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What happens when a makeup artist loses his sight?

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Ari Kerssens grew up watching queer makeup artists on YouTube and enrolled in a makeup course towards the end of school. It all changed when he lost most of his sight at age 19, writes Jogai Bhatt. Video

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12:04 AM. All Night Programme

A selection of the best RNZ National interviews and features.

5:00 AM. First Up with Nathan Rarere

New Zealand's early morning wake-up call

6:00 AM. Morning Report with Ingrid Hipkiss and Corin Dann

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

9:06 AM. Nine to Noon with Kathryn Ryan

Current affairs and topics of interest.

Noon Midday Report

RNZ news, followed by updates and reports until 1.00pm

1:06 PM. Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan

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

4:00 PM. Checkpoint with Lisa Owen

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

6:00 PM. The Panel with Wallace Chapman

An hour of discussion, featuring a range of panellists from right along the opinion spectrum, together with expert phone guests (RNZ)

7:06 PM. The Detail

Join The Detail team as they make sense of the big stories with the country's best journalists and experts

8:06 PM. Nights with Emile Donovan

RNZ's weeknight programme of entertainment and information

8:15 PM. Pacific Waves

8:30 PM. Nights Continues

Including tonight's quiz

10:00 PM. News at Ten

A roundup of today's news and sport

11:04 PM. The Mixtape

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

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