Nights for Thursday 22 April 2021
7:12 1080 and The Forest
Our Forest expert Dean Baigient-Mercer joins us once again to talk about turning around the collapse on native forests and the use of 1080.
The 1080 drop in the Russell State Forest began over the weekend. Photo: RNZ / Lois Williams
7:30 Deeply Human
It's episode 7 of Deeply Human...Spooked. - Dessa investigates some of the most mystical, disorienting and disturbing experiences a person can have. She discovers that neuroscience, the study of our brains, might just help explain this big, important chunk of being human.
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8:10 Auckland Urban Walking Festival
From 22 April to 16 May, some of Auckland's most enthusiastic city-lovers will be celebrating their place with free walking tours throughout our city's neighbourhoods for the Urban Walking Festival 2021 - we speak to Festival Director, Mellissa Laing .
Photo: Urban Walking Festival
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 story of how one man is trying to transform lives through the power of the humble bicycle. Many rural communities in rural Africa don't have access to cars or good roads, which can make it hard to take fresh produce to market or get to school. Wyson Lungu wants to change that with an innovative scheme to sell affordable bicycles.
Photo: Photo by ALEXANDER JOE / AFP
9:07 Our Changing World
This week, Alison Ballance pulls one of her early features from the archives and discovers it is just as topical today as it was in 2010. Ocean acidification has been called global warming's evil twin, and after finding out how it works and what its consequences might be, Alison chats to NIWA's Cliff Law for an update from 2021.
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9:30 Overseas Correspondent - India
Our Overseas Correspondent from India, Shoba Naryan is on the line from Bangalore.
The Koramangala Indoor Stadium is pictured as it is converted to a quarantine centre for the Covid-19 coronavirus patients in Bangalore. Photo: Photo by Manjunath Kiran / 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
Pocket Edition takes a break this week….In a special Musical Chairs tribute Dalvanius Maui Prime talks - and sings - about his life in music.
Dalvanius Prime. Photo: Murray Cammick / NZ International Film Festival
Dalvanius Maui Prime was a New Zealand music phenomenon. After emerging as Dalvanius and the Fascinations in the early 70s, he was rarely been out of the limelight.
A soul singing star in Australia and Asia, producer of Prince Tui Teka and creator of the Patea Maori Club's hit 'Poi E' He was a performer, composer, impresario, strategist, politician, teacher and entrepreneur all wrapped in to one.