Nights for Thursday 30 July 2020
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Overseas Correspondent
9:47 PM.William Yang joins us once again from Taipei with the latest news from Taiwan. Audio
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The Toxicology of Cannabis
7:31 PM.Nights' Toxicologist Leo Schep from Toxiform joins us once again. Tonight he's taking a look at Cannibis. Read more Audio
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Hungary and Press Freedom
7:13 PM.On the Reporters without Borders World Press Freedom Index, Hungary is ranked 89th out of 180. Following the resignation of more than 70 journalists and staff at Hungary's top news site Index we're… Read more Audio
7:12 Hungary and Press Freedom
On the Reporters without Borders World Press Freedom Index, Hungary is ranked 89th out of 180. Following the resignation of more than 70 journalists and staff at Hungary's top news site Index we're joined by their Depute Editor in Chief, Veronika Munk to find out what's going on.
Activists and sympathizers of the centrist Hungarian political party 'Momentum Movement' hold a banner which reads "Free country, free press" as they march on the street beside the editorial building of 'Index' Photo: Photo by ATTILA KISBENEDEK / AFP
7:35 The Toxicology of Cannabis
Nights' Toxicologist Leo Schep from Toxiform joins us once again. Tonight he's taking a look at Cannibis.
Photo: Unsplash / Shane Rounce
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 The Unthinkable
In this episode, Kate and Sam discuss being pregnant the second time around.
Photo: RNZ/Jayne Joyce
9:07 Our Changing World
This week, on Our Changing World, Alison Ballance talks southern right whales with University of Auckland researcher Emma Carroll, who has just set off to the subantarctic Auckland Islands on a research trip. And Andrew Lorrey, from NIWA, shows her some old weather records that citizen scientists have helped digitise and which are proving useful in the development of AI that can read old handwriting.
A southern right whale tail slapping in Port Ross, Auckland islands. Photo: University of Auckland southern right whale research team 2009
9:30 Overseas Correspondent
William Yang joins us once again from Taipei with the latest news from Taiwan.
Photo: Ceng Shou Yi/NurPhoto
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, Music 101 host Charlotte Ryan speaks with producer and flicks.co.nz film reviewer Tony Stamp about the musical offerings from this year's NZIFF programme and Ladi6 takes us through her favourite local hip hop tracks to mark the launch of RNZ Music's new doco series (NZ Hip Hop Stand Up)
Ladi6 Photo: Supplied
