Sunday 4 January 2015 Rātapu 4 Kohi-tātea 2015

• 12:04 AM. All Night Programme

  Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 History Repeated (RNZ); 1:05 Our Changing World (RNZ); 2:05 Spiritual Outlook (RNZ); 2:35 Hymns for Sunday; 3:05 How Love Fled, by Phil Kawana (RNZ); 3:30 Te Waonui a Te Manu Korihi (RNZ); 4:30 Science in Action (BBC)

• 6:08 AM. Storytime

  Return to China, by Pauline Cartwright, told by Davina Whitehouse; The Moon, by Adrienne Jansen, told by Bernard Kearns; Tail of the Dog Gone Soap, by Michael Ferns, told by Grant Tilly; Don't be a Chicken, by Janet Pates, told by Rebecca Gumbley; The Apple, by John Parker, told by Michael Sengelow; Gombei and the Pine Trees, by David Somerset, told by Catherine Downes (RNZ)

• 7:35 AM. Worldwatch

  The stories behind the international headlines

• 8:10 AM. The Weekend with Lynn Freeman

  Round table discussions and documentaries about issues, trends, ideas, options and opportunities that lie ahead for us as individuals and communities (4 of 8, RNZ)

• Noon The Midday Report

• 12:11 PM. Spectrum

  People, places and events in NZ (RNZ)

  spectrum@radionz.co.nz

• 12:45 PM. Somewhere Over the Rainbow

  Max Cryer explores the quirky and surprising stories behind a host of well-known songs (RNZ)

• 1:10 PM. Pandemic, by John Dryden

  The Future: It is five years since the pandemic. Diane Harper, a British civil servant, is to investigate the suicide of a government scientist. Diane has been personally affected by the pandemic. The investigation becomes suspiciously complicated so she sets about trying to uncover the truth about the origins of the devastating outbreak (2 of 3, Goldhawk Essential)

• 2:05 PM. BBC Reith Lectures: The Future of Medicine

  The Century of the System: The surgeon and writer Atul Gawande argues that better systems can transform global healthcare by radically reducing the chance of mistakes and increasing the chance of successful outcomes (2 of 4, BBC)

  Website: BBC Reith Lectures

• 3:04 PM. The Subcontinental

  Bhangra: Choreographer and broadcaster Raakhi Sinha hosts a voyage into the exciting world of Bhangra - the music that began as part of harvest celebrations in Punjab and today is influencing music in dance clubs worldwide with hotbeds of Bhangra culture springing up all over the world: from Delhi to London to LA to Vancouver (F, PRX)

• 4:06 PM. Sunday 4 'til 8

  A selection of special interest programmes, including:

  4:06 The Sunday Feature: A Place to Live

  Imaginative and committed New Zealanders share their vision of the life worth having (1 of 4, RNZ)

  5:00 The 5 O'clock Report: A roundup of today's news and sport

  5:11 Spiritual Outlook: Exploring different spiritual, moral and ethical issues and topics (RNZ)

  5:40 Te Waonui a Te Manu Korihi (RNZ)

  6:06 Great Encounters: Highlighting a feature interview from the best of 2014 on Radio New Zealand National (RNZ)

  7:06 World Book Club: Elif Shafak - The Forty Rules of Love. Turkish writer Elif Shafak answers questions about her bestselling novel The Forty Rules of Love, an investigation into love, mysticism and the life of the famed Sufi poet Rumi (BBC)

• 8:06 PM. A Prairie Home Companion

  The award-winning American radio show presented by Garrison Keillor (2 of 4, APM)

• 10:10 PM. The 10 O'clock Report

  A roundup of today's news and sport

• 10:12 PM. Suspense: The Fire of Asshurbanipal

  (Blue Hours)

• 11:04 PM. Hidden Treasures

  Trevor Reekie seeks out musical gems from niche markets around the globe, re-releases, and interesting sounds from the shallow end of the bit stream (6 of 8, RNZ)

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