Nights for Thursday 8 December 2022
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Bug of the Year campaign
10:45 PM.Bug of the Year is the brainchild of the Entomological Society of NZ, and they want you to get curious about Aotearoa's native critters. Audio
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Maritime Museum exhibition
10:35 PM.A bach the size of a matchbox. A tattooed sailor. A fork with a startling backstory. The New Zealand Maritime Musuem Hui Te Ananui a Tangaroa announces the launch of its latest temporary exhibition… Read more Audio
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Study shuns '8 glasses a day' rule
10:25 PM.New research has found that the recommended eight glasses of water a day may be too much. Audio
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World’s oldest recorded tortoise
10:18 PM.His name's Jonathan, the Seychelles giant tortoise that holds the title of the oldest living land animal. Audio
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Australian correspondent Jason Morrison
9:30 PM.Jason Morrison from 7News in Australia joins us with the latest news from across the ditch. Read more Audio
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What's happened to our kelp forests?
9:07 PM.We're are joined by our regular Forest Correspondent, Dean Baigent-Mercer, who is taking a track off the beaten path tonight to talk about the forests under the waves. Read more Audio
7:12 Our Changing World
The kākerōri or Rarotongan flycatcher was once reduced to just 29 birds but has been rescued from the brink of extinction by a rat control programme. Alison Ballance takes us to the Cook Islands to learn about the kākerōri and its Takitimu Conservation Area home on Rarotonga.
The Kākerōri Bird was almost extinct in the early 1990s with less than 29 birds remaining in the wild, today there are well over 600 in Rarotonga and Atiu. Photo: Te Tauranga O Te Kakerori/ Siva Gounder
7:35 Crescendo
In this episode of Crescendo, Emma Dias, a Year 12 violin student at Queen Mary College in Wellington choses Passacaglia (After Handel) by Johan Halvorsen as a piece which has sparked an emotional connection. She explains how the music was first introduced to her by her teacher, NZSO violinist Gregory Squires
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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
8:30 Window on The World: People Fixing The World
The amount of sleep you get makes a huge difference to your life - don't get enough and it can harm your health, productivity and decision making. But research also suggests that people on lower incomes sleep less, because of things like shift work, overcrowded housing and stress. So how do you improve the sleep of those most in need?
Photo: 123rf
9:07 What's happened to our kelp forests?
We're are joined by our regular Forest Correspondent, Dean Baigent-Mercer, who is taking a track off the beaten path tonight to talk about the forests under the waves. What has happened to the kelp forests and what can we do about it?
Kelp forest Otago 1s Photo Credit Velela Wikipedia Public domain Photo:
9:30 Australian correspondent Jason Morrison
Jason Morrison from 7News in Australia joins us with the latest news from across the ditch.
Photo: 123RF
10:18 World’s oldest recorded tortoise
Jonathan the Seychelles giant tortoise holds the title of the oldest living land animal at 190 years old.
10:25 Study shuns '8 glasses a day' rule
New research has found that the recommended eight glasses of water a day may be too much.
10:35 Maritime Museum exhibition
A bach the size of a matchbox. A tattooed sailor. A fork with a startling backstory.
The New Zealand Maritime Museum Hui Te Ananui a Tangaroa announces the launch of its latest temporary exhibition, Captains, Collectors, Friends & Adventurers.
10:45 Bug of the Year campaign
Bug of the Year is the brainchild of the Entomological Society of NZ, and they want you to get curious about Aotearoa's native critters.
11:07 Music 101 Pocket Edition
In this week's Pocket Edition: we take a look back on the musical careers of Hamish Kilgour and Christine McVie. Charlotte Ryan introduces us to the post punk American band Automatic and Susie Ferguson sits down with UK author and music journalist Jude Rogers.
Hamish Kilgour Photo: supplied
