Nights for Tuesday 29 May 2012

7:10 Our Own Odysseys: Sendai Volunteer

Cantabrian Nigel Rushton is back on his bike in Japan to support tsunami survivors.

7:30 The Sampler

A weekly review and analysis of new CD releases.

8:15 Windows on the World

International public radio documentaries - visit the Windows on the World web page to find links to these documentaries.

8:40 The World At Night: India

Our correspondent in India, pop. 1,170,938,000 (est. 2010) is Bangalore based, Shoba Narayan... the growing civic awareness in India, particularly citizens' movements against corruption as promoted by social reformer Anna Hazare.

9:00 News and Weather

9:06 The Tuesday Feature: Cook's First Voyage by Dame Anne Salmond

From a series of lectures from 2004 covering the broad themes related to the Transit of Venus - First encounters between Maori and Europeans.

10:00 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.

11:06 Putumayo Radio Hour

A world music show that takes listeners on a weekly journey through the music of many different cultures (Putumayo)