7:10 Re-Living Puberty

Ex-pat Australian author Kathy Lette on writing in a sassy manner, also writing an opera, why feminism is still important, and reflections on the impact of her first book 'Puberty Blues', which is now both a film and television series.

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... Australian comics.

9:00 News & Weather

9:06 King and Country by Dave Armstrong    

A radio adaptation of the successful stage drama based on the personal accounts of New Zealanders during World War I. Stories of Māori and Pakeha soldiers, nurses and civilians are interwoven with treasured New Zealand war songs and hymns (RNZ).

(Part 2 is 8.30pm Thursday 25 April)

10 pm Late Edition

A review of the 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.