Nights for Monday 4 April 2022

 

7:12 The Leonard Girls

Deborah Challinor is one of NZ's biggest selling authors and every one of her books has made the bestseller chart here. Her PhD in history means her work is incredibly well-researched but highly readable

Her new novel, The Leonard Girls is set at the end of the 60s with the Vietnam war as a backdrop.

7:35 There's No Place Like Home

Our Cultural Ambassador from the world of Science Fiction, Eleanor Tremeer takes a look at the concept of home.

8:05 Little Moment of Calm

Bryan has been out and about with his recorder to bring us some more soothing sounds.

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

The Science in Action team investigate potentially dangerous levels of radiation the Russian forces in the forested exclusion zone around the Chernobyl nuclear site may be receiving, they report on another mass bleaching event on Australia's iconic Great Barrier Reef ...and can fish do maths? 

9:10 Nights Sport - Zoe George

Zoe George, Senior Sports Journalist at Stuff is our sportscaster tonight.

9:30 Hair and Loathing

In the third episode of Hair and Loathing - a podcast exploring all things body hair - Charlotte Cook looks at why some people grow more than others. 

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 Nashville Babylon

After 11, on Nashville Babylon, Mark Rogers has birthday tunes for Emmylou Harris and Richard Thompson, a reggae classic from Neville Brown, the Cowboy Junkies covering Gram Parsons plus a rock 'n' roll smash from Jerry Lee Lewis.