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Nights for Thursday 4 February 2021

  • Overseas Correspondent - Vietnam

    9:30 PM.Lien Hoan joins us from Ho Chi Mihn - Vietnam is racing to stop a Covid outbreak, with a UK strain spreading faster, especially ahead of the Lunar new year when families gather. Audio

  • The Toxicology of Lead - Your Questions Answered

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    7:35 PM.It wasn't in the schedule to talk to our regular toxicologist Leo Schep, but considering the news from North Dunedin, we though we'd get him on for a refresher on the toxicology of lead. Read more Audio

  • Materials Fact or Fiction - Tenet

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    7:12 PM.Professor Bill Williams, MacDiarmid Institute Principal Investigator and Professor in Biophysics and Soft Matter at Massey University talks us through the science of Tenet, the 2020 sci-fi film… Read more Audio

 

7:12 Materials Fact or Fiction - Tenet

Professor Bill Williams, MacDiarmid Institute Principal Investigator and Professor in Biophysics and Soft Matter at Massey University talks us through the science of Tenet, the 2020 sci-fi film directed by Christopher Nolan.

TENET 2020 de Christopher Nolan COLLECTION CHRISTOPHEL © Warner Bros. Pictures - Syncopy science fiction; sci-fi;

Photo: © Warner Bros. Pictures - Syncopy

7:35 The Toxicology of Lead

It wasn't in the schedule to talk to our regular toxicologist Leo Schep, but considering the news from North Dunedin, we though we'd get him on for a refresher on the toxicology of lead.

A water tanker near the Golden Fleece Hotel in Waikouaiti where high lead levels were discovered in the water supply.

Photo: RNZ / Tess Brunton

8:15 Dateline Pacific

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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

the BBC's Global Questions programme and asks whether the Internet's BIG FIVE social media companies are merely platforms, or whether they must they accept that they're publishers.  

Logos of Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple

Photo: AFP / AP / 123RF

9:07 Our Changing World

This week, on Our Changing World, University of Canterbury engineers tell Alison Ballance they plan to 3D print the next generation of wastewater treatment filters, and a Victoria University of Wellington psychologist discusses ways of encouraging people to start pro-environmental behaviours such as saving energy.

Environmental engineer Aisling O’Sullivan (centre) leads a team developing new ways of treating wastewater. Ricardo Bello-Mendoza (left) and Tim Huber are also on the team.

Environmental engineer Aisling O’Sullivan (centre) leads a team developing new ways of treating wastewater. Ricardo Bello-Mendoza (left) and Tim Huber are also on the team. Photo: RNZ / Alison Ballance

9:30 Overseas Correspondent - Vietnam

Lien Hoan joins us from Ho Chi Mihn - Vietnam is racing to stop a Covid outbreak, with a UK strain spreading faster, especially ahead of the Lunar new year when families gather.

People buy peach blossom trees along a street in Hanoi ahead of Lunar New Year or Tet celebrations.

People buy peach blossom trees along a street in Hanoi ahead of Lunar New Year or Tet celebrations. Photo: Manan VATSYAYANA / AFP

10:17 Lately

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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

After 11, Yadana Saw is here with the Pocket Edition.  The Guardian UK's Tim Jonze explains why Gerry and Pacemaker's You'll Never Walk Alone has transcended its place in the football stadium, Anna Coddington shares her hopes for a more inclusive and safe music industry for everyone and Dawn Raid Entertainment founders Brotha D and Andy Murnane speak about the new documentary that charts the highs and lows of the South Auckland hip hop label.

Anna Coddington

Anna Coddington Photo: Supplied