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

Pohutukawa flower

Pohutukawa flower. Photo: Image by Avenue, Creative Commons

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 

Ranui Ngarimu ONZM (Ngāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe, Ngāti Mutunga) Kahu Poa 2003 Harakeke, pākihi, muka, emiemi, tikumu 
Collection of Ranui Ngarimu, Christchurch

Photo: Collection of Ranui Ngarimu, Christchurch

7:30 Gen Z From NZ

Bryan talks to Alma Tuli from James Cook high School.and Lucas Taeiloa from Massey High School.

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Photo: supplied

8:05 Radio Santa Answer

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.

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Photo: RNZ Pacific

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.

United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket seen in this long exposure photograph as it launches NASA's Parker Solar Probe to touch the Sun on August 12, 2018, Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

Photo: NASA

9:10 A Little Moment of Calm

We have another little moment of calm.

Dew drops on grass. (Photo by WLADIMIR BULGAR/SCIENCE PHOTO LI / WBU / Science Photo Library via AFP)

Photo: WLADIMIR BULGAR/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

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.

Lisa Carrington (NZL) with her gold medal during the medal ceremony for the Womens Kayak Single 500m.
Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Kayaking at Sea Forest Waterway, Japan on Thursday 5th August 2021.
Copyright photo: Steve McArthur / www.photosport.nz

Photo: Photosport Ltd 2021/ Steve McArthur

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.

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Photo: RNZ Andrew Robertson

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.

CHICAGO, IL - NOVEMBER 12: Wanda Jackson performs at the "America Salutes You" Concert Honoring Military, Veterans, And Their Families at Rosemont Theatre

Photo: 2016 Getty Images