Sunday 25 December 2022 Rātapu 25 Hakihea 2022

• 12:00 AM. Christmas Spirit and Soul

  William Dart finds the Christmas spirit in recent music from Norah Jones, Taylor Swift and Pentatonix – along with the late greats Aretha Franklin and Otis Redding.

• 12:04 AM. All Night Programme

  A selection of the best RNZ National interviews and features

• 6:08 AM. Storytime (RNZ)

• 7:10 AM. Christmas Church Service

  We join the EFKS (Ekalesia Fa'apotopotoga Kerisiano Samoa) Congregational Christian Church of Samoa in East Tamaki, Auckland. Featuring a mix of English and Samoan, the service is conducted by Rev. Eperone Futi, with music provided by the church's Junior Youth Choir.

• 8:15 AM. 'He Korokoro Tui'

  A selection of Christmas Waiata and Summer Song hosted by Justine Murray.

• 9:05 AM. The Blue Smoke Christmas Special with Chris Bourke

• 10:15 AM. Heart and Soul - Andrea Bocelli on faith and music

  Award-winning Italian opera singer Andrea Bocelli puts his success down to talent, hard work and faith in God. (From the BBC World Service podcast Heart and Soul)

• 11:05 AM. A Decade of NZ Live

  Jesse Mulligan celebrates the first decade of NZ Live - the weekly live music session featuring Aotearoa's favorite musicians that has been running for 17 years.

• 12:10 PM. Charlotte Ryan's Christmas Day Collection

  Music 101 host Charlotte Ryan shares some of her favourite Christmas songs.

• 1:04 PM. Top Class Concert

  The cream of Aotearoa's musical and comedy talent pay tribute to the Topp Twins, for their 40th anniversary

• 2:05 PM. Nashville Babylon

  Mark Rogers offers the very best in Americana, alt country, folk soul and blues music (RNZ)

• 3:05 PM. Classic Drama (RNZ)

  Highlighting radio playwriting and performance (RNZ)

• 4:06 PM. Nadia Reid & the NZTrio live at Old St Pauls

• 5:15 PM. Heart and Soul (BBC)

• 6:06 PM. The Kings Christmas Message

• 6:15 PM. 'He Korokoro Tui'

  A selection of Christmas Waiata and Summer Song hosted by Justine Murray.

• 8:06 PM. The Blue Smoke Christmas Special with Chris Bourke

• 9:06 PM. Musical Chairs - Richard James Burgess

  Former Quincy Conserve drummer Richard Burgess helped define the 'new romantic' sound and wrote the definitive textbook The Art of Music Production.

• 10:00 PM. News at Ten

  A roundup of today's news and sport

• 10:15 PM. Outlook - Hugh Bonneville (BBC)

  British actor Hugh Bonneville (Downtown Abbey) talks about handling rejection, being 'Lord Grantham' and coping with his father's dementia on the BBC podcast Outlook. 

• 11:04 PM. Christmas Church Service

  We join the EFKS (Ekalesia Fa'apotopotoga Kerisiano Samoa) Congregational Christian Church of Samoa in East Tamaki, Auckland. Featuring a mix of English and Samoan, the service is conducted by Rev. Eperone Futi, with music provided by the church's Junior Youth Choir.

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