Nights for Thursday 8 August 2019
7:12 Cultural Ambassador - South Auckland
Photographer Raymond Sagapolutele keeps us up to date with cultural life south of the Tamaki and North of the Bombays.
Photo: Ingolfson [Public domain]
7:35 New Horizons
In New Horizons, William Dart looks at the recordings of Scottish folk-singer Alastair Roberts in anticipation of a new album coming out next month.
Alasdair Roberts Photo: Alex Woodward
8:10 Seed Pods
Richard Scott's picks tonight is the story of a chance encounter with a long-forgotten ex.
All The Best logo (Supplied) Photo: Supplied
8:15 Dateline Pacific
Photo: RNZ
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
Emily Thomas meets people who have lived under siege in Aleppo, Syria, the Gaza strip, and Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina. They reveal the uncomfortable reality of eating behind siege lines.
A Syrian man points at the destruction in the market in the government-held old city of Aleppo. Photo: AFP
9:07 Our Changing World
This week on Our Changing World, Alison Ballance meets Gadget the rodent detector at work sniffing out possible rats on Whenua Hou, and Allan Blackman gives us the lowdown on neon in the Elemental podcast.
Dog handler Sandy King says it is convenient to have small dog that can travel on her lap. Gadget is wearing a life jacket with a handy handle. Photo: RNZ / Alison Ballance
9:30 Overseas Correspondent - India
Our regular overseas correspondent from India, Shoba Narayan talk to us tonight from California in the US. She gives us her take on events in Kashmir.
Activists of the Youth Forum for Kashmir group shout slogans as they burn a picture of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Indian flag during a protest in Lahore. Photo: Photo / AFP
10:17 Lately
Photo: RNZ
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 Music 101 pocket edition
Photo: Supplied
This week on Music 101 Pocket Edition, Yadana Saw talks to Auckland rapper Kings and Elliott Childs talks to author and music journalist Steven Hyden about the disaster of Woodstock '99.
The Mud at Woodstock 99 Photo: 1999/Daily News, L.P. (New York)