Navigation for Sunday 4 'til 8

Sunday 4 'til 8 for Sunday 14 June 2015

  • Get in Behind – a Shepherd’s Tale

    7:06 PM.Anita Kendrick is a shepherd on an 1800 hectare North Island station. In her spare time she trains working dogs and breeds border collies. Anita also has a broken back. The farm bike she was riding… Read more Audio

  • Skinwriting III - Episodes 1 - 3

    6:06 PM.The drama continues in the third season of Skin Writing produced by Jason Te Kare. Pushy Te Aratapu attends his te reo māori course for the first time and the cultural aspects of tatau and tattoo is… Read more Audio

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  • Bright Earth: questions from the audience

    4:48 PM.Dr Philip Ball answers questions from the audience. Audio

  • Bright Earth: the Invention of Colour

    4:06 PM.Today we can take our pick of masses of paint colours, but artists of earlier times had to painstakingly make their own pigments. Some were immensely expensive. Unstable ones faded or darkened. Dr… Read more Audio, Gallery

Philip Ball4:07 The Sunday Feature: Bright Earth - The Invention of Colour

Dr Philip Ball is a freelance science writer, broadcaster and lecturer who's particularly interested in the interactions of the sciences, the arts, and the wider culture. In May he was in New Zealand for the Auckland Writers Festival. In conjunction with The Royal Society, he gave two talks - the first 'Bright Earth: the Invention of Colour' was recorded at Te Papa in Wellington.

5:00 The 5 O'Clock Report

A roundup of today's news and sport.

5:12 Spiritual Outlook

Exploring different spiritual, moral and ethical issues and topics (RNZ)

5:40 Te Waonui a Te Manu Korihi

Maori news and interviews from throughout the motu (RNZ)

6:06 Te Ahi Kaa

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

7:06 One In Five

The issues and experience of disability (RNZ)

7:35 Voices

A weekly programme that highlights Asians, Africans, indigenous Americans and more in New Zealand, aimed at promoting a greater understanding of our ethnic minority communities (RNZ)