Nights for Thursday 5 November 2009

7 pm News & Weather

7:15 Seed Bank

Dr Roger Smith, biologist and founder, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

T he importance of plant biodiversity and the milestone at Kew's own Millennium Seed Bank.

7:30 Spectrum

People, places and events in New Zealand.

8 pm News & Weather

8:15 Windows on the World

International public radio documentaries

8:45 Hot Rocks - geology

Hamish Campbell, geologist, GNS Science

Drilling a core into the geologic cycle.

8:59 Conundrum: Clue 7

9 pm News & Weather

9:06 Our Changing World

Radio New Zealand's science and environment programme.

9:59 Conundrum: Clue 8

10 pm News & Weather

10:17 Late Edition

A review of the leading news from Morning Report, Nine to Noon, Afternoons and Checkpoint. Also hear the latest news from around the Pacific on Radio New Zealand International's Dateline Pacific.

11 pm News & Weather

11:06 The Music Mix