Nights for Thursday 27 August 2020
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Overseas Correspondent
9:41 PM.We're joined by our Ugandan Overseas Correspondent, Tabu Butagira. Read more Audio
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Aro, release new EP He Manu Ano
8:12 PM.The tales and melodies of Aotearoa's native birds have been translated into unique storytelling waiata by musical duo Aro, in their new EP He Manu Ano. Read more Audio
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Science - Astronomy
7:36 PM.Former University of Canterbury Mt John Observatory superintendent Alan Gilmore joins us once again. Tonight he has news of some important observations from Mt John, damage to the Arecibo radio… Read more Audio
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Cultural Ambassador - Planet Adolescent
7:14 PM.Just before lockdown, Charlie Cuff bought a car racing simulator off a family friend so when lockdown happened he spent quite a lot of time driving Formula 1 cars round virtual circuits. This… Read more Audio
7:12 Cultural Ambassador - Planet Adolescent
Just before lockdown, Charlie Cuff bought a car racing simulator off a family friend so when lockdown happened he spent quite a lot of time driving Formula 1 cars round virtual circuits. This coincided with Sim racing becoming hugely popular worldwide.
Photo: Tim Cuff www.timcuff.com
7:35 Science - Astronomy
Former University of Canterbury Mt John Observatory superintendent Alan Gilmore joins us once again. Tonight he has news of some important observations from Mt John, damage to the Arecibo radio telescope and a Saturn-mass exoplanet discovered by radio astronomers.
View of the Arecibo radio telescope primary dish and the spherical reflector Photo: Mariordo (Mario Roberto Durán Ortiz) / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
8:10 Aro, release new EP He Manu Anō
The tales and melodies of Aotearoa’s native birds have been translated into unique storytelling waiata by musical duo Aro, in their new EP He Manu Anō.
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
President Trump has dramatically reduced the numbers of refugees arriving in the United States, vowing to protect native-born Americans' interests.
But there's a catch: some of the nation's 'reddest' communities may not survive without them.
9:07 Our Changing World
On Our Changing World, Alison Ballance meets a time-travelling climate scientist who uses dead corals and ancient kauri trees to study past climates.
NIWA climate scientist Andrew Lorrey studies a core taken from an ancient Porites coral thrown up on the shore of Aitutaki in the Cook Islands. Photo: RNZ / Alison Ballance
9:30 Overseas Correspondent
We're joined by our Ugandan Overseas Correspondent, Tabu Butagira.
A worker of an intercity bus company disinfects the bus as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Kampala, Uganda. Photo: Photo by Badru KATUMBA / 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, Charlotte Ryan speaks with rapper Vayne about making a better life through music, Porirua College music teacher Mat Hoyes talks about his Lilburn Research Prize winning project and we pay tribute to the late Justin Townes Earle.
Mat Hoyes Photo: Supplied
