Wednesday 4 May 2016 Rāapa 4 Haratua 2016

• 12:04 AM. All Night Programme

  Including: 12:06 Music after Midnight; 12:30 Insight (RNZ); 1:15 Country Life (RNZ); 2:05 The Forum (BBC); 3:05 Closed, Stranger by Kate de Goldi read by Scott Wills (3 of 12, RNZ); 3:30 Diversions (RNZ); 5:10 Witness (BBC); 5:45 The Day in Parliament

• 6:00 AM. Morning Report

  RNZ's three-hour breakfast news show with news and interviews, bulletins on the hour and half-hour, including:

  6:16 and 6:50 Business News

  6:18 Pacific News

  6:26 Rural News

  6:48 and 7:45 NZ Newspapers

• 9:06 AM. Nine to Noon with Kathryn Ryan

  Current affairs and topics of interest, including:

  10:45 The Reading: Pack and Rifle by Philip Holden told by Russell Smith (3 of 3, RNZ)

• Noon Midday Report

  RNZ news, followed by updates and reports until 1.00pm, including:

  12:16 Business News

  12:26 Sport

  12:34 Rural News

  12:43 Worldwatch

• 1:06 PM. Jesse Mulligan

  An upbeat mix of the curious and the compelling, ranging from the stories of the day to the great questions of our time (RNZ)

• 4:06 PM. The Panel with Jim Mora

  An hour of discussion featuring a range of panellists from right along the opinion spectrum (RNZ)

• 5:00 PM. Checkpoint with John Campbell

  RNZ's weekday drive-time news and current affairs programme

• 6:30 PM. Worldwatch-PM with John Greaves

  The stories behind the international headlines

• 6:55 PM. Today in Parliament

• 7:06 PM. Nights with Bryan Crump

  RNZ's weeknight programme of entertainment and information

• 7:35 PM. Spectrum

  People, places and events in New Zealand (RNZ)

• 8:30 PM. Windows on the World

  International public radio features and documentaries

• 9:06 PM. The Wednesday Drama - A Short History of Contraception by Fiona Samuel

  An unborn child looks back on various occasions when it might have been born had circumstances not been different (RNZ)

• 10:00 PM. News and Late Edition

  RNZ news, including Dateline Pacific and the day's best interviews from RNZ National

• 11:06 PM. The life and music of John Coltrane

  We talk with our jazz historian and renowned Coltrane scholar Lewis Porter about Trane's early roots growing up in rural North Carolina, and get to know the softer side of John Coltrane the balladeer. And we'll explore John Coltrane's redemption story and his transformation from heroin addict to spiritual icon, and sit down for a conversation with Ravi Coltrane about how his father's music unexpectedly inspired him to carry on the family legacyRNZ NATIONAL Programme Schedule

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