7:10 Depictions Of Death

Wellcome Trust curator Kate Forde on whether the exhibition Death: a self-portrait, a collection of works by former American antique print dealer Richard Harris, is a gloomy and morbid affair or in fact, offers enlightening and revealing insights upon our human finality.

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 - Pasifika

Exploring the contemporary arts and culture from around the Pacific is writer and curator Ema Tavola... the publication SOUTH Issue 2.

9:00 News & Weather

9:06 The Wednesday Drama: Jolt, by Bernard Beckett

A dramatisation of Bernard Beckett’s award-winning contemporary thriller Jolt. Four teenagers on a coast to coast school trip get caught up in a frightening bush chase when their teacher is murdered after a major earthquake. One of them, Marko, ends up in a hospital where everything is not quite as it seems.

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 Round Midnight

Delving into the many shades of jazz... digging in the archives and selecting from the standards and classics to the modern masters and future movers and shakers.