Nights for Wednesday 2 March 2022
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Largest Jurassic flier found on the Isle of Skye
9:10 PM.Professor Steve Brusatte, a paleontologist in the School of GeoSciences at the University of Edinburgh and the National Museums Scotland joins us to talk about the recent discovery on the Isle of Skye… Read more Audio
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Gemma New
7:14 PM.We chat to conductor Gemma New following the announcement of her appointment as Artistic Advisor and Principal Conductor for NZSO. Read more Audio
7:12 Gemma New
Photo: Roy Cox Photography
We chat to conductor Gemma New following the announcement of her appointment as Artistic Advisor and Principal Conductor for NZSO.
Gemma New conducting the NZSO at the Auckland Town Hall Photo: Latitude Creative
7:30 At The Movies
On At The Movies, Simon Morris reviews three movies with international flavours - Flee, a Danish documentary about an Afghani refugee, the Kosovo drama Hive, and a new film of French play Cyrano, starring Peter Dinklage.
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 a fantastic book about Dan Carter with a forwward by Ritchie McCaw.
Photo: Supplied
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
The BBC Crowd Science investigates how we discovered fire? Marnie Chesterton speaks to experts to try to piece together the archaeological clues to discover what kindled humankind's relationship with fire and flame.
Photo: AFP or licensors
9:07 Largest Jurassic flier found on the Isle of Skye.
Professor Steve Brusatte, a paleontologist in the School of GeoSciences at the University of Edinburgh and the National Museums Scotland joins us to talk about the recent discovery on the Isle of Skye of a fossil of the largest Jurassic pterosaur yet known.
An artist’s impression of a new pterosaur from Scotland (Dearc sgiathanach) flying away from a predatory dinosaur Photo: Natalia Jagielska
9:30 Quiz Answer
We find out who is tonight's quiz whizz.
9:40 Champions of The Pacific
Moera Tuilaepa-Taylor brings us RNZ Pacific's sports programme.
Photo: RNZ/Vinay Ranchhod
10:17 Lately
Photo: RNZ
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 Inside Out
Get your dancing shoes on as Nick Tipping plays some of the greatest hits from the big band era, in a show he’s calling Big Band Bangers.
Duke Ellington Big Band, Munich 1963
Photo: Hans Bernhard (Schnobby), CC BY-SA 3.0
