Sunday 18 December 2016 Rātapu 18 Hakihea 2016

• 12:04 AM. All Night Programme

  Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 Nga Taonga Korero (RNZ); 1:05 Our Changing World (RNZ); 1:40 Essential NZ Albums (RNZ); 2:05 Heart and Soul (BBC); 2:35 Hymns on Sunday; 3:05 Getting the Juices read by Kate Harcourt (RNZ); 3:30 Te Waonui a Te Manu Korihi (RNZ); 4:30 CrowdScience (BBC) 5:10 When Christmas Comes Early by Sue Emms (RNZ); 5:45 Historical Highlight

• 6:08 AM. Storytime

  The Story of the Mosquitoes, by David Somerset, told by Fiona Samuel ; Family and Friends, by Mike Carter, told by Lara Matheson ; Kimi and the Watermelon, by Miriam Smith, told by Whetu Fala ; Sink or Swim, by David Hill, told by Matt Wilson ; My Disgraceful Old Gran, by Jennifer Beck, told by Stephen Lovatt ; The Garden Party, by Margaret Mahy, told by Sima Urale ; European Tangi, by Willie Davis, told by Willie Davis

• 7:10 AM. Sunday Morning with Wallace Chapman

  A fresh attitude on current affairs, the news behind the news, documentaries, sport from the outfield, politics from the insiders, plus Mediawatch, the week in Parliament and music

  7:32 The Week in Parliament

  An in-depth perspective of legislation and other issues from the house

  9:06 Mediawatch

  Critical examination and analysis of recent performance and trends in New Zealand's news media (RNZ)

• 12:12 PM. Standing Room Only with Lynn Freeman

  It's an 'all access pass' to what's happening in the worlds of arts and entertainment

  1:10 At the Movies with Simon Morris

  A weekly topical magazine programme about current film releases and film-related topics. (RNZ)

  2:05 The Laugh Track

• 3:04 PM. The 3 O'Clock Drama:

  Wine Lips by Sam Brooks

  Backstage on the closing night of Scotty's last show as stage manager. Scotty has invited actor and ex-girlfriend Brit to share a bottle of wine with him. She brings the wine, he brings the unpleasant memories. They both bring the quarter-life crisis.

• 4:06 PM. The Sunday Feature

  Islam, People and Power: 5. Reflections
  Safa al Ahmad reflects on the issues raised in this series and in a London studio, discusses them with Dr Maha Azzam, former Associate Fellow of Chatham House, now Head of the Egyptian Revolutionary Council,  Dr Hazem Kandil, Fellow of St Catharine’s College, Cambridge and author of’ Inside The Brotherhood’, and  Hassan Hassan, Fellow of The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy and author of’ ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror’ (BBC)

  The Impossible Game Show pilot
  A shjow just like your normal trivia show EXCEPT all the questions are impossible to answer. Guy Williams brings his hosting skills to the team and all the silliness he has to an already very silly idea. Today’s contestants are Brendon Green, Angella Dravid (Drah-Vid), and Jamaine Ross .(RNZ)

• 5:00 PM. RNZ News Special

  Following this afternoon's cabinet announcement by Prime Minster Bill English,  Philippa Tolley  presents a special programme examining the new line-up. 

• 5:40 PM. Te Waonui a Te Manu Korihi

  A round-up of the Māori news for the week with our Te Manu Korihi team (RNZ)

• 6:06 PM. Te Ahi Kaa

  Exploring issues and events from a tangata whenua perspective (RNZ)

• 6:40 PM. Voices

  Highlighting the activities and experiences of people with different backgrounds (RNZ)

• 7:05 PM. The TED Radio Hour

  A crafted hour of ideas worth sharing presented by Guy Raz (NPR)

• 8:06 PM. Sunday Night with Grant Walker

  An evening of music and nostalgia (RNZ)

• 10:12 PM. Mediawatch

  Critical examination and analysis of recent performance and trends in New Zealand's news media (RNZ)

• 10:45 PM. The Week in Parliament

  An in-depth perspective of legislation and other issues from the house (RNZ)

• 11:04 PM. The Retro Cocktail Hour

  An hour of music that's "shaken, not stirred" every week from the Underground Martini Bunker at Kansas Public Radio (KPR)

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