Tuesday 26 December 2017 Rātū 26 Hakihea 2017

• 12:04 AM. All Night Programme

  Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 Tuesday Special (RNZ); 1:05 From the World (RNZ); 2:05 Symphony of the Stones. (BBC) 3:05 The Gifts of the Magi by Elizabeth Smither (RNZ); 3:30  Author’s View (RNZ); 5:10 Witness (BBC)

• 6:00 AM. Boxing Day with Paul Brennan

  A miscellany of music, stories and random thoughts including:
  6:14 Witness  History as told by the people who were there (BBC)  

  6:35 One Quick Question Rapid answers to listeners’ queries (RNZ)

  6:45 50 Things That Made the Modern Economy: Paper Tim Harford tells the fascinating stories of 50 inventions, ideas and innovations which have helped create the economic world.  (BBC)

  7​:10 Roads Run Through Us by John Bluck 
  Thoughts on the place of roads in the minds and lives of New Zealanders. (1 of 6, RNZ) 

  7:30 Pants on Fire - The Fibbers Guide to Lies, Lying and Liars

  9:06 Assignment: Daphne and the Two Maltas
  The brutal, unsolved murder of Malta's most outspoken blogger has blackened the image of the Mediterranean holiday island.(BBC)

  10:30 The Halfmen of O by Maurice Gee, told by Lloyd Scott (not available online) (RNZ)

  11:05 Black Sheep: Nazi Hoax
  The story of Sydney Gordon Ross and the FIB Nazi Conspiracy (RNZ)

• Noon The World At Noon

  A roundup of today's news and sport

• 12:15 PM. Matinée Idle

  An afternoon of alleged music and dubious entertainment with Phil O'Brien and Simon Morris. (RNZ)

• 5:00 PM. Five O'Clock Report

  A roundup of today's news and sport.

• 5:10 PM. The 9th Floor: The Reformer - Geoffrey Palmer (8 Aug 1989 - 4 Sept 1990)

  Guyon Espiner talks to former New Zealand Prime Ministers, starting today with Sir Geoffrey Palmer, who became our 33rd PM on the 8th August 1989 (RNZ) The 9th Floor

• 6:06 PM. Encounters

  Memorable exchanges from the past year on RNZ National (

  Cartoonist and writer Tom Scott has put together account of his life so far in the bvook  'Drawn Out: A seriously funny memoir'  In October 2017 he joined Kim to tell a few yarns, and play some of his favourite music.

• 7:06 PM. Summer Science

  Highlights from the world of science and the environment, with Our Changing World’s Alison Ballance, with new podcasts from University of Otago science communication students. (RNZ)

• 7:35 PM. The Sampler

  Nick Bollinger reviews some of the latest music releases

• 8:30 PM. Windows on the World

  International public radio features and documentaries

• 9:06 PM. The Tuesday Feature

  Who Killed The Circus? : In January this year, the world’s most historic circus, Ringling, Barnum and Bailey, announced it was closing, sending hundreds of circus performers looking for jobs. At the end of the The Greatest Show On Earth, writer and former circus artiste, Dee Birkett, goes behind the scenes with the performers. (BBC)

• 10:00 PM. The 10 O'clock Report

  A roundup of today's news and sport

• 10:30 PM. 50 Things That Made the Modern Economy

  Tim Harford tells the fascinating stories of 50 inventions, ideas and innovations which have helped create the economic world (BBC)

• 10:45 PM. For God's Sake Saddle Me A Donkey by Dinah Priestley

  Part 1. Peacocks and Pink Gin: Dinah Priestley recalls how a small group of travelling New Zealanders came to dine with the Maharaja of Bharatpur (1 of 19, 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)RNZ NATIONAL Programme Schedule

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