Nights for Thursday 13 October 2022

7:12 Our Changing World 

This Our Changing World returns to Antarctica with Alison Ballance. In this episode of her Voices from Antarctica series, we await the return of some tagged Emperor Penguins and discover the insights an elderly radar system has been giving us into one of the windiest parts of the atmosphere.  

 

7:35 Essential New Zealand Album: Introducing Dinah Lee

In 1964, 20-year old Christchurch singer Dinah Lee stormed the National Hit Parade with her local variation on the Jamaican ska sound. In this programme Nick Bollinger discusses her debut, Introducing Dinah Lee.

 

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.

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8:30 People Fixing The World: Sustainability in Death

A growing number of people are looking for ways to be sustainable in death as well as life. This programme looks at the latest end-of-life options aiming to be more environmentally friendly. 

 

9:07 Forecasting future earthquakes in New Zealand

Mention the words "earthquake" in the same brief as "remediation" and it's enough to strike fear in the hearts of all New Zealanders, particularly those in Christchurch and other earthquake prone areas of the country.

Now we find the chances of the ground shaking more violently in a quake is much higher than previously thought for large parts of the country. In some places it has doubled or even trebled. What are the ramifications of this new found knowledge?

Joining the show to discuss is Michelle Grant, President of the Structural Engineering Society New Zealand, and Matt Gerstenberger, Principal Scientist and Seismologist at GNS Science

 

9:30 Overseas Correspondent - Taiwan

William Yang joins us from Taipei, tonight he'll be discussing Taiwan reopening its borders to tourists for the first time in more than two years,  in her speech for Taiwan's National Day the president is calling on China to respect the island's democratic way of life, and the country is preparing for a month of Pride celebrations.

 

10:17 Explosions rock multiple Ukrainian cities

Newhub Europe correspondent Lisette Reymer joins us from Kyiv to discuss the latest wave of attacks on the Ukrainian capital and other cities.

 

10:30 Kāpiti ​mayor secures top job by skin of the teeth

Janet Holborrow served the past two terms as the deputy mayor of the Kāpiti Coast District, but she scored the top job on the weekend by a precious 250 votes, narrowly edging out colleague Rob McCann.

Janet says she's determined to bring a fresh approach to the role.

 

10:45 Stories redefine being 'a diversity tick'

New podcast Share The Elevator sheds a light on the inequities and challenges face by young women of colour starting their careers in Aotearoa.

Host Gyllian Falute Tae says the people she interviews for the podcast are "redefining what it means to be a diversity tick", sharing raw stories of their experiences navigating the workplace.

Head over here to listen to the podcast on Spotify.

 

10:45 NASA's asteroid redirection project declared a success

After two weeks of analysing the data, NASA are celebrating the success of their DART project. The Double Asteroid Redirection Test marks humanity's first time purposely changing the motion of a celestial object — in this case the redirection of a stadium-sized asteroid.

Astroscience researcher and University of Waikato Teaching Fellow Dr Alista Fow joins the show to give us some insight.

 

11:07 Music 101 pocket edition

In this week's Pocket Edition, Coburg jazz funk outfit Surprise Chef dive into their DIY recording process, American Rockstar Jack White talks about his evolution as a live musician, and Kathryn Ryan speaks to an ethnomusicologist about music to play at your funeral.