Nights for Tuesday 26 April 2022
7:12 Greetings and Salutations
Charlotte Ryan is in for Bryan Crump tonight. She is joined by Sociolingust, Julia De Bres who tonight will discuss with us 'Terms of Address'. What do you prefer Mrs or Miss? Mr or Bro? Are you Doctor - Do you use it? Do you prefer formal or informal?
Lady Writing a Letter with Her Maid Photo: Johannes Vermeer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
7:30 The Sampler
Tony Stamp talks to Grian Chatten, singer in Irish band Fontaines DC, about their new album Skinty Fia.
Fontaines DC 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
Can the love of eating meat ever get in the way of a relationship? You may have heard the phrase 'the way to someone's heart is through their stomach', but what happens if the foods they eat are wildly different from yours?
Photo: Image Source/STOCK4B GMBH
9:07 What Does 'Net Zero' Mean
When talking about climate change, the term net zero has become popular with politicians over the last few years. More than 130 countries have now pledged to go net zero to help slow global warming. Reaching net zero means reducing the amount of emissions as much as possible and removing any that remain from the atmosphere.
Photo: Takver from Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0
9:35 Hidden Sport
We begin a new serties called Hidden Sport - Kim Tserkezie take listeners on a global journey to discover the world's lesser_known sports and discuss why they are so important to those who watch and play them. In episode one, Kim faces up to her lifelong dislike of contact fight sports by learning about Dambe Boxing, a Nigerian sport with a
history that is said to go back as far as the 10th century.
Photo: Ayobami Macaulay, CC BY-SA 4.0
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 Worlds of Music
Trevor Reekie hosts a weekly music programme celebrating an eclectic mix of 'world' music, fusion and folk roots. Tonight Trevor features an entertaining interview with Wilfred Jess aka Bill Sevesi.
Bill Sevesi in his Mt Roskill home studio Photo: Supplied