Schedule for Wednesday 30 August 2017

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12:04 AM. All Night Programme

Including: 12:06 Music after Midnight; 12:30 Insight (RNZ); 1:15 Country Life Story (RNZ); 2:05 The Forum (BBC); 3:05 The Venetian Bride by Maurice Shadbolt (3 of 4, RNZ); 3:30 Diversions (RNZ); 5:10 Witness (BBC)
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: In the Air by Henare te Ua: Extracts from the autobiography of the shy stuttering maori boy who grew up in the tiny settlement of Puha, near Gisborne, and became an accomplished broadcaster and kaumatua of Radio New Zealand (8 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 drive-time news and current affairs programme - Do join us
6:30 PM. Trending Now

Shrabani Basu: The unlikely friendship of Victoria and Abdul
7:06 PM. Nights with Bryan Crump

RNZ's weeknight programme of entertainment and information
7:35 PM. At the Movies with Simon Morris

(RNZ)
8:06 PM. The Podcast

BANG! - Melody Thomas leads a frank and often-entertaining exploration into sex, sexuality and relationships featuring real stories from everyday kiwis (RNZ)
9:06 PM. The Wednesday Drama

Sad Heron by Caroline Barnes - Tired of her job and finding herself more and more stressed out, Esther meets a Japanese student and agrees to walk the Abel Tasman track with him. It is a journey on which she learns much about life and herself (1 of 2, RNZ)
10:00 PM. News and Late Edition

RNZ news and the day's best interviews from RNZ National, including
10:45 Dateline Pacific
A daily current affairs programme covering the major Pacific stories of the week, with background and reaction from the people making the news (RNZ)
11:06 PM. Inside Out with Nick Tipping

(RNZ)