Nights for Thursday 6 December 2018
7:12 Trees for Health
Geoffrey Donovan works for the US Forestry Service and has been researching urban trees and their measurable health benefits.
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7:35 New Horizons
William Dart looks at two albums that became shows and one show that became an album… Anaïs Mitchell's Hadestown and David Byrne and Fatboy Slim's Here Lies Love the former; Linda Thompson's My Mother Doesn't Know I'm On the Stage the latter.
David Byrne Photo: supplied
8:10 Night Mail
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8:15 Dateline Pacific
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 Nigeria, very few health services are free of charge, and campaigners estimate that thousands have been detained in hospitals for failing to pay their bills. It has become an increasingly high-profile issue - one couple have been awarded compensation after going through the courts. For Assignment, Linda Pressly meets the victims and doctors, and the hospital managers trying to manage their budgets in a health system under pressure.
9:07 Our Changing World
This week on Our Changing World, Alison Ballance finds out about sarcopenia - the loss of muscles as we age - and also about being 'skinny fat'. And she hears how place names can shed light on species that have become locally extinct.
'Use it or lose it.' Even modest amounts of weight-bearing exercise will slow down muscle wasting as we age. Photo: 123RF
9:30 The Podcast Hour
Richard Scott finds out how our ears can deceive us and then Listening To The City...a podcast trying to capture the distinctive sounds of Baltimore's blocks.
Ghosts In The Machine logo (Supplied) Photo: Supplied by BBC Radio 4
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, Australian artist Mojo Juju shares her Native Tongue, Mel Parsons and Alex Behan discuss Glass Heart - Mel's latest album and Phodiso Dintwe speaks with Raiza Biza and Remi about their joint EP called Black Hole Sun In Nights with Yadana Saw after the 11 o'clock newsIn this week's Pocket Edition, Australian artist Mojo Juju shares her Native Tongue, Mel Parsons and Alex Behan discuss Glass Heart - Mel's latest album and Phodiso Dintwe speaks with Raiza Biza and Remi about their joint EP called Black Hole Sun In Nights with Yadana Saw after the 11 o'clock news BRIEF TRAILER: In this week's Pocket Edition, Australian artist Mojo Juju shares her Native Tongue, Mel Parsons and Alex Behan discuss Glass Heart - Mel's latest album and Phodiso Dintwe speaks with Raiza Biza and Remi about their joint EP called Black Hole Sun In Nights with Yadana Saw after the 11 o'clock news