Nights for Wednesday 15 December 2021
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The Disappearance of Lydia Harvey
9:10 PM.We talk to author Julia Laite about her book The Disappearance of Lydia Harvey - about how a sex worker in Edwardian London, once a photographer's assistant from Wellington, who became a key witness… Read more Audio
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Christchurch Floods Update
7:30 PM.Bryan Crump talks to Christchurch council's head of Three Waters, Helen Beaumont. Audio
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A View from Aotearoa of Ethiopia.
7:15 PM.Ethiopian born Sam Seba, regards his homeland's civil war from the safe - but heart breaking - vantage point of Aotearoa. Read more Audio
7:12 A View from Aotearoa of Ethiopia.
Ethiopian born Sam Seba, regards his homeland's civil war from the safe - but heart breaking - vantage point of Aotearoa.
Soldiers of the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) walk along a road toward the frontline in Gashena, Ethiopia.Residents of Lalibela, a city in northern Ethiopia home to storied medieval rock-hewn churches, are reeling from the recent occupation by the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) insurgent group. Until government forces drove them out last werk, the rebels looted homes and health facilities, while residents lost touch with the outside world due to cuts in transportation, electricity, banking and communications. Photo: Solan Kolli / AFP
7:30 At The Movies
On At The Movies, Simon Morris looks back on 2021 - a year that welcomed back the blockbuster, that embraced diversity at the Academy Awards, and offered a wide range of New Zealand-made films, including international hits from Dame Jane Campion and Sir Peter Jackson.
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 Matt Garrick's book Writing in the Sand - the epic story of legendary bang Yothu Yindi.
Writing in the Sand By: Matt Garrick Photo: ABC Books
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
Crowdscience from the BBC World Service looks at how we might turn poisonous plants into edible crops? Most plants we eat have been changed through millennia of domestication. But does science today have the ability to quickly make wild, even toxic plants edible?
![[England] High angle close up of napkins and silver forks and knives on a table in a restaurant. (Photo by Mint Images / Mint Images / Mint Images via AFP)](https://media.rnztools.nz/rnz/image/upload/s--QjI_hwIU--/c_scale,f_auto,q_auto,w_1050/v1644539856/4LZI3FC_copyright_image_283037?_a=BACCd2AD)
Photo: © Mint Images
9:07 The Disappearance of Lydia Harvey
We talk to author Julia Laite about her book The Disappearance of Lydia Harvey - about how a sex worker in Edwardian London, once a photographer’s assistant from Wellington, who became a key witness in an historical sex trafficking trial.
Trafficker Antonio Carvelli arranged Lydia Harvey's passage from New Zealand to Buenos Aires. Photograph: Profile books Photo: Profile books.
9:30 Quiz Answer
We find out who is tonight's quiz whizz.
9:40 Voices
Kadambari Raghukumar talks to pianist, composer and arranger, Ben Fernandez who, after years of climbing the corporate ladder in Mumbai and Goa, India, traded it all in for a career in making music instead.
Ben Fernandez Photo: Ben Fernandez
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.
Photo: RNZ Andrew Robertson
11:07 Inside Out
Nick Tipping revisits some of the best New Zealand jazz of the last year, including tracks by Lucien Johnson, Caitlin Smith, and Olivier Holland.
Caitlin Smith Photo: Supplied
