Nights for Thursday 16 December 2021

 

7:12 The Toxicology Report - Cocaine

Nights' Toxicologist Leo Schep from Toxiform joins us once again.  Tonight he's taking a look at cocaine.

7:35 Christmas Horror

Horror writer Denver Grenell takes us though some of the best and worst of Chrsitmas Horror.

Denver's recommendations:

Black Christmas (1974)
Christmas Evil (1980) 
Silent Night Deadly Night (1984)
Gremlins (1984)
Inside (2007)
Krampus (2015)
Better Watch Out (2016)
Anna & The Apocalypse (2017)

8:10 Herb's Adventures

We catch up with Ben James from Herb's Mobile record store - he'll be picking a track for us.

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

Hundreds of millions of people don't have access to electricity. But all over the world, people are joining forces to provide a home-grown solution - by setting up their own "microgrids" using renewable energy.

9:07 Our Changing World

This week on Our Changing World, how chemistry can help unravel the secrets of how people lived Dr. Charlotte King of the University of Otago tells Claire about her part in the Southern Cemeteries Archaeology project - using chemical analysis to help reconstruct the lives of some forgotten people of the gold rush. 

9:30 Overseas Correspondent - Scotland

Our overseas correspondent in Scotland, Andrew Learmonth joins us once again from Glasgow.

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.

 

10:18 Counting the cost of deluge in Manawatu

Many roads in Manawatu remain cut off, phone lines are down and cellphone reception in some areas is patchy. Helicopters flew over isolated communities to assess the damage from the downpour that hit the already drenched region yesterday.  In Te Reureu Valley, up to 30 people were cut off as bridges into the area were washed out.  In Feilding, about a dozen people were evacuated because of flash flooding. Bryan chats to Ben Caldwell from Manawatu District Council.

 

11:07 Music 101 pocket edition

In this week's Pocket Edition with Yadana Saw, Scribe speaks about his aspirations for the future and we pay tribute to the influential Jamaican bassist Robbie Shakespeare. Expect some classic Grace Jones' songs.