Nights for Thursday 13 July 2017

7:12 Crocheting and connection 

Sosefina Andy is on the show tonight to talk about her art which is entwined with her culture, and family. She is the first recipient of the Helen Hitchings scholarship for postgraduate fine art students.

7:35 New Horizons

William Dart reviews Aimee Mann's new album Mental Illness.

8:12 Nights' Culture - Jazz 

Fergus will be sharing some new jazz releases. 

8:30 Window on the World

Every day, most of us will eat something that has been fortified with micronutrients - small amounts of minerals and vitamins. But who is adding them to our food - and why? And does a focus on fortification by development agencies mean valuable resources have been diverted from tackling underlying causes of malnutrition in the developing world? Our Windows on the World Feature seeks some answers at half past eight.

9:07 Our Changing World

On Our Changing World this week, Alison Ballance joins a bunch of Dunedin dog owners donating canine DNA to the Darwin's Dogs project, and she finds out how some possible new migraine treatments, that are currently in clinical trials, work.

9:30 This Way Up

This Way Up highlights now, and how microbes- the bacteria carried through the air in clouds- could be shaping our weather.

First though the state of our pets' digestive health- and it's isn't pretty! 

10:17 Late Edition

A round up of today's RNZ News and feature interviews as well as Dateline Pacific from RNZ International.

11:07 Music 101 pocket edition

Music - bite sized.