Nights for Monday 18 November 2019
7:12 School Crossing Patrols - Have we got our priorities right?
Regan Dooley is a dad from Island Bay in Wellington. He wonders whether we've got the priorities around the wrong way when it comes to walkers versus traffic, especially if we're trying to encourage more kids to walk.
7:35 Upbeat
Hayden Tee is one of New Zealand's most successful musical theatre exports. He talks with Zoë George about connecting with his Maori heritage, playing some formidable characters, why being back home is so important and his new album Face to Face which was released last week and includes a 64-piece orchestra.
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
Unprecedented mass protests have caused chaos in Hong Kong's public sphere - but what has it meant for private life? How have they affected the increasing number of couples who have married across the divide, with one partner from Hong Kong and another from the Chinese mainland?
9:10 Nights Sport
Peter Lampp is our sportscaster tonight. He'll be casting his eye on Paul Coll from Greymouth reaching the Squash World final and asking if Sonny Bill Williams was the great he's claimed to be.
9:30 Insight
Three in 10 people living here were born overseas. But why do they come, and can New Zealand continue to attract skilled migrants in the face of increased global competition? Insight's Philippa Tolley has been finding out.
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 Nashville Babylon
On Nashville Babylon Mark Rogers celebrates Chicago indie label Bloodshot's 25th anniversary, plays tracks from the reissue of Gene Clark's classic album No Other, says 'happy birthday' to blues legend Hubert Sumlin and spins tracks from some of his favourite releases from 2019.