Nights for Thursday 13 June 2019

 

7:12 New Staff Writers at the Pantograph Punch

The arts website, Pantograph Punch has been making some changes of late, not least of which has been the creation of five staff writer positions.

One of those is poet and writer Tayi Tibble.  She joins Bryan in the studio.

7:35 New Horizons

The British singer Morrissey is not always Mr Sad; he can occasionally - very occasionally - deliver smiley-faced pop. William Dart listens to his new album of covers, California Son.

8:10 Seed Pods

Tonight Richard Scott introduces us to Brexitcast, an award-winning podcast charting the ins and outs of Brexit which has become a major hit. Richard spoke to producer Dino Sofos Hour just after the show won the Listeners' Choice Award at the British Podcast Awards.

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

What does the current public move against plastic mean for businesses which depend on plastic as a core raw material . Or for the packaging and retail industries, both deeply reliant on plastic? The BBC's Caroline Bayley talks to companies about the opportunities and challenges presented by the plastic backlash.

9:07 Our Changing World

This week on Our Changing World, Alison Ballance goes behind-the-scenes at Auckland Zoo to meet the vet team caring for sick kakapo, and finds out about the chemical element holmium.

9:30 Overseas Correspondent - Japan.

Motoko Kakubayashi joins us once again from Tokyo with the latest from Japan.

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

On this week's Pocket Edition we talk to sixteen year old pop savant Ruel, and Seth Haapu talks us through his new song.