Nights for Tuesday 21 September 2021

7:12 Otago University Arts Fellow 2022

Otago University have just announced their Arts Fellowships for 2022 and it's a hugely diverse collection of artists. To find out about what fellowships like this mean for artists, I'm joined by three of the Fellows, Musician, Sean Donnelly, writer Swapna Haddow and visual artist Sorawit Songtaya. 

7:30 The Sampler

Tony Stamp samples the bombastic new album by 'Britain's greatest rapper' Little Simz, a concept album about waking up from Wellington singer Mā, and indie stalwarts Low take their sonic adventuring into bold new territory.     

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 

Another "Climate Question" from the BBC World Service - tonight's climate question -  What role has the media played in the climate crisis and can media climate coverage learn lessons from how that other hugely consequential science story of our time - the pandemic - has been told? 

9:07 Bridging the Digital Divide

We head to Tairawhiti to take a look at a project trying to bridge the digital divide - The Tairāwhiti Technology Trust aims to increase local access to digital technologies and the knowledge and skills of users in their communities. We chat to Operations Manager, Polly Crawford.

10:17 Late Edition

Yadana Saw 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 When doctors oppose covid vaccines
How is the medical profession handling the fallout from a small group of health professionals  who signed an open letter opposing the pfizer vaccine - and to what extent are people being influenced by them?   There are now several cases under investigation by the Medical Council, after it received complaints about some GPs. Not all of those who signed are GPs, but their decision to sign the letter in their professional capacity has alarmed the Royal New Zealand College of GPs. Yadana Saw talks to its medical director, Dr Bryan Betty.

10:30 Bird of the Year is back
The birds are back in town!   The ever growing beloved Bird of the Year campaign will once again have the nation in a flap.  But this year - there's a very important difference. The Bird of the Year website will feature sign language translations for many of our native species, alongside both their te reo Māori and English names, bird call, and conservation status.  Its the16th Bird of the Year and voting opens in just under a month from now.  The Spokesperson for Bird of the Year - Laura Keown chats to Yadana.

 

11:07 Worlds of Music

On Worlds of Music Trevor Reekie talks to writer Jeff Place about the life and music of the hugely influential blues singer and songwriter Huddie Leadbetter aka Lead Belly.