Nights for Thursday 26 May 2022

 

7:12 Structural Engineering for Climate Change

Michelle Grant, president of Structural Engineering Society of New Zealand joins us once again. She'll be bringing along Lisa Oliver, a structural engineer and sustainable design expert and the'll be looking at what The governments Building for Climate Change programme means for Structural Engineers. 

7:35 Horror By The Campfire

Horror enthusiast, Denver Grenell is back.  He's looking ahead to his Campfire Tales event at Featherston Booktown so tonight he introduces us to films that use the campfire tale to set up their narrative. 

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

A young scientist has developed a white powder which gives waste soil concrete-like properties. Gnanli Landrou grew up in Togo, helping his neighbours dry out soil to make bricks, and his big dream is to help people like them build stronger, cheaper, houses. But the European building industry is also excited about his new, low carbon building material. The BBC's People Fixing the World team talks to Gnanli about his ambitions for this extraordinary powder, and meet the Swiss architect who is about to build a luxury apartment block with it.

9:07 Our Changing World

Claire Concannon goes for a forest walk, in downtown Kirikiriroa! Hannah Rogers and Professor Bruce Clarkson of the People, Cities and Nature programme explain their research into how to bring native biodiversity back to urban centres around Aotearoa. 

9:30 New Music from Steve Wells

Former Fur Patrol guitarist, Steve Wells joins us from Paris on the eve of the relase of his latest single.  He talks about his decision to take a break from music in 2007 to pursue photography and what brought him back to it.

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 - Prison Corruption

What is going on in our prison system? 
Nine corrections staff at Rimutaka prison including the deputy director have been suspended while an investigation is underway. 

Fraud and Corruption specialist Sam Labone speaks with Anna Thomas about "bent screws"  and how inmates turn them.  

He says it can be hard for some prison officers with the pressure they're put under.  

11:07 Music 101 pocket edition

Presented by Charlotte Ryan