Summer Times for Tuesday 3 January 2017
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The Queen's health & Brexit - Catherine Drew
9:09 AM.Princess Anne has offered reassurances about her mother's health after the Queen missed the Christmas church service at Sandringham for the first time in 28 years. We're also going to talk about the… Read more Audio
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Paul Spoonley on changing holiday habits
9:21 AM.Massey University Professor Paul Spoonley on whether or not our great Kiwi Summers have changed to match the movement in demographics Audio
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Bats with Yossi Yovel
10:10 AM.What are bats saying to each other? What does it all mean? Zoologist at Tel Aviv University and the head of the school's Bat Lab for Neuro-Ecology Yossi Yovel, is trying to figure out what they're… Read more Audio
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Dr Chris Acton: Hubble telescope
10:19 AM.Dr Chris Acton will be talking the Hubble telescope. Audio
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Home for Christmas with Amanda Scott
10:30 AM.Our home for Christmas was recommended by a listener Grant. His daughter is Amanda Scott , who is a geologist based in northern Sweden, where it can get to a finger numbing -30 degrees. Audio
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The Caroline Bay Carnival
10:50 AM.The Caroline Bay Carnival is on at the moment - it's been an annual Christmas tradition in Timaru since 1911. Part of the tradition are the beauty pageants, there's now a call from the Carnival's… Read more Audio
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Weevil Sex
11:06 AM.The sex life of one of New Zealand's strangest native species is going under the microscope in a new summer-long study. University of Auckland student Madeleine Thom is exploring the post-mating… Read more Audio
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Gardening with Lynda Hallinan
11:18 AM.Tips and tricks to get your fingers green with Lynda Hallinan. Audio
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9:00 News
9:05 The Queen's health & Brexit - Catherine Drew
Princess Anne has offered reassurances about her mother's health after the Queen missed the Christmas church service at Sandringham for the first time in 28 years. We're also going to talk about the future of Brexit.
Photo: 123 RF
9:15 Paul Spoonley on changing holiday habits
Massey University Professor Paul Spoonley on whether or not our great Kiwi Summers have changed to match the movement in demographics
Paul Spoonley Photo: RNZ
9:25 Michael Adams and profanity
What is the language behind swearing?
Michael Adams Photo: Supplied
10:05 Bats with Yossi Yovel
What are bats saying to each other? What does it all mean?
Zoologist at Tel Aviv University and the head of the school's Bat Lab for Neuro-Ecology
Yossi Yovel, is trying to figure out what they're saying.
10:15 Dr Chris Acton: Hubble telescope
Dr Chris Acton will be talking the Hubble telescope.
Pictures captured by Nasa's Hubble telescope. Photo: NASA
10:30 Home for Christmas with Amanda
Our home for Christmas was recommended by a listener Grant.
His daughter is Amanda Scott , who is a geologist based in northern Sweden, where it can get to a finger numbing
-30 degrees.
10:50
The Caroline Bay Carnival is on at the moment - it's been an annual Christmas tradition in Timaru since 1911. Part of the tradition are the beauty pageants, there's now a call from the Carnival's supporters for organisers to update the competition but not to ditch it.
1931 winners of the Caroline Bay Carnival Freckle Face competition Photo: Supplied
11:10 Gardening with Lynda Hallinan
Tips and tricks to get your fingers green with Lynda Hallinan
Gardening Photo: 123 RF
11:30 The Best of NZ Live: Aaradhna
Aaradhna is a Porirua born R&B artist who's recorded four studio albums, the last two both reaching number one on the New Zealand album chart.
For her new album Brown Girl, Aaradhna has collaborated with Truth and Soul, the Brooklyn-based label and production team responsible for records from Amy Winehouse, Adele and Lee Fields and The Expressions.
She recently refused an award at The Vodafone Music Awards because of its racial implications.
Aaradhna was in the studio after returning from Singapore and played some songs from her album Brown Girl.
