7:12 Tactical Urbamism

Tactial urbanism - making small-scale changes to our urban environment to make our public spaces better - is an approach gaining traction worldwide.  Steven Burgess from MRCagney is joins us to tell us more.

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7:35 Upbeat

The countdown is on for the annual APRA Silver Scrolls award.

Eva Radich talk to Michael Norris, a finalist in the hotly contested SOUNZ Contemporary Award with Sygyt, a work for throat singer, ensemble and electronics.

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8:10 Night Mail

To get in touch, email nights@radionz.co.nz , you can text us from your mobile on 2101 or you can find us on Facebook.

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8:15 Dateline Pacific

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RNZ Pacific's daily current affairs programme covering the major Pacific stories of the week, with background and reaction from the people making the news.

8:30 Window on the World

The fascinating entries and story of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.  Editor David Cannadine takes us behind the scenes at the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (ODNB) to examine why this late Victorian institution, with thousands upon thousands of detailed and vivid entries about the great and the good, is still relevant in the internet age.

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9:10 Nights Sport

Dana Johansen joins us once more with a weather eye on the world of sport.

9:30 Insight

This week Insight asks when, or if, the parent visa will re-open so new New Zealanders can be joined by their wider family.

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10:17 Lately

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Lately with Karyn Hay is a late night radio show on RNZ National, with an eye on live events, an ear for music, a great sense of humour and a genuine interest in people and their stories.

11:07 Nashville Babylon

This week on Nashville Babylon Mark plays music from Neko Case, Howlin' Wolf, Blanche and Delaney Davidson plus a few birthday tunes for country legend Hank Williams and tracks from the Anthology Of American Folk Music.

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