7:20 Powering China

Associate Professor Zha Daojiong, International Relations, Renmin University of China, Beijing

Exploring the politics and diplomacy needed to provide energy for a contemporary China.

8 pm News and Weather

8:15 Windows on the World

International public radio documentaries.

8:45 Thinkers: Philosophy

Ann Kerwin, Philosopher in residence, Auckland University of Technology

Musings on how, what and why we think what we do.

8:59 Conundrum: Clue 7

9 pm News and Weather

9:06 Insight

9:40 Japan Report

Motoko Kakubayashi, journalist and experimental physicist

News and cultural trends from Japan.

9:59 Conundrum: Clue 8

10 pm Late Edition

A review of the news from Morning Report, Nine to Noon, Afternoons and Checkpoint. Also hear the latest news from around the Pacific on Radio New Zealand International's Dateline Pacific.

11 pm News and Weather

11:06 Beale Street Caravan

The best in blues from the Blues Foundation in Memphis.