Nights for Wednesday 15 September 2021

 

7:12 Small Bodies of Water

Nina Mingya Powles joins us to talk about her new book Small Bodies of Water - a collection of essays exploring the bodies of water that separate and connect us taking us from London to New Zealand, Shanghai to Malaysia.

7:30  At The Movies

Simon Morris returns in a programme often about nostalgia.  Two films deal with some of the biggest musical stars of the late Sixties, Aretha Franklin biopic, Respect and documentary Summer of Soul.  A French biopic, Eiffel  tells the story behind one of the most famous edifices in the world.  And Reminiscence a sci-fi/film noir hybrid is about a world where memory can be bought and sold.

8:10 The Hump

The Hump is our Wednesday night Quiz Night where we take a dive into the archives of Nga Taonga Sound and Vision for some audio gems and we want to see if you can identify them.

Tonight's prize is Nina Mingya Powles' new book Small Bodies of Water.

8:15 Pacific Waves

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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 

Crowdscience from the BBC World Service. Can we transfer electricity wirelessly?  Could power be beamed into hard to reach communities and might our homes become wire free?

9:07 The Fate of Afghanistan's Women Journalists

After spending two years in Afghanistan as Reuters senior correspondent, in 2013 British-American journalist Amie Ferris-Rotman set up Sahar Speaks, a project to provide training, mentoring & publishing opportunities for Afghan female reporters. We catch up with Amie and find out what has happened to the women who came throught the project now that the Taliban have taken control of the country.

Amie has set up a crowdfunding page to help these journalists.

9:30 Quiz Answer

We find out who is tonight's quiz whizz.

9:40 Nights Gone By

Back in 2016, Bryan spoke to Birgit Krippner on travels on a container ship. Her upcoming photo exhibition 'HORIZONT' (meaning horizon in german) opens at the Suite Gallery in Wellington on the 13th of October.

Some of the images she took on her travels are in the gallery below.

10:17 Late Edition

Bryan Crump presents all the breaking news, a little analysis of the stories of the moment, and some highlights of the day on RNZ National.

 

10:20 Akld restauranteur sends open letter to mayor, Phil Goff

An Auckland restauranteur has written an open letter to the city's Mayor, Phil Goff, asking him to show stronger leadership. Tony McGeorge, who with his wife Krishna Botica employs more than 100 staff runs Café Hanoi, Saan, Ghost Street and Xuxu has called on Mr Goff to advocate more strongly on behalf of the city.

10:30 Mother of missing children holding out hope
The mother of three children who have been missing since the weekend with their father at a remote Waikato West Coast beach has released a statement. King Country man Thomas Phillips and his three children Jayda, Maverick and Ember  aged 8, 6 and 5, have not been seen since a family gathering on Saturday. It's feared they have been swept out to sea. Their car was found on the remote Kiritehere beach on Sunday.

10:45 Glimmer of hope for diaspora as MIQ pause ends
Stranded Kiwis desperate to get home have a glimmer of hope from the MIQ system from next Monday. The Government stopped opening up rooms in MIQ following the Delta outbreak - only those in emergencies could apply for a spot. Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins has confirmed the pause will end on Monday morning. Three-thousand rooms will be released over the September to December period - in a new online lottery system. Alexandra Birt from the Grounded Kiwis group tells Bryan Crump how Kiwis overseas are responding.

10:55 Midweek Mediawatch with Hayden Donnell
Hayden Donnell reports on media coverage of issues including criticism that the media is undermining the Covid response, why it seems the media elevate less-than-rigorous opinions and questionable commentators, a stinging Media Council ruling goes against NewsHub for an article dressed up as a normal news story when it was actually sponsored content - and the return of Gawker.  

 

11:07 Inside Out

After 11, on Inside Out, At a time when hitting the road isn't an option for most of us, Nick Tipping brings the journey to you with a set of jazz road songs.  Tracks include Auckland band Blue Train with 'Travel by Night', Maceo Parker's version of 'Hit the Road Jack', and Wes Montgomery's 'Road Song'.