Nights for Wednesday 6 August 2014
7:10 Excitng Edinburgh
There are five festivals now on in Edinburgh, and Radio New Zealand producer Charlotte Graham is on a mission to attend anything and everything she can.
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 - Hip Hop
University of Auckland ethnomusicologist Dr Kirsten Zemke raps about hip hop music and culture... is hip hop popular in the Middle East?
9:06 The Wednesday Drama - InSalt
A powerful and thought provoking drama about colonisation and cultural cross pollination set in colonial New Zealand.
On a remote block of land in New Zealand in the 1850's, a young couple arrive to make a life for themselves and to bury their dead father. A story about perceptions of power, about ownership, about love and ignorance and about offences unintended and intended.
By Tim Spite, Richard Edge, Peter Edge, Rob Mokaraka, Rachel House, Loren Horsley, Heather O'Carroll and Andrew Foster with original music by Peter Edge.
Cast: Sarah Somerville, Tim Spite, Taungaroa Emile, Richard Edge and Rachel House.
Produced by Andrew Foster and engineered by Phil Benge.
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 Night Lights Classic Jazz: Jazz for Mad Men: Hits from the 1960s (3 of 13, WFIU)