Awfully Big Adventure by Jane Tolerton (12 of 15, RNZ); 3:30 The Week (RNZ); 4:30 Global Business (BBC); 5:10 Witness(BBC); 5:45 Voices (RNZ)

Lost, by Kevin Boon, told by Teresa Healy; Soapsuds and Salt Water, by Jack Lasenby, told by Michael Galvin; Down by the Old Wood Heap, written and told by Apirana Taylor; Floods and Whanau, written and told by Willie Davis; Long Straight, by Christopher Moor, told by Bruce Phillips; Selafina, by Catherine Hannken, told by Tausili Mose (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)

An evening of requests, nostalgia and musical memories (RNZ)

12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 My Brother's War by David Hill told by Simon Leary & Andrew Patterson (4 of 10, RNZ); 1:05 Our Changing World (RNZ); 1:35 Mary Holm (RNZ); 2:05 Heart and Soul (BBC); 2:35 Hymns on Sunday; 3:05 An Awfully Big Adventure by Jane Tolerton (13 of 15, RNZ); 3:30 CrowdScience (BBC); 4:30 Te Waonui a Te Manu Korihi (RNZ) 5:10 Living with the Gods (BBC); 5:45 Historical Highlight (RNZ)

Maru and the Seal, by David Somerset, told by Peter Vere-Jones; The Singer, by Jacqui Brown, told by Kali Kopae; Picking Puha, written and told by Willie Davis; Parrot and Fantail the Trickster, by Chris Winitana, told by Tina Kaipara; The Royal Babysitters, by Joy Cowley, told by Stephen Clements; Secrets, by Apirana Taylor, told by various actors (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

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

2:05 The Laugh Track

The War Artist by Carl Nixon
Inspired by the work of New Zealand’s first official war artist, George Butler.  Butler is attached to a small burial party charged with taking an ambulance full of corpses and finding a suitable spot for burial. Butler is confronted with the role luck plays in a soldier’s life. (Part 2 of 2, RNZ)
Te Wherowhero by Pei Te Hurunui Jones
An Account of the Life of Potatau Te Wherowhero the First Maori King adapted from the 1959 book King Potatau by Pei Te Hurunui Jones Part 4: Enter Te Rauparaha  (RNZ)

NZ Festival: AC Grayling on Democracy and its Crisis
With dirty politics, authoritarian leaders and the simultaneous rise of populism rampant across the planet, what can individuals do to preserve democracy, once described as the “least worst” system of government? British humanist, philosopher, and prolific author AC Grayling lays bare the specific problems of 21st-century democracy in his new book Democracy and Its Crisis. In this fascinating talk, he expands on these issues and maps out what he sees as urgently-needed reforms.

A roundup of today's news and sport

Crossing Divides: The Sacred Legitimisation to Fight
Rebecca Henschke travels to Ambon, the biggest city of the Indonesian province of Maluku,  to meet two former child soldiers, one Christian, one Muslim, who have been transformed from being killing machines to agents of peace, actively working to bring together the communities they once helped divide.  (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 Te Ahi Kaa (RNZ); 2:06 50 50 Things That Made the Modern Economy (BBC); 2:30 Garth Cartwright (RNZ); 3:05 An Awfully Big Adventure by Jane Tolerton (14 of 15, 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:

6:20 and 6:50 Business News

6:26 Rural News

6:48 and 7:45 NZ Newspapers

Current affairs and topics of interest, including:

10:45 The Reading: Highlighting New Zealand writing and performance (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

Barbara Lispka: The neuroscientist who lost her mind and returned to tell the tale  - mental illness from the inside

RNZ's weeknight programme of entertainment and information

RNZ’s weeknight current affairs programme covering the major Pacific stories, with background and reaction from the people making the news (RNZ)

International public radio features and documentaries

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

A roundup of today's news and sport

A late night radio show with an eye on live events, an ear for music, a great sense of humour and a genuine interest in people and their stories (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 Spectrum (RNZ); 1:05 From The World (BBC); 2:05 Music Extra (BBC) 3:05 An Awfully Big Adventure by Jane Tolerton (15 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:

6:20 and 6:50 Business News

6:26 Rural News

6:48 and 7:45 NZ Newspapers

Current affairs and topics of interest, including:

10:45 The Reading: Highlighting New Zealand writing and performance (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

Political commentators Matthew Hooton & Stephen Mills

Legislation, issues and insights from Parliament (RNZ)

RNZ's weeknight programme of entertainment and information

Nick Bollinger reviews some of the latest music releases

RNZ’s weeknight current affairs programme covering the major Pacific stories, with background and reaction from the people making the news (RNZ)

International public radio features and documentaries

NZ Festival: AC Grayling on Democracy and its Crisis
With dirty politics, authoritarian leaders and the simultaneous rise of populism rampant across the planet, what can individuals do to preserve democracy, once described as the “least worst” system of government? British humanist, philosopher, and prolific author AC Grayling lays bare the specific problems of 21st-century democracy in his new book Democracy and Its Crisis. In this fascinating talk, he expands on these issues and maps out what he sees as urgently-needed reforms.

A roundup of today's news and sport

A late night radio show with an eye on live events, an ear for music, a great sense of humour and a genuine interest in people and their stories (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 The House Within by Fiona Kidman (1 of 15, RNZ); 3:30 Diversions (RNZ); 5:10 Witness (BBC); 5:40 The House (RNZ)

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

6:20 and 6:50 Business News

6:26 Rural News

6:48 and 7:45 NZ Newspapers

Current affairs and topics of interest, including:

10:45 The Reading: Highlighting New Zealand writing and performance (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

Kerbside recycling under threat: Huge stockpiles of rubbish are building up around NZ after China  stopped accepting 24 different types of waste

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’s weeknight current affairs programme covering the major Pacific stories, with background and reaction from the people making the news (RNZ)

International public radio features and documentaries

A roundup of today's news and sport

A late night radio show with an eye on live events, an ear for music, a great sense of humour and a genuine interest in people and their stories (RNZ)

Nick Tipping brings you classic recordings and modern masterpieces from the world of jazz (RNZ)

Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 Discovery (BBC); 1:05 Jeffrey Sachs (RNZ); 2:05 The Cultural Frontline (BBC); 3:05 The House Within by Fiona Kidman (2 of 15, RNZ); 3:30 NZ Books; 5:10 Witness (BBC); 5:40 The House (RNZ)

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

6:20 and 6:50 Business News

6:26 Rural News

6:48 and 7:45 NZ Newspapers

Current affairs and topics of interest, including:

10:45 The Reading: Highlighting New Zealand writing and performance (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

Highlighting the RNZ stories you're sharing on-line

Legislation, issues and insights from Parliament (RNZ)

RNZ's weeknight programme of entertainment and information

With Music commentator and critic William Dart (RNZ)

RNZ’s weeknight current affairs programme covering the major Pacific stories, with background and reaction from the people making the news (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)

A roundup of today's news and sport

A late night radio show with an eye on live events, an ear for music, a great sense of humour and a genuine interest in people and their stories (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 (BBC); 2:05 The Long Way Home (RNZ); 2:30 The Sampler (RNZ); 3:05 The House Within by Fiona Kidman (3 of 15, RNZ); 3:30 The Why Factor (BBC); 5:10 Witness (BBC); 5:40 The House (RNZ)

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

6:20 and 6:50 Business News

6:26 Rural News

6:48 and 7:45 NZ Newspapers

Current affairs and topics of interest, including:

10:45 The Reading: Highlighting New Zealand writing and performance (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

Highlighting the RNZ stories you're sharing on-line

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

RNZ's weeknight programme of entertainment and information

RNZ’s weeknight current affairs programme covering the major Pacific stories, with background and reaction from the people making the news (RNZ)

(RNZ)

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

A roundup of today's news and sport

A late night radio show with an eye on live events, an ear for music, a great sense of humour and a genuine interest in people and their stories (RNZ)

Musical guests compile a C60 and talk us through their selections (RNZ)