Nights for Wednesday 21 May 2014
7:10 The Significant Strike
Silvertown, a London workers' strike in 1889 – was this the start of the modern labour movement? With Victoria University Melbourne historian and author Dr John Tully.
7:30 Spectrum
People, places and events in New Zealand.
8:10 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 - Pasifika
Swaying to the broad range of arts and culture from around the Pacific is Samoan/ Pakeha playwright and independent theatre producer Leilani Unasa.
9:06 The Wednesday Drama - Resistance, by Rebecca Barnes
Set in the near future in a New Zealand where the government is advocating the surgical implanting of an electronic chip into the brains of all New Zealanders. The scheme is meeting with some serious resistance (3 of 8, RNZ)
9:35 The First Friday of Every Month by David Collins
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 Footprints