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Nights for Tuesday 22 February 2022

  • Language and the Five Senses

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    7:10 PM.Sociolinguist and Senior Lecturer at Massey University, Dr. Julia De Bres takes a look at sensory linguistics - exploring the connections between language and the five senses. Read more Audio

 

7:12 Language and the Five Senses

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Sociolinguist and Senior Lecturer at Massey University, Dr. Julia De Bres takes a look at sensory linguistics - exploring the connections between language and the five senses.

SENSATION, ARTWORK Representation of the five senses. DUVAL / BSIP (Photo by DUVAL / BSIP / BSIP via AFP)

Photo: DUVAL / BSIP

7:30 The Sampler

Tony Stamp gets stuck into a blockbuster concept album about the afterlife by Canadian pop star The Weeknd, a smooth selection of songs with spiky lyrics by Auckland/ Maungaturoto songwriter Erny Belle, and the return of mid-2000s folk weirdos Animal Collective.

Erny Belle

Erny Belle Photo: supplied

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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8:30 The Detail

Does the new leader of The Opportunities Party Raf Manji have what it takes to get the party across the five percent threshold to get into Parliament at the 2023 election?

Raf Manji, independent advisor for the Christchurch Foundation, has spent hours upon hours researching how to distribute donation funds.

Raf Manji, independent advisor for the Christchurch Foundation, has spent hours upon hours researching how to distribute donation funds. Photo: RNZ / Katie Todd

9:07 Sci-Fi, Sci Fact

In our first Sci-Fi, Sci-Fact for 2022, Professor Nicola Gaston, MacDiarmid Institute Co-Director and Professor of Physics at the University of Auckland talks about Dragonriders of Pern  science fantasy series written by American author Anne McCaffrey.

Dragon, illustration. (Photo by VICTOR HABBICK VISIONS/SCIENCE P / VHB / Science Photo Library via AFP)

Photo: VICTOR HABBICK VISIONS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

10:17 Lately

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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 Worlds of Music

Trevor Reekie hosts a weekly music programme celebrating an eclectic mix of 'world' music, fusion and folk roots. 

Trevor Reekie featured on Phantom Billstickers campaign

Trevor Reekie featured on Phantom Billstickers campaign Photo: Stuart Page