Nights for Thursday 26 August 2021
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Sophie Pascoe wins silver
10:50 PM.Legendary paralympian Sophie Pascoe has won her 16th Paralympic medal in her fourth Paralympics. Bryan Crump crosses live to Tokyo to talk to one of the Para swimming coaches, Simon Mayne, about… Read more Audio
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Vale Max Cryer
10:42 PM.One of New Zealand's first ever television stars has died aged 86. Max Cryer spoke the first words on nationwide TV in 1969, and went on to produce shows the shows Mastermind and University Challenge… Read more Audio
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Your vaccination questions with the Immunisation Advisory Centre
10:19 PM.Your vaccination questions with the Immunisation Advisory Centre Last night we spoke to the microbiologist, Dr Siouxsie Wiles about many things covid related. There were so many questions about… Read more Audio
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Overseas Correspondent - Vietnam
9:48 PM.Our overseas correspondent, Lien Hoang joins us once again from Ho Chi Minh as US Vice President Kamala Harris wraps up her Asia tour with reference to China, human rights, trade and supply chain… Read more Audio
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Library overdue fines settled for good
7:50 PM.Louise LaHatte from Auckland Libraries tells us why they've decided to get rid of overdue fines and about the services they're still offering during lockdown level 4. Audio
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Nights Astronomy
7:13 PM.Former University of Canterbury Mt John Observatory superintendent Alan Gilmore joins us once again. Tonight he'll be taking a look at Comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein, The James Webb Space Telescope and… Read more Audio
7:12 Nights Astronomy
Former University of Canterbury Mt John Observatory superintendent Alan Gilmore joins us once again. Tonight he'll be taking a look at Comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein, The James Webb Space Telescope and a Blue Moon.?
This illustration shows the distant Comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein as it might look in the outer Solar System. Comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein is estimated to be about 1000 times more massive than a typical comet, making it arguably the largest comet discovered in modern times. It has an extremely elongated orbit, journeying inward from the distant Oort Cloud over millions of years. It is the most distant comet to be discovered on its incoming path.
Photo: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva (Spaceengine), CC BY 4.0
7:35 Library overdue fines settled for good
Louise LaHatte from Auckland Libraries tells us why they've decided to get rid of overdue fines and about the services they're still offering during lockdown level 4.
Photo: Auckland Libraries
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.
Photo: RNZ Pacific
8:30 Window on The World
Wood is strong enough to build skyscrapers, and bamboo - the fastest growing plant in the world - can also be used for building. Both suck up large amounts of greenhouse gas. We find out what would happen if we used these materials instead of concrete in construction.
Photo: 123RF
9:07 Our Changing World
On Our Changing World this week - two stories of looking to the skies. Claire Concannon talks to Dr. Nicholas Rattenbury about New Zealand's search for planets outside of our own solar system.
Dr. Nicholas Rattenbury Photo: RNZ/Claire Concannon
While Katy Gosset finds out about the annual New Zealand Garden Bird Survey and joins citizen scientists who are helping to collect the data.
The top 10 most common birds, for the first 9 years of the garden bird survey Photo: Landcare Research
9:30 Overseas Correspondent - Vietnam
Our overseas correspondent, Lien Hoang joins us once again from Ho Chi Minh as US Vice President Kamala Harris wraps up her Asia tour with reference to China, human rights, trade and supply chain security.
US Vice President Kamala Harris (L) waves beside Vietnam's Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan in the Gold room of the Presidential Palace in Hanoi on August 25, 2021. Photo: REUTERS
10:17 Late Edition
Bryan presents all the breaking news, a little analysis of the stories of the moment, and some highlights of the day on RNZ National.
Photo: RNZ Andrew Robertson
10:19 Your vaccination questions with the Immunisation Advisory Centre
Last night we spoke to the microbiologist, Dr Siouxsie Wiles about many things covid related. There were so many questions about vaccinations that we thought we'd take it one step further and talk to Loretta Roberts, the National Director of the Immunisation Advisory Centre, which trains our vaccine workforce.
New Zealand Director-General of health Dr Ashley Bloomfield receiving his first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. Photo: Ross Giblin / Stuff / Pool
10:30 Vale Max Cryer
One of New Zealand's first ever television stars has died aged 86. Max Cryer spoke the first words on nationwide TV in 1969, and went on to produce shows the shows Mastermind and University Challenge. He was a singer, broadcaster, producer, and a journalist - and a powerhouse of the New Zealand entertainment industry. The host and producer of the first live talk-variety show in 1975 he was also the country's first TV quizmaster on the show Top Mark. His close friend, David Hartnell remembers his great love of showbiz.
Max Cryer Photo: Syd Mannion Photography studio@sydmannion.co.nz
10:40 Sophie Pascoe wins silver
Legendary paralympian Sophie Pascoe has won her 16th Paralympic medal in her fourth Paralympics. Bryan Crump crosses live to Tokyo to talk to one of the Para swimming coaches, Simon Mayne, about Sophie's triumph in the 100 metre breaststroke.
Photo: PHOTOSPORT
11:07 Music 101 pocket edition
Yadana Saw is here After 11 with the Music 101 Pocket Edition. In this Episode, Lorde speaks with Music 101's Charlotte Ryan about her new record Solar Power and Flying Nun's Ben Howe.
Photo: Supplied / Lorde
