Nights for Thursday 8 October 2020
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Overseas Correspondent
9:35 PM.William Yang joins us once again from Taipei with the latest news from Vietnam. Audio
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The Darker Parts of The Internet
7:30 PM.We're joined by journalist David Farrier who chat's about the challenges faced by journalism in 2020 and the deep, dark corners of the internet he visits as part of his work. Read more Audio
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Composing Music for Dance
7:12 PM.Our Cultural Ambassador from the world of contemporary dance, director and choreographer Malia Johnston joins us once again. Tonight she's looking at composing for dance and is joined by two New… Read more Video, Audio
7:12 Composing Music for Dance
Our Cultural Ambassador from the world of contemporary dance, director and choreographer Malia Johnston joins us once again. Tonight she's looking at composing for dance and is joined by two New Zealand composers, David Long and Anita Clarke.
Rapt GASMASKS from David Long on Vimeo.
7:35 The Darker Parts of The Internet.
We're joined by journalist David Farrier who chat's about the challenges faced by journalism in 2020 and the deep, dark corners of the internet he visits as part of his work
A person wearing a QAnon sweatshirt during a pro-Trump rally in New York City. The event, which was organized weeks ago, encouraged people to vote Republican and to pray for the health of President Trump who fell ill with Covid-19. Photo: 2020 Stephanie Keith/Getty Images/AFP
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 Discovery programme reports on the impact of the mega drought on Chile and what is being done about it.
View of a dried area of the Penuelas Lake, in Valparaiso, Chile. Flows of rivers and reservoirs have reached historic minimums in Chile. A severe drought is hitting the country's central area, making local communities more vulnerable to face the coronavirus pandemic. Photo: Martin BERNETTI / AFP
9:07 Our Changing World
This week, on Our Changing World, Alison Ballance revisits a story she made two years ago on "A citizens' jury on euthanasia," as it's relevant to the 'End of Life Choice' referendum.
9:30 Overseas Correspondent
William Yang joins us once again from Taipei with the latest news from Vietnam.
A Taiwanese F-16 fighter jet flying next to a Chinese H-6 bomber (top) in Taiwan's airspace. - Taiwan said it scrambled fighter jets on February 10 after Chinese military aircraft briefly crossed into its airspace. Photo: AFP or licensors
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 Music 101 pocket edition
In this week's Pocket Edition, Flaming Lips' frontman Wayne Coyne speaks with Charlotte Ryan, Tony Stamp speaks with Joe Talbot from UK punk outfit IDLES, and Nadia Reid and Tiny Ruins play a live session In Nights with…after the 11 o'clock news.
Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips Photo: supplied