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Nights for Thursday 14 April 2022

  • Overseas Correspondent - Estonia

    9:44 PM.Our Overseas Correspondent from Estonia, Silver Tambur joins us from Tallinn. Audio

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  • 200 Years of Kemp House

    7:45 PM.Liz Bigwood from Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga joins us. Liz is their property manager for the Kerikeri Mission Station, This year is the 200th anniversary of Kemp House, which is part of the… Read more Audio

  • The Toxicology of Iron

    7:15 PM.Toxicologist, Leo Schep is back again - tonight looking at the toxicology of Iron. Read more Audio

 

7:12 The Toxicology of Iron

Toxicologist, Leo Schep is back again - tonight looking at the toxicology of Iron.

Young man cooking with fresh spinach in kitchen. (Photo by Sam Edwards/CAIA IMAGE/SCIENCE P / NEW / Science Photo Library via AFP)

Photo: Sam Edwards/CAIA IMAGE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

7:35 200 Years of Kemp House

Liz Bigwood from Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga joins us. Liz is their property manager for the Kerikeri Mission Station, This year is the 200th anniversary of Kemp House, which is part of the  Mission Station in Kerikeri. An important milestone!

Kemp House, Kerikeri, New Zealand

Kemp House, Kerikeri, New Zealand Photo: Winstonwolfe at the English-language Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

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 Window on The World

In California, butterflies such as the monarch are critically endangered as a result of habitat erosion, pesticides, and climate change. But many people are trying to save these beautiful insects....we meet the scientists who are painstakingly rearing individual butterflies by hand and then releasing them back into the wild.

A Monarch butterfly lands on a flower at the Rinconada Community Garden on November 03, 2021 in Palo Alto, California. Large populations of Monarch butterflies are being seen breeding for the first time in the urban San Francisco Bay peninsula.

Photo: 2021 Getty Images

9:07 Our Changing World

Every year thousands of babies in New Zealand are born prematurely and even the healthiest often require a helping hand to get started. Justin Gregory talks to researchers who think better nutrition might be the key.

Premature baby in the Neonatology ward at St Vincent de Paul hospital, run by the Daughters of Charity catholic missionaries in Nazareth, Israel.

Photo: GODONG / BSIP

9:30 Overseas Correspondent - Estonia

Our Overseas Correspondent from Estonia, Silver Tambur joins us from Tallinn.

A French Mirage fighter jet parked at the Amari Air Base, Estonia. France has taken from Belgium air patrolling duties over Estonia for the upcoming four months, as part of a NATO contingency to reinforce the alliance's eastern flank amid Russia's military invasion launched on Ukraine.

A French Mirage fighter jet parked at the Amari Air Base, Estonia. France has taken from Belgium air patrolling duties over Estonia for the upcoming four months, as part of a NATO contingency to reinforce the alliance's eastern flank amid Russia's military invasion launched on Ukraine. Photo: AFP or licensors

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 In The Spirit

Black Americans made some of the most earth-shaking sounds of the 20th century. For a start they invented jazz and the blues, and today it would be hard to find a corner of the planet where the impact of those vital musical forms hasn't been felt. But they also produced one of the most profound bodies of religious music. Join Nick Bollinger for a guide to Black America's rich tradition of religious song: In the Spirit

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Photo: CC00 Samueles