Schedules for 22 - 28 December, 2018

Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight (RNZ); 12:30 Laugh Track (RNZ); 1:05 From the World (BBC); 2:05 NZ Live (RNZ); 3:05 A Gift Shared by Christopher Horan (RNZ); 3:30 The Week (RNZ); 4:30 In The Balance (BBC); 5:10 Sporting Witness (BBC); 5:45 Voices (RNZ)

Give it a Heave, by David Hill, told by Megan Alexander, Simon Leary, Tess Jamieson, Phil Ward; Flower Necklace, by Pauline Cartwright, told by Nicky Birchfield; Maddy West and the Tongue Taker, by Brian Falkner, told by Miranda Harcourt; Are We Having a Christmas?, by Jack Lasenby, told by Stuart Devenie; Blue Ribbon, by Heather Marshall, told by Jo Briant (RNZ)

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

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

Richard Scott hunts out the best podcasts from New Zealand and around the world to help you discover what to listen to next (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)

Warsaw Village (RNZ)

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

12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 The Compass (BBC); 1:05 Our Changing World (RNZ); 2:05 Heart and Soul (BBC); 2:35 Hymns on Sunday (RNZ); 3:05 Angel of God by Julia du Fresne told by Susan Wilson (RNZ); 3:30 CrowdScience (BBC); 4:30 Te Waonui a Te Manu Korihii (RNZ) 5:10 Michael King's History of New Zealand (8 of 30, RNZ); 5:45 Historical Highlight (RNZ)

The Fiddle and the Gun, by Margaret Mahy, told by Bruce Phillips; Christmas at the Hopuruahine, by Jack Lasenby, told by Stuart Devenie; Piggity Wiggity Jiggity Jig and the Christmas Baby, by Diana Neild, told by Peter Land; Maddy West and the Tongue Taker, by Brian Falkner, told by Miranda Harcourt; The Twelve Days of Kiwi Christmas, told by Pio Terei; Grandpa's Shed, by Joy Watson, told by Alice Fraser (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)

A weekly podcast on the news that will affect your back pocket - with Bernard Hickey, Nikki Mandow, Jenee Tibshraeny and Gyles Beckford (RNZ)

Part 1 - Robots - Aleks Krotoski and Ben Hammersley consider the place of Robots in the first part of a series in which they discover how to prepare for the social, economic and technological changes that are coming in the few decades so we can all thrive in the future (BBC)

Simon Morris looks at the year in review  (RNZ)

Comedian David Baddiel invites listeners behind the scenes of his new show (BBC)

Selections from the world of recorded comedy

Behind the (Food) Scenes: Emily Thomas talks to three top food stylists - all of whom have ghost-written and cooked on behalf of the world’s top chefs (BBC)  

Like A Moorish Trumpet"  by Vincent O’Sullivan. (RNZ)

Smart Talk at the Auckland Museum: Is CRISPR utopian or dystopian?   Prof Tim Dare, Associate Professors Peter Fineran and Maui Hudson, and Dr Heather Hendrickson explore the state of CRISPR gene editing with four experts on the technology but also its philosophical and ethical dimensions (RNZ)

A roundup of today's news and sport

Personal approaches to spirituality from around the world (BBC)

A weekly roundup of news on Maori issues (RNZ)

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

A weekly feature where the focus is ethnic communities (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 New Horizons (RNZ); 3:05 Africa And Tauranga by Sarah Boddy (RNZ); 3:30 Science In Action (BBC);  4:25 The Joy of Puns (RNZ); 4:45 Houses of Aotearoa (RNZ);  5:10 Witness  (BBC)

Radio New Zealand's breakfast news show with news and interviews, bulletins on the hour and half-hour

Highlights from the past year's programmes

Radio New Zealand news, followed by reports from Correspondents around the world

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

Two hours of discussion, featuring a range of panellists from right along the opinion spectrum

Half an hour of current affairs from the RNZ News team

Highlighting the RNZ stories you're sharing on-line

An seasonal evening of fun and a few old favourites

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 today'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

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 The Laugh Track (RNZ); 1:05 From the World (BBC); 1:40 Caling All Adults (RNZ);  2:05 Pasifika Country Music (RNZ); 3:05 All is Calm All is Bright by Rene (RNZ); 3:30 Author’s View (RNZ);  4:25 Nutritional Trailblazer (RNZ); 4:35 Sold Out (RNZ); 4:55 Book Review (RNZ);  5:10 Witness(BBC)

A morning of fun and celebration including:

6:08 Christmas Storytime

Slinki Malinki's Christmas Crackers, by Lynley Dodd, told by Miranda Harcourt; Biggest Christmas Tree in the World, by Ruth Corrin, told by Prue Langbein; Santa's Kiwi Holiday, by Maria Farrer, told by Mick Rose; What Tim Kept Under His Hat, by Iona McNaughton, told by Ole Maiava; The Toy Maker, written and told by Shane Jones; The Child King, written and told by Edward Kelsey; The Christmas Tree, written and told by Shane (RNZ)

7:10 2018 Christmas Church service

From the Meadowlands Fiji Methodist Church, Howick, Auckland, with worship leader Reverend Joeli Ducivaki, and featuring the church choir (RNZ)

A roundup of today's news and sport

Including:

1:06 Joyful and Triumphant by Robert Lord

The evolution of a small-town New Zealand family, glimpsed on Christmas day over 4 decades (RNZ)

A roundup of today's news and sport

H.M The Queen with her annual message to the commonwealth

Althea and Sam were in what they called their 'disillusionment phase' where the golden dreams of their youth had dissolved into pragmatic realities (RNZ)

Nick Bollinger reviews some of the latest music releases

International public radio features and documentaries

Smart Talk at the Auckland Museum: Is CRISPR utopian or dystopian? (RNZ)

A roundup of today's news and sport

A Christmas service  from the Meadowlands Fiji Methodist Church, Howick, Auckland, with worship leader Reverend Joeli Ducivaki, and featuring the church choir (RNZ)

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 Two Cents’ Worth (RNZ); 1:05 Country Life Story (RNZ); 1:45 More or Less  (BBC); 2:05 The Forum  (BBC); 3:05 A Real Family Christmas by Anne Mulcock (RNZ); 3:30 Diversions (RNZ); 4:25 Painter Rediscovered (RNZ); 4:35 New York Bound (RNZ); 4:55 Book Review (RNZ);  5:10 Witness (BBC)

A miscellany of music, stories and random thoughts including:

6:45 In Sickness and In Health by John Bluck (1 of 6, RNZ)

7:10 The Long Way Home: A big of a dogleg

Bruce Hopkins takes his father and brother's ashes back home to Stewart Island. But he's taking the long way there; walking the length of New Zealand on Te Araroa trail (RNZ)

7:26 Ours: Treasures from Te Papa - Jacinda Ardern and Ernest Shackleton's sled

Noelle McCarthy visits Ernest Shackleton's sled in Te Papa and takes along New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern who has a wee bit of an obsession with the Irish-born explorer (RNZ)

8:08 Global Business

Will artificial intelligence change how we shop and decide which retailers succeed? Retail executive, Jeremy Schwartz, meets chat bots, robots and the humans behind them, to find out, exploring the impact that the AI revolution may have on jobs - not just the number of them but their nature too (BBC)

There’s been a resurgence of black music as protest music in America, where musicians are drawing on radical roots, and on the sounds and ideas of  Black Power from the late 1960s and early 1970s – to revolutionise black music from within. Broadcaster and jazz writer Kevin Legendre talks  to musicians and artists across generations and asks is Black Music revolutionary music once again? (BBC)

A roundup of today's news and sport

An afternoon of alleged music and dubious entertainment

A roundup of today's news and sport

Memorable exchanges from the past year on RNZ National (RNZ)

Highlights from the world of science and the environment with Our Changing World's Alison Ballance (RNZ)

John Beasley's MONK'estra taking Inspiration from the spirit of revolutionary jazz pianist Thelonious Monk for a performance at the 2018 Wellington Jazz Festival (RNZ)

International public radio features and documentaries

A comedic exchange in which James Nokise interviews New Zealanders in the shower (his safe place) about their mental health and how they deal with it (7 of 8, RNZ)

A roundup of today's news and sport

The experiences of  farm labourer Archibald Baxter was one of New Zealand 14 conscientious objectors forcibly transported to the Western Front in 1918. (Part 1 of 15, RNZ)

Nick Tipping brings you classic recordings and modern masterpieces from the world of jazz (RNZ)

Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 Health Check (BBC); 1:05 The Thursday Feature (RNZ); 2:05 NZ Books(RNZ); 2:30 The Sampler (RNZ); 3:05 Aquamarine by Adrienne Frater read by Kerry Fox (RNZ); 3:30 The Cultural Frontline (BBC); 4:25 Theatre to Sport (RNZ); 4:35Goodnature Pests (RNZ); 4:55 Book Review (RNZ); 5:10 Witness  (BBC)

An early miscellany of music, stories and random thoughts including:

6:20 Letting the cat out of the bag by Becky Umbers (AUT)

6:45 In Sickness and In Health by John Bluck (2 of 6, RNZ)

7:10 Our Changing World - Thousands of nondescript bone fragments have turned out to be a genetic treasure trove - one that gives us insight into the diversity of animals in New Zealand before humans arrived about 750 years ago (RNZ)

A variety-packed, celebrity free morning of news, interviews, documentaries and music

Radio New Zealand news, followed by reports from Correspondents around the world

An afternoon of alleged music and dubious entertainment

Half an hour of current affairs from the RNZ News team

Highlighting the RNZ stories you're sharing on-line

Memorable exchanges from the past year on RNZ National (RNZ)

Highlights from the world of science and the environment with Our Changing World's Alison Ballance (RNZ)

With Music commentator and critic William Dart (RNZ)

International public radio features and documentaries

Chemist Andrea Sella tells the story of how the feared element ended up giving us better teeth, mood and health (BBC)

A roundup of today's news and sport

The experiences of  farm labourer Archibald Baxter was one of New Zealand 14 conscientious objectors forcibly transported to the Western Front in 1918. (Part 2 of 15, RNZ)

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 Discovery (RNZ); 1:05 The Friday Feature (RNZ); 2:05 Are We There Yet? (RNZ) 2:30 Friday Live (RNZ); 3:05 What I Did In The Holidays by Phil Kawana (RNZ); 3:30 The Why Factor (BBC); 5:10 Witness (BBC)

An early miscellany of music, stories and random thoughts including:

6:20 Fish of the Day by Matilda Phillips (AUT)

6:45 In Sickness and In Health by John Bluck (3 of 6, RNZ)

7:10 Sharing the Love - The Aloha Shirt - Sonia Sly goes behind the scenes of the fashion industry to find out what exists beyond its glamorous façade. In this episode she takes stock of the world-wide phenomenon that is the Aloha shirt (RNZ)

A variety-packed, celebrity free morning of news, interviews, documentaries and music

Radio New Zealand news, followed by reports from Correspondents around the world

An afternoon of alleged music and dubious entertainment

Half an hour of current affairs from the RNZ News team

Highlighting the RNZ stories you're sharing on-line

Memorable exchanges from the past year on RNZ National (RNZ)

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Memorable scenes, people and places from the last year in rural New Zealand (RNZ)

A roundup of today's news and sport

The experiences of  farm labourer Archibald Baxter was one of New Zealand 14 conscientious objectors forcibly transported to the Western Front in 1918. (Part 3 of 15, RNZ)

Musical guests compile a C60 and talk us through their selections (RNZ)