Nights for Thursday 18 August 2011
7:10 Single Again In Malta
University of Malta anthropologist Dr Jean Paul Baldacchino about the Maltese and why Malta has become the second to last country in the world to allow a couple to divorce.
7:30 Spectrum
People, places and events in New Zealand.
8 pm News & Weather
8:15 Windows on the World
International public radio documentaries.
8:40 Science: Everyday Physics
Physicist and deputy director of the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials & Nanotechnology, Dr Shaun Hendy, is taking it back to basics to explain how stuff works... how a desert beetle is key to building smart surfaces that collect condensation.
9 pm News & Weather
9:06 Our Changing World
Science and environment news from New Zealand and the world.
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.