7:12 Sofa Session - Shooglenifty

Acid-Croft, Hypno-folkadelic, Ambient Trad Band from Scotland... Shooglenifty are in the studio for a Sofa Session ahead of their Aotearoa Tour.

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7:30  At The Movies

On At The Movies, Simon Morris looks at two different methods of correcting the sins of Wall Street tycoons - a New Zealand documentary based on the best selling Capital in the Twenty-First Century, and the real-life Hustlers, a gang of strippers who robbed their clientele. Also, two Will Smiths in the thriller Gemini Man, directed by Ang Lee.

8:10 The Hump!

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Helping you get over Hump Day, Wednesday night is Quiz Night on RNZ National.

We take a dive into the archives of Nga Taonga Sound and Vision for some audio gems and we want to see if you can identify them.

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

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Part 3 of the BBC World Service's "The Truth About Parkinson's" series Tonight we look at the search to find a cure for Parkinson's. Early diagnosis, repurposing drugs and genetics all hold promise but Jane Hill asks would people prefer better treatments now?

9:07 Book Reading - Plum by Maurice Gee

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Episode three of When We Wake by Karen Healey, read by Francesca Emms. 

Tegan, not at all pleased about being locked up, goes on a hunger strike but Dawson, the military supervisor, strikes a deal with her: as long as she eats and submits to questioning and testing, she can live outside the facility with Dr Maria Carmen, and can go to school.

9:30 Rebuilding the Kainga: Lessons from Te Ao Hurihuri

Jade Kake joins us to discuss a how taking Maori approach may give us a workable solution to affordable housing.

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 Inside Out

Inside Out, Nick Tipping celebrates the great Ornette Coleman's  album "The Shape of Jazz to Come"  - still shaping jazz 60 years after its release.

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Ornette Coleman Photo: Mike Licht