Nights for Thursday 8 September 2022
7:12 Women in Space Aotearoa New Zealand
We talk to Kate Breach is a founding member, and current President of the Committee, of Women in Space Aotearoa New Zealand (or WISANZ); a professional network formed in 2021 by women working in the New Zealand space sector.
Photo: University of Canterbury
7:35 Investigating Money Laundering in Casinos
Forensic Accountant Amanda Gore joins us once again - she has just landed back in NZ for a month from Las Vegas! She wants to talk about the work she was doing there around money laundering via casinos.
Photo: Amanda Gore
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
Climate change means that, in many parts of the world, the way we farm is no longer working. The BBC's Food Chain meet some people who are trying to develop food crops that might thrive in our changing world.
Photo: 123rf
9:07 Our Changing World
On Our Changing World, Claire Concannon visits Manaaki Whenua in Auckland to learn about two of the nationally significant collections they hold there. One a store of dried fungi, including many weird and wonderful ones, the other a living collection of plant disease causing microbes.
Mahajabeen Padamsee holds a large bracket fungus. Photo: RNZ
9:30 Overseas Correspondent - France
Our overseaas correspondent, is Gregor Thompson. He joins us once again from Paris - where the French government is writing laws and building incentives to reduce energy consumption across the country as the Russian gas being cut off
The pool of the Aquapolis water park in Limoges, France which is temporarily closed due to high energy prices. Photo: PASCAL LACHENAUD
10:17 Late Edition
Charlotte introduces some highlights of the day on RNZ National.
Photo: RNZ Andrew Robertson
11:07 Music 101 pocket edition
In this week's Pocket Edition, we remember drumming Icon Taylor Hawkins, Wellington music fanatic Jeremy Taylor shares what he's been listening to and we share a new waiata anthem.
Taylor Hawkins Photo: Supplied