Nights for Tuesday 17 November 2009

7 pm News & Weather

7:15 Our Coolest Kiwis

Grant Mccabe, national coordinator, New Zealander of the Year Awards

Get on your bike and nominate the caring and sharing folks in your lives for the New Zealander of the Year awards

7:30 The Sampler

New music reviews with Nick Bollinger.

8 pm News & Weather

8:15 Windows on the World:

International public radio documentaries.

8:45 Prayers - religion

Professor Paul Morris, religions scholar, Victoria University

Exploring the spiritual dimension of the human psyche... Freemasonry.

8:59 Conundrum: Clue 3

9 pm News & Weather

9:06 The Tuesday Feature: The Massey Lectures

The City of Words, by Alberto Manguel - the first programme in his five-part Canadian series in which Argentinian-born author Alberto Manguel takes a fresh look at some of the problems we face building societies with common values, and suggests we look at stories to help us perceive ourselves and others (Pt 3 of 5, CBC)

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.

11:06 Charlie Gilett's World of Music

Britain's guru of world music radio presents a personal selection (BBC)

11:36 Nightshift

A series dedicated to those who work while the nation sleeps, and who make life a lot easier when we wake up.

Murray Alcock, taxi driver: keeping you safe and driving you home.