Nights for Thursday 3 November 2016

7:12 Foraging for Food in New Zealand

Seaweed, mushrooms, wild parsnips and watercress. A bounty awaits those who forage for food. We talk to environmental researcher and forager Peter Langlands.

7:35 New Horizons

William Dart celebrates the Shakespeare anniversary year by looking at two recent releases - one from Paul Kelly and one from Rufus Wainwright - with settings of the Bard's sonnets.

8:12 Nights' Culture - Comics & Graphic Novels

Cartoonist, writer, illustrator Adrian Kinnaird looks at Sarah Laing's new graphic novel, Mansfield and Me, plus Annual, a new NZ children's title based on the old English children's annual tradition.

8:30 The Oldest Profession

Part 2 - Philippa Tolley heads inside boutique brothels to speak to the owners and chat with a client to find out more about the business of sex.

9:07 Our Changing World

Archaeologist Dave Veart says the Otuataua Stonefields Reserve in South Auckland marks the beginnings of gardening in New Zealand, and cyclist David Klein is taking his one-man science show to small-town community halls around the country.

9:30 This Way Up

Wellington has become the first place in the world to introduce a navigation app called BlindSquare to a city, with over 200 beacons wirelessly providing descriptions for the blind. 

10:17 Late Edition

A round up of today's RNZ News and feature interviews as well as Date Line Pacific from RNZ International.

11:07 Music 101 pocket edition

In the Music 101 Pocket Edition tonight Yadana Saw brings us the team's coverage of the Volume: Making Music in Aotearoa exhibition which has just opened at Auckland Museum and The Critics' Choice Awards from last night. Plus performances from Rodney Fisher of Goodshirt and The Maori Volcanics.