Nights for Monday 26 July 2021
7:12 Olympics Update
Rikki Swannell joins following a very busy day in Tokyo.
7:35 Salsa Dura
Our cultural ambassador for Latin American music, Mona Lynn Courteau joins us once again. Tonight she'll be introducing us to Salsa Dura ("hard salsa"). The classic salsa scene in New York City that grew from its links with Latin America, specifically Cuba and Puerto Rico.
8:15 Pacific Waves
Koroi Hawkins presents a daily current affairs programme that delves deeper into the major stories of the week, through a Pacific lens, and shines a light on issues affecting Pacific people wherever they are in the world.
8:30 Window on The World
Another Science in Action from the BBC - tonight AI cracks the poroblem of protein folding - the team chats to a biomathematician who has been modelling Covid epidemiology - AND conservationists tap into a little known ability in elephants... apparently they can hear things up to a kilometre away through their feet?
9:10 Dunedin Craft Beer & Food Festival
Tickets go on sale tonight for the Dunedin Craft Beer & Food Festival. We talk to Jason Schroder, Festival Director.
9:30 Matangireia
Georgina Beyer knows all about breaking barriers - becoming the first transgender MP in the world. But what is her biggest regret as a Maori MP in Parliament?
The former Labour Party MP describes the fallout over the Foreshore and Seabed legislation to Matangireia presenter Scott Campbell.
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
After 11, on Nashville Babylon, Mark Rogers has birthday tunes for Bobbie Gentry, Mick Jagger and the late Tony Joe White. There's also classic blues courtesy of Howlin' Wolf, reggae from Ken Boothe plus gems from Charlie Rich and Dolly Parton.