Nights for Monday 29 November 2021

 

7:12  Biodiversity and Childhood Leukaemia

Back iin October 2018 we spoke to US Forest Service, Research Forester Geoffrey Donovan about the benefits that urban trees and biodiversity have on us as a society.

At that time Geoffrey  was putting his efforts into finding out if there was a link between biodiversity and childhood leukaemia and has now published a paper based on his findings in NZ. 

7:35 Hip Hop in Aotearoa

We continute our journey through hip hip in Aotearoa with Brad Warrington. Tonight we're still in the mid 2000s.

WATCH the TVNZ documentary on Scribe here.

8:05 A Little Moment of Calm

Time for another few minutes of calm, politics - covid free - calm.

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

Science in Action from the BBC World Service takes a look at DART  - a space mission designed to hit a distant asteroid and knock it slightly out of orbit. It's a test mission, a pilot project for a way of potentially protecting the earth from a stray asteroid. We hear from mission coordinators Nancy Chabot and Andy Rivkin, both from the Applied Physics Labs, APL, of Johns Hopkins University.

9:10 Nights Sport - Zoe George

Zoe George is back with a breakdown of the latest news of the cycling integrity breach and a reaction to Tim Paine's resignation.

9:30 Geochemical history of life on Earth

In episode 2 of Geochemical history of life on Earth from the BBC World Service, Justin Rowlatt explores the Precambrian period: a kind of dark ages, spanning most of our planet's history, but about which we have very few fossil records.

What we do know is that it contained two of the most important developments in evolution. One gave us a breathable atmosphere. The other made possible all the animals that now breathe it.

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 new music from the Delines and Charlie Parr, classic ska and reggae courtesy of the Mellow Cats and the Heptones plus a birthday tune for Randy Newman.