Nights for Wednesday 1 June 2022
7:12 The Role of Non-Native Forests in Carbon Sequestration
We're joined by Don Carson from the Forest Owners Association to talk about the role of non-native forests in reaching our carbon emissions targets.
A pine forest. Photo: 123RF
7:30 At The Movies
Simon Morris looks at the long-delayed sequel to Top Gun - Maverick, starring Tom Cruise. And two films vey much slanted at female audiences - from Sweden The Tuesday Club, and from Australia, How to Please a Woman.
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.
Featherston Booktown are providing this week's Hump Prize - two tickets for their event, "Hear Me Roar" on Saturday 11 June at 6:30pm in Featherston.
Photo: Featherston Booktown
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
If you go outside with a spade and start digging, the chances are you won't find any gold. You might get lucky or just happen to live in a place where people have been finding gold for centuries. But for the most part, there'll be none. But why is that? Why do metals and minerals show up in some places and not others?
Photo: Photo by Jack B on Unsplash
9:07 Singapore's high rise flats
We find out about life in a Singapore Highrise with journalist Rochelle Angus.
Photo: YEN MENG JIIN
9:30 Quiz Answer
We find out who is tonight's quiz whizz.
9:35 Digital Planet
On tonight's Digital Planet from the BBC, the team loos at data in football, the tech behind ABBA's recent avatar and hologram show and asks how well are mainstream games representing different cultures and places.
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10:00 Late Edition
Bryan Crump presents all the breaking news, a little analysis of the stories of the moment, and some highlights of the day on RNZ National.
Photo: RNZ Andrew Robertson
11:07 Inside Out
Nick Tipping hosts a journey through the jazz spectrum playing favourites, standards and new releases along the way. In the last of his shows for NZ Music Month, Nick checks out brand new releases from across the country.
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