7:10 Rocket Boy

Executive producer Bridget Ikin and director Kim Mordaunt on the challenges of filming The Rocket, about a Laotian boy who enters a sky-rocket competition.

7:30 Spectrum

People, places and events in New Zealand.

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 - Artistic Risks

British artist Piers Secunda has ventured into some of the world's worst trouble spots, all for the sake of his art.

Link:

Piers Secunda - A Retrospective

9:06 The Wednesday Drama - Te Wherowhero (Part 4 of 15)

The story of the warrior who became the first Maori King, adapted from King Potatau: An Account of the Life of Potatau Te Wherowhero the First Maori King by Pei Te Hurinui and read by Selwyn Muru and Rangi Chadwick.

10:00 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.

11:06 Jazz-O-Rama - Heavenly Harmonies

Joe Bev hosts an hour of re-mastered 78 RPM records. This week’s show features close harmony singing groups of the swing and boogie-woogie eras that helped define the musical genre that led to rhythm and blues and rock and roll, and the sub-genre doo-wop.

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