Nights for Tuesday 22 November 2011

7:10 Our Own Odysseys: Mutton Every Meal - Part 2 of 2

Hawkes Bay lass Pip Hawkes reminicses on the adventures, the meals and people she met travelling through the "-stans" of Central Asia and then also Iran with an Aussie friend, travelling a massive 4000 kilometres by bike.

Facebook: photos of Pip's journey 2

Pip Hawkes in China.

7:30 The Sampler

A weekly review and analysis of new CD releases.

8:07 You Choose: MMP Or What Else?

A pocket guide to the electoral referendum with RNZ political reporter Julian Robins - why are we having a referendum on how we vote for Members of Parliament?

Find out more about the referendum.

8:15 Nine to Noon party leader interview

Green party co-leader Russel Norman.

8:40 The World At Night - Austria

Journalist and musicologist Matthias Wurz reporting from the landlocked european nation of Austria... a lacklustre petition for a referendum to reform the Austrian educational system.

8:50 You Choose: MMP Or What Else? - FFP

A pocket guide to the electoral referendum with RNZ political reporter Julian Robins - First Past the Post (FPP): this was the electoral system used in New Zealand up until the switch to MMP in 1996. First Past the Post tends to result in a single party being able to form a majority Government.

Find out more about the referendum.

9:00 News and Weather

9:06 The Tuesday Feature: 2011 Election Referendum Forum

This forum explores the issues involved with the Electoral Referendum, which is taking place at the same time as the 2011 General Election.

10:00 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.

11:06 Putumayo Radio Hour

A world music show that takes listeners on a weekly journey through the music of many different cultures (Putumayo)