Tuesday 27 December 2016 Rātū 27 Hakihea 2016

• 12:04 AM. All Night Programme

  12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 Black Sheep (RNZ); 1:05 From the World (RNZ); 2:05 The Jazz Singers (Smithsonian) 3:05 Random Clustering by Roger O Thornhill (RNZ); 3:30 An Author's View (RNZ); 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 Do We Fix Antibiotics?

  By 2050, drug-resistant infections will kill 1 person every 3 seconds, unless the world's governments take drastic steps now. Antibiotics resistance though is a complex problem, so what should those steps exactly be? We look at some of the most promising solutions - from better understanding doctor psychology to learning the language of bacteria, they all show that something can actually be done (2 of 2, BBC)

• 9:06 AM. The Trekka's Tale

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

• 11:06 AM. Sir James McNeish

  Remembering  the late Sir James McNeish speaking as the Janet Frame Memorial Lecturer  in 2013,  when  he offered  a non-academic approach to the theme of creative non-fiction. During the lecture and  raised two cheers for eccentricity.  (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 (2 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)

• 8:30 PM. Windows on the World

  International public radio features and documentaries

• 9:06 PM. The Museum Of Lost Objects: Bombed and Bulldozed in Syria

  BBC Series looking at the fate of ancient artefacts and sites being destroyed or stolen during recent wars in Iraq and Syria (2 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-2 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 (2 of 15, RNZ)

• 11:06 PM. Worlds of Music

  Trevor Reekie hosts a weekly music programme celebrating an eclectic mix of 'world' music, fusion and folk roots. (RNZ)

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