Nights for Thursday 1 April 2010
1 April 2010
7:15 Sand Marathon
Patrick Bauer Director, Marathon Des Sablesa
A 243 kilometre endurance race across the Sahara Desert is about to begin...
7:30 Spectrum
People, places and events in New Zealand.
8 pm News & Weather
8:15 Windows on the World
International public radio documentaries
8:45 Science: Desert Water
Dr Ofer Dahan, arid zone researcher, Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research
The goals and challenges of studying water resources in one of the driest places in the world, the Negev Desert.
8:59 Conundrum: Clue 7
9 pm News & Weather
9:06 Our Changing World
Radio New Zealand's science and environment programme.
9:59 Conundrum: Clue 8
10 pm News & Weather
10:17 Late Edition
A review of the leading news from Morning Report, Nine to Noon, Afternoons and Checkpoint. Also hear the latest news from around the Pacific on Radio New Zealand International's Dateline Pacific.
11 pm News & Weather
11:06 The Music Mix
Nick Atkinson presents a contemporary music magazine with interviews and music from New Zealand and overseas artists, coverage of new releases, tours, live sessions, music festivals and events (RNZ)