Nights for Monday 6 December 2021
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Compose Aotearoa
7:35 PM.We speak to Simon Eastwood, a Wellington composer and bass player, who has just won the Open Category of Compose Aotearoa!, our national choral-song-writing competition run by Choirs Aotearoa New… Read more Audio
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The Battlecruiser New Zealand: A Gift to Empire
7:12 PM.HMS New Zealand was arguably the most famous ship to serve this country, even if that was under Royal Navy colours. We speak to historian Matthew Wright about the new 'biography' he has written about… Read more Audio
7:12 The Battlecruiser New Zealand: A Gift to Empire
New Zealand at Lyttleton, 2 September 1919 after an unusual snowfall that left the decks icy. Photo: Alexander Turnbull Library
HMS New Zealand was arguably the most famous ship to serve this country, even if that was under Royal Navy colours.
Photo: Oratia Media Ltd.
The Battlecruiser New Zealand: A Gift to Empire tells the story of the warship paid for by the people of New Zealand at the height of the pro-Imperial 'jingo' era in 1909.
The cost of New Zealand, although significantly less than that of New Zealand’s major public works of the day, provoked outcry at a time when labour unions were agitating for workers’ rights. Photo: Alexander Turnbull Library
It entered service in time to fight with distinction in the North Sea naval battles of the First World War.
Matthew Wright Photo: Oratia Media Ltd.
We spoke to historian Matthew Wright on the Nights show last year about his biography of Bernard Freyberg. He's back to talk about the new 'biography' he has written about HMS New Zealand.
7:35 Compose Aotearoa
We speak to Simon Eastwood, a Wellington composer and bass player, who has just won the Open Category of Compose Aotearoa!, our national choral-song-writing competition run by Choirs Aotearoa New Zealand to create a new work for a mixed four-part choir (up to 60 people), in a capella or accompanied by up to three instruments.
Photo: Simon Eastwood
8:05 A Little Moment of Calm
Tonight's little moment of calm involves some moving water in Wellington. Any idea where Bryan might be pointing his microphone?
Photo: Flickr / Aidan Wojtas
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
Science in Action from the BBC World Service.. South Africa announced their discovery of the Omicron variant to the world as quickly as they could. The response from many nations was panic and the closure of transport links with southern Africa. It contains many more mutations than previous variants. However scientists have produced models in the past which can help us understand what these mutations do.
Photo: 123rf
9:10 Nights Sport
Tonight's sportscaster, Rikki Swanell joins us from Auckland.
Photo: PHOTOSPORT
9:30 Geochemical history of life on Earth
Justin Rowlatt discovers how phosphorus may have held evolution back for a billion years. How plants first colonised the land - precipitating an ice age in the process. And why volcanoes have both rescued and almost wiped out life on the planet, thanks to the carbon dioxide they emit.
Photo: 2021 Anadolu Agency
10:17 Lately
Photo: RNZ
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, in this week's 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.
Nashville Babylon's Mark Rogers Photo: Supplied
