Schedule for Wednesday 25 May 2016

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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 Grievous Bodily by Craig Harrison read by John O'Leary (7 of 15, 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: Fitz - The colonial adventures of James Edward Fitzgerald by Jenifer Roberts (3 of 10, 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 - Circus Kumarani

They come to Dargaville's Circus Kumarani once a week , and leave their disabilities behind. A dozen from two local trusts learn juggling, stilt walking, acrobatics, rope work, and they even play with fire. This troupe is preparing for its annual fire spectacular, marking Matariki next month (RNZ)
8:30 PM. Windows on the World

International public radio features and documentaries
9:06 PM. The Wednesday Drama - 25th April: A True Fiction by Dean Parker (2007 NZ Media Peace Awards Finalist)

A drama in the 'mockumentary' style telling the story of a New Zealander - a would be war poet who is badly wounded at Gallipoli and returns home to become a figurehead and rallying point for the anti-war movement (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. A Short History of Jazz: The 1920s

The 1920s: Lex French hosts a programme unveiling the decade in which jazz began to take shape. The first of four sessions tracing the evolution of jazz from its early beginnings in the 1900s through the 1930s and 1940s to the 1950s. (Part 1 of 4, RNZ)