Nights for Thursday 29 November 2018

 

7:12 South Auckland

This week's cultural ambassador is our man from South of the Tamaki - North of the Bombays - Clendon, Manurewa to be precise. Amongst the topics on Raymond Sagapolutele's radar is the stoush at Ihumatao Quarry Road in Mangere.

7:35 New Horizons

Yoko Ono - now 85 years old - is back with a new album Warzone, on which two things are very clear: firstly, she's still very much a political animal, and secondly, she's at ease with the music of her past and she's happy to revisit it in 2018.

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

How is global media consumption being transformed by new technology? Aleks Krotoski explores new realities - virtual and augmented - and asks if smart speakers will change how we listen. Will innovation change how content is produced and open up new business opportunities?

9:07 Our Changing World

This week on Our Changing World, Alison Balance finds out about invasive giant willow aphids and efforts to find a biocontrol agent for them, and talks with some eavesdropping oceanographers who have discovered that seaweeds make sounds.

9:30 This Way Up

This week's podcast highlights starts with the countdown to the computer malfunction that was supposed to wreck humanity and a history of the instant noodle.

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 we host Avondale rapper Melodownz for a live session, and speak with American avant garde pop musician Julia Holter.