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Nights for Wednesday 2 April 2014

  • Conundrum clue #6

    9:58 PM.Listen in on Friday night for the answer. Audio

  • Conundrum clue #5

    8:59 PM.Listen in on Friday night for the answer. Audio

  • Arts Ambassador - Jamaican Music

    8:40 PM.Placing the needle on the one drop of riddim, rocksteady, ska and roots and culture with deejay and toaster Miles Buckingham. "Chatty 'pon the Mic" - the influence of deejays in Jamaican music. Audio

  • Save the Seas Sculptures

    7:12 PM.The rise of indigenous peoples/artist-driven environmental activism due to the amount of marine debris entering coastal areas of Northern Australia and negatively impacting fish and wildlife - with… Read more Audio

7:10 Save the Seas Sculptures

The rise of indigenous peoples/artist-driven environmental activism due to the amount of marine debris entering coastal areas of Northern Australia and negatively impacting fish and wildlife - with Sue Ryan, art programme director for Ghost Net.

Picture of Ghost net turtle

Gallery: Saving the Seas Sculptures

Links:
Ghostly art made from debris

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 Arts Ambassador - Jamaican Music

Placing the needle on the one drop of riddim, rocksteady, ska and roots and culture with deejay and toaster Miles Buckingham. "Chatty 'pon the Mic" - the influence of deejays in Jamaican music.

9:06 The Wednesday Drama

The Train Set, by Joe Musaphia (RNZ)

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 - Make Believe Ballroom Hits

Featuring Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington and Artie Shaw. Alton Glenn Miller was an American big band musician, arranger, composer and bandleader in the swing era. He was one of the best-selling recording artists from 1939 to 1943. Benjamin David "Benny" Goodman was an American jazz and swing musician, clarinettist and bandleader; widely known as the "King of Swing". Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American composer, pianist and big-band leader. Ellington wrote over 1,000 compositions. Arthur Jacob Arshawsky (May 23, 1910 - December 30, 2004), commonly known by his stage name, Artie Shaw, was an American clarinettist, composer and bandleader (11 of 12, PRX)