7:15 Star Wars And The Roman Empire

Ralph Covino Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Et tu, Vader?

7:30 Spectrum

People, places and events in New Zealand.

8 pm News and Weather

8:15 Windows on the World

International public radio documentaries.

8:45 Science: Physics

Dr Shaun Hendy, physicist, MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials & Nanotechnology, Industrial Research Ltd

Matter and energy and of interactions between the two.

8:59 Conundrum: Clue 7

9 pm News and Weather

9:06 Our Changing World

Radio New Zealand's science and environment programme.

9:59 Conundrum: Clue 8

10 pm News and 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 and Weather

11:06 The Music Mix

Nick Atkinson presents a contemporary music magazine with interviews and music from New Zealand and overseas artists, coverage of new releases, tours, live sessions, music festivals and events. (RNZ)