Nights for Wednesday 17 November 2021

7:12 Keeping Songwriting Alive 

We talk with Wintec School of Media Arts tutor Megan Rogerson-Berry and student Abbie Kininey about the revival of the school's "Exposition" project where the best songs written by students in a commercial music paper were selected for a compilation CD called 'Exposition'. The project died out when CDs became defunct, but tutor Megan Rogerson-Berry's students are giving it new life by releasing the music online instead.

7:30  At The Movies

On At The Movies, Simon Morris reviews Edgar Wright's Sixties extravaganza Last Night In Soho, starring Kiwi Thomasin McKenzie and the late Dame Diana Rigg.  He also checks out Falling for Figaro, starring Joanna Lumley as an opera teacher, and an acclaimed Netflix drama set in 1929, Passing, directed by actor Rebecca Hall.

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 Bruce Hunt's book of photography. "Tussock"

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

Concrete is the most widely used substance on earth after water. It's quite literally the foundation of the modern world, and no wonder - it's strong, cheap, and mouldable into nearly any shape. But these benefits come at a cost: concrete production is responsible for around 8% of global CO2 emissions - that's around three times more than the aviation industry. Concrete might not look pretty, but given its carbon footprint, should we be more careful about how we use it? And rather than throwing waste into landfill, could we recycle it instead? 

9:07 Pulp Erotica for a New Generation

We talk to Sam Te Kani, a sexpert, a public face of the Ending HIV campaign, pop culture authority, well-known resident of Karangahape Road and author of Please, Call Me Jesus, his first collection of stories. It's a joyride to the digital frontier of sex -- a pulp paperback that takes all the entertaining qualities of erotica and marries them to a delicious, imaginative conjuring of new technological possibilities.

9:30 Quiz Answer

We find out who is tonight's quiz whizz.

9:40 Champions of The Pacific

Vinnie Wylie hosts RNZ Pacific's weekly sports show, Champions of the Pacific. Rugby's eligibilty laws are are back in the spotlight and he talks to the Samoan Tokelau family dedicated to keeping people safe in the water.

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 Inside Out

After 11, on Inside Out, Nick Tipping features Benny Goodman’s legendary Carnegie Hall concert from 1938 - an event described as "the single most important jazz or popular music concert in history”.