Nights for Wednesday 25 May 2022

 

7:12 Dust off your instruments.

Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra  Director of Connecting, Thomas Hamill chats about the orchestra's connecting program - which inspires and connects musicians and music lovers - including the Community Play In happening next month.

7:30  At The Movies

On At The Movies, Simon Morris looks at three films with a Scandinavian connection - Viking saga The Northman, modern Norwegian horror film The Innocents, and a biopic of Anglo-Norwegian children's author Roald Dahl - To Olivia.

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 "Tussock" the photography of Bruce Hunt.

8:15 Pacific Waves

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Elisha Foon 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 BBC Crowd Science team answers the question, Why does ancient stuff get buried? This question struck one CrowdScience listener in an underground car park. Archaeological remains found during the car park's construction were displayed in the subterranean stairwells, getting progressively older the deeper he went. How had these treasures become covered in so much soil over the centuries?

9:07 Queer Arts Festival

Festival organisers, Ania Upstill and Jess Ducey give us the low-down on Wellington's inaugural Queer Arts Festival kicking off at the end of this month.

9:30 Quiz Answer

We find out who is tonight's quiz whizz.

9:30 Digital Planet

Technological and digital news from around the world from the BBC. - Tonight -   Scientists have released research that utilises existing subsea telecommunications cables as environmental sensors, for example to detect earthquakes. Healthcare delivery drones in India....and AI translating African Bantu languages

10:17 Late Edition 

Anna Thomas presents all the breaking news, a little analysis of the stories of the moment, and some highlights of the day on RNZ National.

Late Edition - Community leaders concerned by drive-by shootings

The pressure is on Police to try and calm gang tension after a spate of drive-by shootings in Auckland last night.  There've now been 12 reported incidents across seven suburbs since Sunday.  The shootings are being blamed on rivaling gangs but as yet, no one has been arrested.  Community leaders are concerned someone is is going to get caught in the crossfire. National Party Police spokesman Mark Mitchell joins the programme to discuss the issue. 

Late Edition - The Enduring Appeal of the Chelsea Flower Show
 
It's the world's most famous flower show, and the medals have just been handed out.  The Royal Horticultural Society's Chelsea Flower show is on and open to the public in London... Queen Elizabeth, who hasn't been in the best of health recently, even managed to get along to the show, in her own version of the popemobile.

Chelsea has been running for over 100 years, and it is the place to go to see the latest trends and cutting edge ideas in garden design. 

Someone who has and continues to have a close association with the Chelsea Flower Show is Botanist Janet Cubey, who joins us on the line from Christchurch.

Late Edition - Midweek Mediawatch

Wednesday night means mid-week Mediawatch. Tonight the team look at the coverage of the Australian election, and we talk the 'c-word', Covid coverage.

11:07 Inside Out

Nick Tipping hosts a journey through the jazz spectrum playing favourites, standards and new releases along the way. In the third of four shows for NZ Music Month, Nick checks out local NZ jazz artists who have made it big overseas.