Monday 24 October 2016 Rāhina 24 Whiringa-ā-nuku 2016

• 12:04 AM. All Night Programme

  Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 Health Check (BBC); 1:05 Te Ahi Kaa (RNZ); 2:30 NZ Music Feature (RNZ); 3:05 Account of the Inlander's Outing by Tina Shaw read by Dulcie Smart (RNZ); 3:30 Science (RNZ); 5:10 Witness (BBC)

• 6:00 AM. Breakfast with Paul Brennan

  An early miscellany of music, stories and random thoughts.

• 8:10 AM. Labour Day with Charlotte Graham

  A charming mix of conversation and music, the curious and the compelling.

• Noon The World at Noon

  A roundup of today's news and sport.

• 12:12 PM. Matinee Idle

  Phil O'Brien and Simon Morris present an afternoon of alleged music and dubious entertainment.

• 5:00 PM. The 5 O'Clock Report

  A roundup of today's news and sport.

• 5:12 PM. Global Business

  The booming business of fertility
  The business of making babies is booming, both in the UK and globally, as recent research suggests the world’s fertility industry is set to be worth an estimated £15bn by the year 2020. One in six couples in the world are thought to experience fertility problems. Theres a huge range of treatments available – from egg donation and specialist ‘add-ons’ to improve the odds, to egg freezing and surrogacy, not to mention an increasing market for gay and lesbian couples. (BBC)

• 5:40 PM. Red Devil 1917 by Colin Beardon

  Kate hatches a plan to get her grandad, B an old-style socialist, to meet some old friends.

• 6:06 PM. Reversing Parkinson's

  Parkinson's Disease is one of the major neurodegenerative conditions. Cells die, for reasons not fully understood, causing a reduction in the production of the neurotransmitter, dopamine, and a raft of physical and behavioural problems. Although effective drug treatments are available, they wear off over time and have side effects. The highly individual nature of the condition and variation in its progression also makes dosage difficult. Sue Broom reports on two new approaches that could lead to treatments for Parkinson's.(BBC)

• 7:35 PM. Pick of Upbeat

• 8:30 PM. Windows on the World

  International public radio features and documentaries

• 9:30 PM. Insight

  An award-winning documentary programme providing comprehensive coverage of national and international current affairs.

• 10:00 PM. News and Late Edition

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

• 10:15 PM. What's the Word with Sally Placksin: Independent Working Women

  At the start of the 20th century, most women in western countries were expected to marry and raise a family. The choices for those who didn't were very limited. In today's edition of 'What's the Word' Sally Placksin explores three novels that portray women struggling for independence at the turn of the last century: George Gissing's 'The Odd Women'; 'The Bostonians' by Henry James and 'The Vagabond' by Colette.

• 11:06 PM. Nashville Babylon

  Wairarapa's Mark Rogers presents a selection of old and new music - the very best in alt.country, Americana and blues (12 of 20, Arrow FM)

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