Nights for Monday 20 December 2021
7:30 Radio Santa Quiz
It's that time of year when we bring out Radio Santa! It's like our regular Hump Quiz, but there's a twist; as it's the season of giving, if you enter you have to nominate someone else to receive the prize!
The Prize tonight is Quirky New Zealand - Landmarks Features and Installations by Eleanor Black
7:35 Celebrating Maori Weaving
The art of Māori weaving, under threat 40 years ago, is celebrating its survival against overwhelming odds in a world first exhibition, Te Puna Waiora: The Distinguished Weavers of Te Kāhui Whiritoi.
Two years in the making, this major exhibition opened at Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū on Saturday.
Paula Rigby, Chair of Te Roopu Raranga Whatu o Aotearoa/Māori Weavers New Zealand joins us
7:30 Gen Z From NZ
Bryan talks to Alma Tuli from James Cook high School.and Lucas Taeiloa from Massey High School.
8:05 Radio Santa Answer
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.
8:30 Window on The World
Another Science in Action from the BBC World Service. Tonight the team take a closer look at the Omicron variant, the tornados that swept across Kentucky and the Parker Solar probe which continures it's mission of flying closer and closer to the sun.
9:10 A Little Moment of Calm
We have another little moment of calm.
9:15 2021 in Sport
We're joined by Zoe George, from Stuff in Wellington and Shannon Byrne from Darwin to take a look back at 2021 - and look forward to 2022.
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.
11:07 Nashville Babylon
After 11, on Nashville Babylon Mark Rogers has rockabilly from Wanda Jackson, Christmas blues courtesy of CW Stoneking, classic funk from James Brown plus a birthday tune for Keith Richards.