Nights for Thursday 15 March 2018

7:12 Overseas Correspondent

Nights' overseas correspondent Shoba Narayan joins us with the latest from India including the death of actress Sridevi Kapoor.

7:35 New Horizons

Prompted by a new album by Idaho singer Eilen Jewell, William Dart listens to a number of white women (and a couple of white men) singing the blues.

8:10 Night Mail

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8:15 Dateline Pacific

RNZ Pacific's daily current affairs programme covering the major Pacific stories of the week, with background and reaction from the people making the news.

8:30 Window on the World

Margaret Rayman, Professor of Nutritional Medicine at Surrey University, explores why iodine is essential for our health. As well as looking at contemporary issues with iodine, Margaret explores the legacy of past iodine deficiency - the word cretin, which was coined to describe someone living in the Alps with such a condition.

9:07 Our Changing World

This week Our Changing World, good news about growing takahe numbers, and bad news about the 'sad shape' our glaciers are in following the marine heatwave this summer.

9:30 This Way Up

Simon Morton speaks to the English food writer and journalist Bee Wilson, who claims an industry-led cover up has been glossing over the true dangers of eating processed meats for decades.

10:17 Lately

Lately with Karyn Hay is a late night radio show on RNZ National, with an eye on live events, an ear for music, a great sense of humour and a genuine interest in people and their stories.

11:07 Music 101 pocket edition

In this week's Pocket Edition, Kirsten Johnstone hosts Broods' Georgia Nott for a live session of her new material; Tony Stamp catches up with Pitch Black who are on their 21st anniversary tour and Trevor Reekie speaks to the inimitable Laurie Anderson.