Monday 26 December 2016 Rāhina 26 Hakihea 2016

• 12:04 AM. All Night Programme

  12:04 Music after Midnight; 12:05 The Queen's Christmas Message 12:30 Health Check (BBC); 1:05 The Story of Christmas (PRX); 2:30 NZ Music Feature (RNZ); 3:05 Cracker Jack by Susan Pointon (RNZ); 3:30 Science in Action (BBC); 5:10 Witness (BBC)

• 6:00 AM. Breakfast with Paul Brennan

  An early miscellany of music, stories and random thoughts

• 8:30 AM. The Inquiry: How Did We Mess up Antibiotics?

  Helena Merriman asks; how have we reached this point where we're at the dawn of a pre-antibiotic era, where organ transplants, chemotherapy and C-sections are impossible (1 of 2, BBC)

• 9:06 AM. The Trekka's Tale

  The story of New Zealand's only home-grown mass-produced motor vehicle (1 of 2, RNZ)

• 10:06 AM. Mind Reading

  Could it be possible to broadcast our thoughts directly from our brains without the need for speech? Gaia Vince meets the scientists who say they are getting close to being able to read minds (BBC)

• 11:06 AM. Smith's Cure by James McNeish

  The story of the doctor who set up one of the first community health schemes in the country - probably even in the world. George Smith was a man bursting with ideas - some crackpot - some brilliant and far ahead of their time. Thanks to his patent mixture of enthusiasm and inspiration, the Hokianga became a very special and healthy place (RNZ)

• Noon The World at Noon

  A roundup of today's news and sport

• 12:15 PM. Matinee Idle

  An afternoon of musical mayhem and dubious entertainment (RNZ)

• 5:00 PM. The 5 O'Clock Report

  A roundup of today's news and sport

• 5:12 PM. From Zero: The story of illicit drugs in NZ

  Russell Brown uncovers the way drugs have become a part of nearly all our lives, from over the counter opium to energy drinks and designer drugs (1 of 7, RNZ)

• 6:06 PM. Great Encounters

  Memorable exchanges with RNZ guests during the past year. (RNZ)

• 7:06 PM. Summer Science

  Highlights from the world of science and the environment, with Alison Balance (RNZ)

• 7:35 PM. Soul Music #1 Strange Fruit

  Billie Holiday's famous song 'Strange Fruit' expresses the horror and anguish of those communities subjected to a campaign of lynching in the American South. And our feature 'Soul Music' hears the stories of people whose relatives were lynched by white racists and of the various forms of grief, anger and reconciliation that have followed. And the adopted son of the song's composer talks about his adopted father's passionate belief in justice and compassion (BBC)

• 8:30 PM. Windows on the World

  International public radio features and documentaries

• 9:06 PM. The Museum Of Lost Objects: Palmyra

  BBC Series looking at the fate of ancient artefacts and sites being destroyed or stolen during recent wars in Iraq and Syria (1 of 3, BBC)

• 10:00 PM. 10 O'Clock Report

  Radio New Zealand news, including Dateline Pacific and the day's best interviews from Radio New Zealand National

• 10:15 PM. Late Edition

  The day's best interviews from Radio New Zealand National

• 10:30 PM. Touchstones by James McNeish read by Ian Johnstone

  Touchstones  Part 1  A memoir that is at once a self-portrait, a hymn to a vanishing New Zealand, and a record of his meetings with people who influence his life and help make him the writer he becomes. All are larger than life. Some of them, like the author's mysterious Maori aunt, are good enough to bottle (1 of 15, RNZ)

• 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 (Arrow FM)

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