Nights for Thursday 31 March 2022

7:12 Catherine Chidgey - writing short and sweet 

Entries have opened for the Sargeson Prize short story competition. The ultimate winning author will carry away a hefty purse of ten thousand dollars, but it's a great opportunity for New Zealand writers to practise and celebrate the form. It's a literary form with a proud heritage and promising future in Aotearoa. Bryan is joined by New Zealand Author and Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Waikato Catherine Chidgey to discuss the health of the short story in 2022. 

7:35 Nosferatu: a cinematic history 

What do we know about vampires and where does that lore come from? This year marks the centenary of a very special piece of Hollywood history. Professor of Film and Popular Culture at AUT Lorna Piatti-Farnell takes Bryan back in the world of Nosferatu in popular culture over the last hundred years. 

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: dolphin saving tech 

In an effort to save rapidly dwindling global fish stocks, scientists are trying to figure out how to attract the right fish into nets, and keep protected species away. On the southern coast of England, we meet the man who's designed a hi-frequency gadget which warns dolphins to stay out of fishing nets....and in Denmark, scientists show us how LED lights are able to show fish you don't want, the exit from the net.

9:07 Our Changing World

This week on Our Changing World, Claire speaks to some of the research team working on a new cancer treatment at the Malaghan Institute for Medical Research. In 'CAR T-cell therapy' the patient's own immune cells get equipped with a cancer detecting receptor to help them identify and kill cancer cells. The Malaghan Institute is running a Phase 1 clinical trial to test the therapy they have developed on a certain type of blood cancer. Meanwhile, the research team is busy investigating how to make the therapy safer, more effective and applicable to other types of cancer. They believe it will be the future of cancer treatment. 

9:30 Scottish Correspondent: Andrew Learmonth 

Andrew Learmonth joins Bryan from Scotland to talk, politics, war and ferries. 

10:17 Lately

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 Music 101 pocket edition

In this week's Pocket Edition with Yadana Saw, Aldous Harding on her latest album, Warm Chris, and Gerry Paul talks about the universal themes on his new release, We've All Got Bones, an EP for children of all ages to enjoy.