Nights for Thursday 9 December 2010
7:15 Louise Sutherland, Wonder Woman
Bronwen Wall, biographer: Spinning the Globe
An amazingly adventurous Kiwi woman who loved to cycle...
7:30 Spectrum
People, places and events in New Zealand.
8 pm News and Weather
8:15 Windows on the World
International public radio documentaries - visit the Windows on the World webpage to find links to these documentaries.
8:45 Science: Astronomy
Alan Gilmore, astronomer, Mt John University Observatory
"Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly hugely mindbogglingly big it is. I mean you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist, but that's just peanuts to space" Douglas Adams...
The lunar eclipse on Tuesday 21 December 2010.
8:59 Conundrum: Clue 7
9 pm News and Weather
9:06 Our Changing World
Radio New Zealand's science and environment programme.
9:59 Conundrum: Clue 8
10 pm News and 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 and 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)