Nights for Tuesday 23 June 2020
7:12 Gold Mining in New Zealand
Patrick Phelps from Minerals West Coast joins us once again. Tonight he takes a look at the gold mining industry.
OceanaGold mining truck working the Macraes mine, Otago, New Zealand. Caterpillar 785C Photo: Benchill / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)
7:30 Song Crush
In place of Song Crush this week, another chance to hear Kim Hill's interview from 2015 with One of Aotearoa's true guitar heroes Aaron Tokona, who passed away on Saturday at the age of 45.
AHoriBuzz's Aaron Tokona Photo: Courtesy of AHoriBuzz
8:10 Bedtime Stories
We delve into the RNZ storytime website to bring you a little bedtime story every Tuesday just after 8.
Storytime is RNZ's collection of free children's audio books Photo: SCREENSHOT
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 BBC's Assignment Programme investigates how bad science could be making you sick.
Photo: ROB ENGELAAR / ANP via AFP
9:07 After The Virus
After the Virus, a new podcast and video series about life after the pandemic. Tonight, Guyon Espiner is talking about health; Will there be a vaccine? Or will we have to live with the virus?
Photo: 123rf
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 Worlds of Music
After 11, on Worlds of Music, Trevor Reekie features an interview with the Latin Grammy Award winning all-female Mariachi ensemble Flor De Tolache who have overcome a number of obstacles in their career since they formed in New York City in 2008.
Mariachi is traditionally a male dominated genre so it's been no easy road for this band. However their instrumental prowess and vocal harmonies have been their passport to winning over an international audience with their progressive and traditional mariachi repertoire and well crafted original .