Nights for Thursday 20 September 2018
7:12 Cultural Ambassador
Paul Berrington joins us once again with his pick of the best electronic music. Tonight he's introducing (or maybe reacquainting) us with the work of legendary house music figurehead Larry Head.
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7:35 New Horizons
In New Horizons, William Dart turns again to British folk-rock veteran Richard Thompson and reviews his new album 13 Rivers.
13 Rivers, Cover Image Photo: Proper Records
8:10 Night Mail
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8:15 Dateline Pacific
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RNZ Pacific's daily current affairs programme covering the major Pacific stories of the week, with background and reaction from the people making the news.
8:30 Window on the World
In the second of two episodes on food and grief, Emily Thomas explores the food experiences of the widowed.
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9:07 Our Changing World
The Wellington South Coast Clean-Up is an annual event which sees community groups picking up rubbish along the capital's coast between Breaker Bay and Owhiro Bay. Photo: Rob Wilson / Ghost Fishing NZ
This week Our Changing World celebrates Conservation Week. Alison Ballance heads to Wellington's south coast where community groups are picking up rubbish in a coastal spring clean. And she goes bush at Zealandia, to hear about the unintended consequences on native birds of removing predators.
A young toutouwai, or North Island robin. There is a thriving robin population in Zealandia sanctuary. Photo: CC BY-SA 2.0 Buffy May/Flickr
9:30 The Podcast Hour
Two podcast highlights this week...
Coincidence? Photo: Photo by Serhat Beyazkaya on Unsplash
First of all a story about a man who collects some of the most amazing coincidences on the planet. Then a homegrown podcast called Taringa- Maori for ear- which is building up its listeners' understanding of Te Ao Māori- the Māori world.
Taringa logo (Supplied) Photo: Supplied
10:17 Lately
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Lately with Karyn Hay is a late night radio show on RNZ National, with an eye on live events, an ear for music, a great sense of humour and a genuine interest in people and their stories.
11:07 Music 101 pocket edition
In this week's Pocket Edition we head to Manurewa High school to meet the band playing the national finals of both Smokefree Rockquest and Tangata Beats, and visit Silver Scroll finalists the Beths at their Auckland studio.