Sunday 24 December 2017 Rātapu 24 Hakihea 2017

• 12:04 AM. All Night Programme

  12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 A Christmas Flood by Fabian Bell (RNZ), 1:05 Our Changing World (RNZ); 1:35 Mary Holm (RNZ); 2:05 Heart and Soul: (BBC); 2:35 Hymns on Sunday;3:05 Lord of the Forest by Phillip Mann read by Heather O'Carroll (RNZ); 3:30 Te Waonui a Te Manu Korihi (RNZ); 4:30 CrowdScience (BBC); 5:10 Living with the Gods: Dependence or Dominion? (BBC); 5:45 Mary's Job by Pip Adam read by Loren Taylor (RNZ)

• 6:08 AM. Storytime

  Santa Fairy, by Feana Tu'akoi, told by Rima te Wiata; Grandma's Kiwi Christmas, by Helen McKinlay, told by Helen Moulder; Present from the Past, by Jennifer Beck, told by Sarah Peirse; Christmas Chair, by Jillian Squire, told by Michael Haigh; The Travelling Restaurant, by Barbara Else, told by Stuart Devenie (RNZ)

• 7:10 AM. Sunday Morning with Wallace Chapman

  A fresh attitude on current affairs, the news behind the news, in-depth documentaries, sport from the outfield, politics from the insiders, plus Mediawatch, 'The House' and music

  7:35 The House

  Legislation, issues and insights from Parliament (RNZ)

  8:10 Insight

  An award-winning documentary programme providing comprehensive coverage of national and international current affairs (RNZ)

  9:06 Mediawatch

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

• Noon The World At Noon

  A roundup of today's news and sport

• 12:15 PM. A Taste of Christmas by David Hill

  Paul likes Christmases at his Grans, he likes her Christmas dinner. However, this Christmas, a tragic accident means Paul knows there's a taste about this Christmas that makes it the best one they may ever have (RNZ)

• 12:30 PM. The Food Chain

  The business, science and cultural significance of food, and what it takes to put food on your plate (BBC)

• 1:10 PM. History through the Piano: The World of Mozart

  John Drummond looks at some famous pieces of piano music as windows into the world in which they were created. Today The World of Mozart.  Mozart's Piano Sonata in C - a typically Mozartian piece, one often played to signal Mozart's identity and one that's not so simple. So why did Mozart label it 'for beginners', and at a time he was in need of money, why he didn't offer it for publication (RNZ)

• 1:40 PM. Between the Lines Written and read by Elisabeth Easther

  Cass, a kiwi girl working in London thinks she has had a lucky break when she befriends some film producers. A comic tale about ambition set in the grimy world of the London movie business (1 of 5, RNZ)

• 2:05 PM. Clarke's Classics

  The late John Clarke introduces orchestral and operatic favourites as guest presenter on ABC Classic FM's Saturday Morning programme. The programme, from October 2016, has been repeated as a tribute to the award-winning comedian and writer, following his sudden and unexpected death in April 2017 (ABC)

• 3:04 PM. The 3 O'Clock Drama

  While My Guitar Gently Sings by Keri Hulme (RNZ)

• 3:35 PM. A Proper Pair by Jenny Pattrick

  A further look at the life of two "characters" Bull and Vera (RNZ)

• 4:06 PM. The Sunday Feature

  A selection of documentaries, discussions and lectures of note from New Zealand and beyond

• 5:00 PM. The World at Five

  A roundup of today's news and sport

• 5:10 PM. Heart and Soul

  Heart and Soul: Personal approaches to religious belief and spirituality from around the world (BBC)

• 5:40 PM. Te Waonui a Te Manu Korihi

  A round-up of the Maori 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)

• 10:00 PM. The 10 O'Clock Report

  A roundup of today's news and sport

• 10:12 PM. Mediawatch

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

• 10:45 PM. The House

  Legislation, issues and insights from Parliament (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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