Nights for Monday 19 April 2021
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Cultural Ambassador - Dance
7:35 PM.Our Cultural Ambassador from the world of contemporary dance, director and choreographer Malia Johnston joins us once again. Tonight we catch her during the "pack-in" at the Repertory House in… Read more Video, Audio
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Marine Science and Robots
7:12 PM.Dr Leigh Tait joins us to talk about NIWA's recent Antarctic research voyage. A marine biologist, Leigh has a particular interest in the latest underwater cameras, drones, robots etc. that are being… Read more Video, Audio
7:12 Marine Science and Robots
Crew on the 2021 Antarctic voyage take a team photo off Daniell Peninsula. Photo: NIWA - Stuart Mackay
Dr Leigh Tait joins us to talk about NIWA's recent Antarctic research voyage. A marine biologist, Leigh has a particular interest in the latest underwater cameras, drones, robots etc. that are being used more and more to further work in his field.
After a week of struggling to get close enough through the ice a clear calm day at Wood Bay in the Ross Sea let Leigh Tait operate the Boxfish ROV. Photo: NIWA - Stuart Mackay
7:35 Cultural Ambassador - Dance
Our Cultural Ambassador from the world of contemporary dance, director and choreographer Malia Johnston joins us once again. Tonight we catch her during the "pack-in" at the Repertory House in Invercargil for a performance of Meremere. Appropriately, the topic she has chosen tonight is the role of staging, lights and audio visual technology in choreography.
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
Another Episode of Science in Action from the BBC World Service. Tonight, What are the technicalities of scaling up vaccine manufacture and delivery any further?
Vials being filled with the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine on a production line at the Delpharm plant in Saint-Remy-sur-Avre, northern France. Photo: Photo by - / Delpharm / AFP
9:10 Nights Sport
Tonight's sportscaster Shannon Byrne is on the line from Darwin.
9:30 'Kei Roto I te Miru - Inside the Bubble'
Episode three of 'Kei Roto I te Miru - Inside the Bubble' remembers how we went to school during lockdown.
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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 Nashville Babylon
This week's Nashville Babylon features classics courtesy of Nick Drake and Carole King, a track to mark the 50th anniversary of the Rolling Stones' album Sticky Fingers, rare soul from Baby Huey plus blues from CW Stoneking and Taj Mahal.
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