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Nights for Wednesday 21 December 2022

  • Pacific Waves

    8:14 PM.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… Read more Audio

  • The New Zealand Seashore Guide

    9:07 PM.Renowned wildlife photographer Rod Morris is responsible for the stunning images in a new book The New Zealand Seashore Guide, co-authored with marine scientist Sally Carson. Audio

  • Ben James: Herb's mobile record store

    9:33 PM.Ben James from Herb's Mobile Record Store joins us once again to pick some tracks from the crates. Audio

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  • Midweek Media Watch

    10:17 PM.Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about the latest news and controversies in New Zealand's media. Audio

  • New Zealand Elvis tribute artist

    10:45 PM.His name's Che Orton, and when he's not saving lives on the streets of Hamilton as a first responder, he's the city's leading Elvis Presley. Audio

7:06 BBC World Service

In a special 90th anniversary programme, broadcaster Nick Rankin, who worked for more than 20 years at the BBC, digs into a treasure trove of sound archive and talks to journalists who made and still make the BBC World Service such a remarkable network

 

7:30 Digital Planet 

American researchers have developed a "heart attack on a chip" to ultimately test new drugs and even personalise medicines.... and video games are getting so big, that you can't even fit them onto a CD anymore.

 

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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Photo: RNZ

 

8:30 Crowd Science

One Crowd Science listener was playing snooker in Thailand when he started thinking how such a smooth ball was dependent on the rough green baize of the table to bring it to a stop. Would it be possible to play snooker at all in a completely frictionless universe? Crowd Science asks: What exactly is friction, and does thinking about it tell us something deeper about the universe?

 

9:07 The New Zealand Seashore Guide

Renowned wildlife photographer Rod Morris is responsible for the stunning images in a new book The New Zealand Seashore Guide, co-authored with marine scientist Sally Carson.

The New Zealand Seashore Guide

Photo: HarperCollins

9:30 Ben James: Herb's Mobile Record Store 

Ben James from Herb's Mobile Record Store joins us once again to pick some tracks from the crates.

Benjamin James from Herb's Mobile Record Store

Benjamin James from Herb's Mobile Record Store Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone

10:17 Midweek Media Watch

Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about the latest news and controversies in New Zealand's media.

Anti-government protesters in Wellington, marching towards Parliament on 23 August 2022.

Anti-government protesters in Wellington, marching towards Parliament on 23 August 2022. Photo: RNZ / Angus Dreaver

 

10.30 New Zealand Elvis tribute artist

His name's Che Orton, and when he's not saving lives on the streets of Hamilton as a first responder, he's the city's leading Elvis Presley.
 

Elvis impersonator, Che Orton.

Elvis impersonator, Che Orton. Photo: Supplied.

 

11:07 Inside Out

Nick Tipping brings you classic recordings and modern masterpieces from the world of jazz.

This week: Marking the retirement of NZ saxophonist Brian Smith, Nick plays music from across his career.