Sunday 18 March 2018 Rātapu 18 Poutū-te-rangi 2018

• 12:04 AM. All Night Programme

  12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 Dinkum Pearlers (RNZ); 1:05 Our Changing World (RNZ); 1:45 Are We There Yet? (RNZ); 2:05 Heart and Soul (BBC); 2:35 Hymns on Sunday; 3:05 Bitten By The Bullet by Steve Krzystyniak and Karen Goa, told by Jacob Rajan (7 of 10, RNZ); 3:30 CrowdScience (BBC); 4:30 Te Waonui a Te Manu Korihi (RNZ) 5:10 Living with the Gods (BBC); 5:45 Historical Highlight (RNZ)

• 6:08 AM. Storytime

  How Tongans Came to Live in Fiji, by David Somerset, told by Fiona Samuel; Folk Dancing, by Maria Samuela, told by Fiona O'Famo oni; Desert Dessert, by Perrin Hopkins, told by Anne Budd; Boy at the Door, by Anthony Holcroft, told by Michael Haigh; Timoti Tito, by Kimiora Raerino, told by Willie Davis (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)

• 12:12 PM. Standing Room Only with Lynn Freeman

  It's an 'all access pass' to what's happening in the worlds of arts and entertainment

  1:10 At the Movies

  A weekly topical magazine programme about current film releases and film-related topics (RNZ)

  2:05 The Laugh Track

• 3:04 PM. The 3 O'Clock Drama

  The Terror at Tinakore Road by Neil Giles:  - A simple poisoning murder in a boarding house in Tinakore Road in 1893 is anything but simple. It takes all the skill of local Wellington chemist and super sleuth, Anthony Dunbar, to discover what's really what.  (RNZ)

• 4:06 PM. The Sunday Feature

  The Real Story: What Does Putin Want?
  Major Western powers are united in their conclusion. Russia, they say, carried out the first offensive use of a nerve agent in Europe since the Second World War. The attack happened in the English city of Salisbury, where former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter were poisoned with a military-grade nerve agent. This Sunday, the Russian people are expected to elect Mr Putin for a fourth consecutive term. So as Russia and the West begin a new diplomatic showdown, trhe BBC’s Carrie Gracie chairs a panel in London to ask what does President Putin want to achieve: for himself, for Russia, and abroad? (BBC)

• 5:00 PM. The World at Five

  A roundup of today's news and sport

• 5:10 PM. Heart and Soul

  Faith in Freedom: Dr Sina Hakiman
  Dr Sina Hakiman was imprisoned three times by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, accused of heresy. In total he spent more than seven years in jail in the years after the return of Ayatollah Khomeini to Tehran. He now lives in exile in the UK. Sina explains to John McCarthy his belief that all religions are valid and that Baha’u’llah is the latest prophet of God following Moses, Muhammed and Jesus.  Sustained by a philosophy of ‘constructive resilience’ he worked inside the prison as a doctor, while his wife Sholeh continued her husband’s fight for his human rights by setting up a medical clinic. (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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