Schedules for 17 - 23 February, 2018

Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight (RNZ); 12:30 Laugh Track (RNZ); 1:15 From The World (BBC); 2:05 NZ Live (RNZ); 3:05 The Atlas Game by Liz Breslin told by Peter Hayden (RNZ); 3:30 The Week That Was; (RNZ); 4:30 In The Balance (BBC); 5:10 Witness (BBC); 5:45 Voices (RNZ)

The Odyssey, by Homer, told by Peter Vere-Jones; Hello Jack, by Norman Bilbrough, told by Steven Lovatt; Katipo, by Apirana Taylor, told by Apirana Taylor, & various others; Mavis Mamby Pants, by Linda McIntyre, told by Peter McCallum; Tickling Trout, by Pauline Cartwright, told by Sean Allan & Eli Kent; Jace and the Burglar, by Janice Leitch, told by Brian Sergent (RNZ)

Memorable scenes, people and places in rural New Zealand (RNZ)

A mixture of current affairs and feature interviews, until midday (RNZ)

Slices of life for curious minds (RNZ)

The best songs, music-related stories, interviews, live music, industry news and music documentaries from NZ and the world

Analysis of significant political issues presented by Radio New Zealand's parliamentary reporting team (RNZ)

Pacific news, features, interviews and music for all New Zealanders, giving an insight into the diverse cultures of the Pacific people (RNZI)

In-depth interviews selected from RNZ National's feature programmes during the week (RNZ)

An evening of requests, nostalgia and musical memories (RNZ)

12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 Taking Off by Roger Hall (3 of 6, RNZ); 1:05 Our Changing World (RNZ); 1:45 Are We There Yet? (RNZ); 2:05 Heart and Soul(BBC); 2:35 Hymns on Sunday ; 3:05 Awa by Shelly Davies told by Nicola Kawana (RNZ); 3:30 CrowdScience (BBC); 4:30 Te Waonui a Te Manu Korihi (RNZ) 5:10 Living With The Gods (BBC); 5:45 Historical Highlight (RNZ)

The Odyssey, by Homer, told by Peter Vere-Jones; Bikes, by Judith Holloway, told by Jackie Clarke; Low Tide, by Stephen Sinclair, told by Stuart Devenie; Splodgy the Rissole that Fell on the Floor, by Don Franks, told by Michael Wilson; Hohepa's Goodbye, by Kingi McKinnon, told by Willie Davis (RNZ)

A fresh attitude on current affairs, the news behind the news, in-depth documentaries, sport from the outfield, politics from the insiders, plus Mediawatch, 'The House' and music

7:35 The House

Legislation, issues and insights from Parliament (RNZ)

8:10 Insight

An award-winning documentary programme providing comprehensive coverage of national and international current affairs (RNZ)

9:06 Mediawatch

Critical examination and analysis of recent performance and trends in New Zealand's news media (RNZ)

It's an 'all access pass' to what's happening in the worlds of arts and entertainment

1:10 At The Movies 

A weekly topical magazine programme about current film releases and film-related topics (RNZ)

2:05 The Laugh Track

The Secrets I Keep by Georgina Scull
A compelling docu-drama in which actors re-create the verbatim confessions of three everyday New Zealanders (RNZ)

China's Generation Gap Part 1.
Chinese Journalist  Haining Liu was born into the ‘one-child generation’ in the early 1980s. She explores how these political, social and economic changes have affected the relationship between old and young in China. She talks to people  who grew up during the Cultural Revolution and how those who lived under strict communism relate to their children who have had much more material, individualistic lives. She also explores new attitudes to work and education as more people choose to study and work and outside the state system. (BBC / Just Radio)

A roundup of today's news and sport

The Right Thing: Breaking Faith Boundaries in Syria.
Carol Cooke Eid grew up a Christian in Lebanon. As a young woman, she felt uneasy about Islam and wanted as little as possible to do with Muslims. Yet when she began to follow a religious path and later became a nun, she found herself making an extraordinary vow: to dedicate her life to her Muslim brothers and sisters  joining  a desert monastery near Damascus within striking distance of Islamic State militants. Mike Wooldridge meets Sister Carol and some of her fellow nuns and monks, currently in exile determined to continue their work, despite the dangers they face. (BBC)

A round-up of the Maori news for the week with our Te Manu Korihi team (RNZ)

Exploring issues and events from a tangata whenua perspective (RNZ)

Highlighting the activities and experiences of people with different backgrounds (RNZ)

A crafted hour of ideas worth sharing presented by Guy Raz (NPR)

An evening of music and nostalgia (RNZ)

A roundup of today's news and sport

Critical examination and analysis of recent performance and trends in New Zealand's news media (RNZ)

Legislation, issues and insights from Parliament (RNZ)

An hour of music that's "shaken, not stirred" every week from the Underground Martini Bunker at Kansas Public Radio (KPR)

Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 Health Check (BBC); 1:05 Te Ahi Kaa (RNZ); 2:06 50 Things That Made the Modern Economy (BBC); 2:30 NZ Music Feature: Marlon Williams (RNZ); 3:05 Wrestling with God by Lloyd Geering (1 of 12, RNZ); 3:30 Science In Action (BBC); 5:10 Witness (BBC)

RNZ's three-hour breakfast news show with news and interviews, bulletins on the hour and half-hour, including:

6:20 and 6:50 Business News

6:26 Rural News

6:48 and 7:45 NZ Newspapers

Current affairs and topics of interest, including:

10:45 The Reading: Highlighting New Zealand writing and performance (RNZ)

RNZ news, followed by updates and reports until 1.00pm, including:

12:16 Business News

12:26 Sport

12:34 Rural News

12:43 Worldwatch

An upbeat mix of the curious and the compelling, ranging from the stories of the day to the great questions of our time (RNZ)

An hour of discussion featuring a range of panellists from right along the opinion spectrum (RNZ)

RNZ's weekday drive-time news and current affairs programme

Peter Hitchens - Brexit from the right

RNZ's weeknight programme of entertainment and information

A daily current affairs programme covering the major Pacific stories of the week, with background and reaction from the people making the news (RNZ)

International public radio features and documentaries

An award-winning documentary programme providing comprehensive coverage of national and international current affairs (RNZ)

A roundup of the day's news and sport 

A late night radio show with an eye on live events, an ear for music, a great sense of humour and a genuine interest in people and their stories (RNZ). 

Wairarapa's Mark Rogers presents a selection of old and new music - the very best in alt.country, Americana and blues (Arrow FM)

Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30  Lifeafter (9 of 10, Panoply); 1:05 From the World (BBC); 2:05 Music with  Cerys Matthews (BBC)  3:05 Wrestling with God by Lloyd Geering (2 of 12, RNZ); 3:30 Author’s View (RNZ); 5:10 Witness (BBC) 

RNZ's three-hour breakfast news show with news and interviews, bulletins on the hour and half-hour, including:

6:20 and 6:50 Business News

6:26 Rural News

6:48 and 7:45 NZ Newspapers

Current affairs and topics of interest, including:

10:45 The Reading: Highlighting New Zealand writing and performance (RNZ)

RNZ news, followed by updates and reports until 1.00pm, including:

12:16 Business News

12:26 Sport

12:34 Rural News

12:43 Worldwatch

An upbeat mix of the curious and the compelling, ranging from the stories of the day to the great questions of our time (RNZ)

An hour of discussion featuring a range of panellists from right along the opinion spectrum (RNZ)

RNZ's weekday drive-time news and current affairs programme

Political commentators Matthew Hooton & Mike Williams

Legislation, issues and insights from Parliament (RNZ)

RNZ's weeknight programme of entertainment and information

Nick Bollinger reviews some of the latest music releases

A daily current affairs programme covering the major Pacific stories of the week, with background and reaction from the people making the news (RNZ)

International public radio features and documentaries

China's Generation Gap Part 2
Chinese Journalist  Haining Liu was born into the ‘one-child generation’ in the early 1980s. She explores how these political, social and economic changes have affected the relationship between old and young in China. She looks at family life, marriage, divorce, dating, opportunities for women, and how being from the one-child generation has affected her and her peers. She visits a village in the mountains, outside Beijing, to hear from a great grandma in her 80s and four generations of one family to find out how much things have changed in this vast country. (BBC / Just Radio)

A roundup of the day's news and sport 

A late night radio show with an eye on live events, an ear for music, a great sense of humour and a genuine interest in people and their stories (RNZ).

10:50 The House: legislation, issues and insights from Parliament

Trevor Reekie hosts a weekly music programme celebrating an eclectic mix of 'world' music, fusion and folk roots (RNZ)

Including: 12:06 Music after Midnight; 12:30 Insight (RNZ); 1:15 Country Life Story (RNZ); 2:05 The Forum (BBC); 3:05 Wrestling with God by Lloyd Geering (3 of 12, RNZ); 3:30 Diversions (RNZ); 4:25 Buskers Festival(RNZ); 4:35 Hydrogen Cars(RNZ); 4:50 Book Review(RNZ); 5:10 Witness (BBC)

RNZ's three-hour breakfast news show with news and interviews, bulletins on the hour and half-hour, including:

6:20 and 6:50 Business News

6:26 Rural News

6:48 and 7:45 NZ Newspapers

Current affairs and topics of interest, including:

10:45 The Reading: Highlighting New Zealand writing and performance (RNZ)

RNZ news, followed by updates and reports until 1.00pm, including:

12:16 Business News

12:26 Sport

12:34 Rural News

12:43 Worldwatch

An upbeat mix of the curious and the compelling, ranging from the stories of the day to the great questions of our time (RNZ)

An hour of discussion featuring a range of panellists from right along the opinion spectrum (RNZ)

RNZ's drive-time news and current affairs programme

Anne Applebaum: Red Famine

Legislation, issues and insights from Parliament (RNZ)

RNZ's weeknight programme of entertainment and information

(RNZ)

Dateline Pacific is a  daily current affairs programme covering the major Pacific stories of the week, with background and reaction from the people making the news (RNZ)

International public radio features and documentaries

Dexter Guff is Smarter Than You (And You Can Be Too)
A satirical self-improvement guide. 5 - Why Everyone Should Start A Conference: Dexter explains why starting a conference will give you instant credibility. He interviews conference organizer Heather Hamilton to learn about the “Do’s and Don'ts” of throwing a killer event.  He also confides in Heather about his frustrations over his unrequited crush, Sharon Doyle. (Part 5 of 10, Panoply)
Wulfsyarn: a mosaic by Phillip Mann - Part-5
Seduced by self-importance Wilberfoss takes his eye off the ball failing to see how manipulative and dangerous is the Quelle. This is the seed of the disaster (Part 5 of 10, RNZ)

A roundup of the day's news and sport 

A late night radio show with an eye on live events, an ear for music, a great sense of humour and a genuine interest in people and their stories (RNZ).

10:50 The House: legislation, issues and insights from Parliament

(RNZ)

Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 Discovery (BBC); 1:05 Great Ideas - The Future of Work (RNZ); 2:05 The Cultural Frontline (BBC); 3:05 Wrestling with God by Lloyd Geering (4 of 12, RNZ); 3:30 NZ Books(RNZ); 4:25 The design of Kristian Frederikson(RNZ); 4:35 Cheese Rind (RNZ) 4:50 Book Review (RNZ); 5:10 Witness (BBC)

RNZ's three-hour breakfast news show with news and interviews, bulletins on the hour and half-hour, including:

6:20 and 6:50 Business News

6:26 Rural News

6:48 and 7:45 NZ Newspapers

Current affairs and topics of interest, including:

10:45 The Reading: Highlighting New Zealand writing and performance (RNZ)

RNZ news, followed by updates and reports until 1.00pm, including:

12:16 Business News

12:26 Sport

12:34 Rural News

12:43 Worldwatch

An upbeat mix of the curious and the compelling, ranging from the stories of the day to the great questions of our time (RNZ)

An hour of discussion featuring a range of panellists from right along the opinion spectrum (RNZ)

RNZ's weekday drive-time news and current affairs programme

Jonathan Franzen: Why Birds Matter

Legislation, issues and insights from Parliament (RNZ)

RNZ's weeknight programme of entertainment and information

With Music commentator and critic William Dart (RNZ)

A daily current affairs programme covering the major Pacific stories of the week, with background and reaction from the people making the news (RNZ)

Dateline Pacific is a daily current affairs programme covering the major Pacific stories of the week, with background and reaction from the people making the news (RNZ)

International public radio features and documentaries

Highlights from the world of science and the environment, with Alison Ballance (RNZ)

Slices of life for curious minds (RNZ)

A roundup of the day's news and sport 

A late night radio show with an eye on live events, an ear for music, a great sense of humour and a genuine interest in people and their stories (RNZ).

10:50 The House: legislation, issues and insights from Parliament

Music, interviews, live performances, behind the scenes, industry issues, career profiles, new, back catalogue, undiscovered, greatest hits, tall tales - with a focus on New Zealand/Aotearoa (RNZ)

Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 At The Movies (RNZ); 1:05 The Friday Feature (RNZ); 2.05; The Long Way Home (RNZ); 2:30 The Sampler (RNZ); 3:05 Wrestling with God by Lloyd Geering (5 of 12, RNZ); 3:30 The Why Factor (BBC); 4:25 Empty Nest (RNZ); 4:35 Hine Kohn (RNZ) 4:50 Book Review (RNZ); 5:10 Witness (BBC) 

RNZ's three-hour breakfast news show with news and interviews, bulletins on the hour and half-hour, including:

6:20 and 6:50 Business News

6:26 Rural News

6:48 and 7:45 NZ Newspapers

Current affairs and topics of interest, including:

10:45 The Reading: Highlighting New Zealand writing and performance (RNZ)

RNZ news, followed by updates and reports until 1.00pm, including:

12:16 Business News

12:26 Sport

12:34 Rural News

12:43 Worldwatch

An upbeat mix of the curious and the compelling, ranging from the stories of the day to the great questions of our time (RNZ)

An hour of discussion featuring a range of panellists from right along the opinion spectrum (RNZ)

RNZ's weekday drive-time news and current affairs programme

Karen Boyes: Getting your study act together

Analysis of significant political issues presented by Radio New Zealand's parliamentary reporting team (RNZ)

RNZ's weeknight programme of entertainment and information

Dateline Pacific is a daily current affairs programme covering the major Pacific stories of the week, with background and reaction from the people making the news (RNZ)

(RNZ)

Memorable scenes, people and places in rural New Zealand (RNZ)

A roundup of the day's news and sport 

A late night radio show with an eye on live events, an ear for music, a great sense of humour and a genuine interest in people and their stories (RNZ). 

(RNZ)