Nights for Thursday 2 July 2020
7:12 Cultural Ambassador - Maori Arts
Teina Moetera joins us once again. Tonight he's taking a look at the different artistic responses to Matariki.
Matariki Photo: Public Domain, ex NASA
7:35 New Zealand Native Fish - Cran's Bully
Male Cran's bully (Gobiomorphus basalis) in aquarium, originally from Kahuterawa Stream, Manawatu. Photo: Stella McQueen
Our self-confessed fish geek, Stella McQueen joins us once again. Tonight's she'll be unpicking the story of Cran's Bully.
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
Katy Brand toasts the wine glass and delves into its origins from a dinky little thing to the gargantuan glass it is today.
Photo: Unsplash / Kym Ellis
9:07 Our Changing World
This week, on Our Changing World, Alison Ballance meets some of the winners of the 2019 Prime Minister's Science Prizes, which were announced in an online ceremony earlier in the week. The winners include a large team studying Melting Ice and Rising Seas, a passionate maths teacher and a young engineer who has designed a wheelie bin robot.
Michelle Dalrymple, from Cashmere High School in Christchurch, is the first maths teacher to win the Prime Minister's Science teacher prize. Photo: Supplied
9:30 Overseas Correspondent
Lien Hoang joins us once again from Ho Chi Minh City to bring us up to date with the latest news and views from Vietnam.
A motorcycle taxi rider waits for customers in front of a tourist office, closed due to the current COVID-19 novel coronavirus situation, in Hanoi. Photo: Nhac NGUYEN / 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
In this week's Pocket Edition, Texan trio Khruangbin speaks with Music 101 host Charlotte Ryan on the origins their new album name. She also speaks with 17 year old producer Jawsh 685 the producer behind the international viral hit Laxxed (SirenBeat).
Khruangbin Photo: supplied