Nights for Wednesday 20 May 2020
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Midweek Mediawatch for 20th May
10:30 PM.Hayden Donnell joins us once again with his midweek eye on the media. Read more Audio
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Aid agency coalition
10:17 PM.A coalition of 14 aid agencies in New Zealand are welcoming the $7-million in humanitarian funding for the coronavirus pandemic that was announced by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Read more Audio
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Marco Bischof on curating his father's photography
9:30 PM.A collection of work put to together by the son of humanist photographer Werner Bischof will be exhibited in Auckland, featuring ironic images of the twentieth century. Read more Audio
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Kiwi traveller locked down in Palm Springs
7:10 PM.Queenstown native, Steve Wilde had big plans to head across the USA in a 1978 GMC Motorhome. Then Covid-19 left him stuck in Palm Springs, California. Read more Audio
7:12 Lockdown in The Heat
Queenstown native, Steve Wild had big plans to head across the USA in a 1978 GMC Motorhome. Then covid-19 left him stuck in Palm Springs, Florida.
1978 GMC Motorhome Photo: Greg Gjerdingen from Willmar, USA / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)
7:30 At The Movies
Dan Slevin is filling in for Simon Morris and he reviews Motherless Brooklyn, Edward Norton produces, writes, directs and stars in this adaptation of Jonathan Lethem’s 1999 detective novel; I Still Believe, the true story of a Christian rock star’s tragic first marriage (starring KJ Apa); and All at Sea, a comedy about misbehaving rest home residents starring Brian Cox and the late Lauren Bacall.
8:10 The Hump
The Hump is our Wednesday night Quiz Night where 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
Photo: RNZ
RNZ Pacific have temporarily suspended Dateline Pacific in it regular format so that they can concentrate their efforts on broadcasting to the Pacific. In the meantime, each weeknight we'll chat to one of their reporters for a daily update. Tonight Bryan Crump talks to Sela Jane Hopgood.
8:30 Window on the World
The BBC’s Food Chain asks Should China ban 'wet' markets? They’ve been blamed for coronavirus, but some say calls to close them are misguided.
Members of NYCLASS protests outside a live-animal (wet) market in the Queens borough of New York City. PETA supporters and members of Slaughter Free NYC and other animal rights groups, concerned about the possible spread of disease, are holding protests to shut down live-animal markets Photo: 2020 Jeenah Moon/Getty Images/AFP
9:07 Spitfire: The People's Plane
A mk1 Spitfire in flight. Photo: Wikicommons
Episode 2. Crowdfunding.
The struggle against the Nazis has to be fought by ordinary people as much as by the army and air force. Communities across Britain are enlisted to raise funds for Spitfires.
9:30 Marco
International Curator, Marco Bischof has put together a collection of his father, Werner Bischof’s photography for the Auckland Festival of Photography. He joins us from Zurich
Photo: Werner Bischof
10:17 After10
- Midweek Mediawatch
Hayden Donnell joins us once again with his midweek eye on the media.
Hayden Donnell Photo: Hayden Donnell
11:07 Inside Out
Nick Tipping features new albums from Auckland pianist Kevin Field and the Wellington-based Rodger Fox Big Band.
Kevin Field Photo: Andrew B. White