Nights for Tuesday 16 December 2014
7:10 Our Own Odysseys - The Kindness of Strangers
While cycling through three continents, Welshman Rob Graham had the opportunity to connect with some remarkable people as he pedalled towards his fiancée, Claire in New Zealand.
7:30 The Sampler
A weekly review and analysis of new CD releases.
8:10 Windows on the World
International public radio documentaries - visit the Windows on the World web page to find links to these documentaries.
8:40 Global Neighbours - Indonesia
Editor of Asia Calling Rebecca Henschke reports from the world's fourth most populous nation with the largest population of Muslims, the Republic of Indonesia, pop. 237,424,363 (census. 2011). Asylum seekers stuck in limbo; the new president Joko Widodo, known better as Jokowi, is wrangling with Indonesia's oil and gas mafia to reduce the petrol subsides; and a traditional market in Jakarta is fast becoming a the place to be for trend setters.
9:06 The 2014 Rutherford Lectures - Experiments between Worlds
The Land: Beginning with the first European settlement in the Bay of Islands, Dame Anne Salmond explores convergences and differences between Maori and European ideas about land, along with Maori notions of tuku and hoko and their impact on early land deals and the Treaty of Waitangi, down to the present (2 of 4, RNZ)
10:00 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.
11:06 Global Village
(12 of 13, KMUW)