Wednesday 2 January 2019 Rāapa 2 Kohi-tātea 2019

• 12:04 AM. All Night Programme

  Including: 12:06 Music after Midnight; 12:30 Insight (RNZ); 1:05 Country Life Story (RNZ); 1:45 More or Less (BBC); 2:05 The Forum (BBC); 3:05 Long Hot Summer by Barbara Anderson read by Stephanie Wilkin (2 of 15, RNZ); 3:30 Eating Fried Chicken in the Shower (RNZ); 5:10 Witness (BBC); 5:45 Summer was Yesterday by Joyce West (2 of 14, RNZ)

• 6:06 AM. Breakfast with Dan Bernstone

  An early miscellany of music, stories and random thoughts including:

  6:12 Pounding the Pillow by Sarah Delahunty

  6:20 Grassroots by Marc Everson (AUT)

  6:30 In Sickness and In Health by John Bluck (6 of 6, RNZ)

  6:45 The Assassination 6: Murder - A final warning and the final day. "I felt there was a fire. Then, there was a blast" (BBC)

  7:10 Our Changing World: Ageing muscles (RNZ)

  7:23 Ours: Treasures from Te Papa - Eric London and the first ever dinosaur tooth (RNZ)

  7:35 The Why Factor (BBC)

  8:10 Black Sheep

• 9:06 AM. Plastic Fantastic

  The China Syndrome  China's ban on importing other countries' waste plastic is having a big impact – it’s now taking a tenth of material it accepted a year ago, so what’s next? Roland Pease seeks answers (3 of 3, BBC)

• 10:06 AM. The Summer of Astral Weeks

  Van Morrison is one of the great musicians of his generation. His 1968 album Astral Weeks is said to be one of the finest albums of all time. We visit Boston, LA and New York to hear the story of that summer and reunite, for the first time in 50 years, the musicians who played on Astral Weeks - bar one. Narrated by Richard Dormer (RTÉ Documentary on One)

• 11:05 AM. Christmas with Melania

  A profile of US First Lady Melania Trump, one of the world’s most recognisable women. So who is Melania? What does she believe? And what might she do on the global stage which – however improbably, given her origins in far away Slovenia – she now shares with the President of the United States? Lizzie O’Leary speaks to people who know and who follow one of the most recognisable women in the world. (BBC)

• Noon The World At Noon

  A roundup of today's news and sport

• 12:15 PM. Matinee Idle with Phil O'Brien and Simon Morris

  An afternoon of alleged music and dubious entertainment

• 5:00 PM. The World At Five

  A roundup of today's news and sport

• 5:10 PM. Discovery

  The China Syndrome  China's ban on importing other countries' waste plastic is having a big impact – it’s now taking a tenth of material it accepted a year ago, so what’s next? Roland Pease seeks answers (3 of 3, BBC)

• 5:35 PM. Encounters

  Memorable exchanges from the past year on RNZ National (RNZ)

• 7:06 PM. Summer Science with Alison Ballance

  Highlights from the world of science and the environment with Our Changing World's Alison Ballance (RNZ)

• 7:35 PM. Essential New Zealand Albums

  Goldenhorse – Riverhead: Goldenhorse reached number one in New Zealand with their first album - but not until two years after it was released. Nick Bollinger discusses this local classic, and speaks to Goldenhorse founder Geoff Maddock. (RNZ)

• 8:04 PM. Wellington Jazz Festival 2018

  Barney McAll & Bella Kalolo live at St Peters on 9 June 2018 as part of the Wellington Jazz Festival (RNZ)

• 8:30 PM. Windows on the World

  International public radio features and documentaries

• 9:06 PM. Eating Fried Chicken in the Shower

  A comedic exchange in which James Nokise interviews New Zealanders in the shower (his safe place) about their mental health and how they deal with it (8 of 8, RNZ)

• 9:40 PM. The Fastest Piano In The West by Alison Duffy

  Billy has to work through his guilt after injuring his mate Richard in a car crash. The only way is to turn the accident into a deliberate act of aggression. And what better arena for it than the old gfunslinging West. The trouble is that Billyb and Richard are more accustomed to piano playing than gunplay (RNZ)

• 10:00 PM. News at Ten

  A roundup of today's news and sport

• 10:10 PM. We Will Not Cease by Archibald Baxter

  The experiences of  farm labourer Archibald Baxter was one of New Zealand 14 conscientious objectors forcibly transported to the Western Front in 1918. (Part 4 of 15, RNZ)

• 10:30 PM. In Their Element

  Exploring the history, features and uses of different elements in the periodic table (BBC)

• 11:06 PM. Inside Out with Nick Tipping

  Nick Tipping brings you classic recordings and modern masterpieces from the world of jazz (RNZ)

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