Nights for Wednesday 5 September 2012

7:10 Waiata In Shanghai

Are arts lovers in mainland China interested in attending a festival featuring Kiwi culture? Kirsten Mason, New Zealand-born, now Shanghai-based director of this inaugural New Zealand Music Festival, thinks so.

7:30 Spectrum

People, places and events in New Zealand.

8:00 News & Weather

8:15 Windows on the World

International public radio documentaries - visit the Windows on the World web page to find links to these documentaries.

8:40 Arts: Comics

Shading in the heroes and villains of an animated realm is graphic novelist Dylan Horrocks... do you remember when British weekly comics dominated the New Zealand market - generations of Kiwi kids grew up reading Whizzer & Chips, The Beano, Eagle, 2000AD, Action, Commando, Bunty, etc.

9:00 News & Weather

9:06 The Wednesday Drama

10:00 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.

11:00 News & Weather

11:06 European Jazz Stage

Benjamin Herman hosts an exploration of European jazz music, with performances from the continent's hottest clubs, concert halls and festivals (Radio Netherlands)