Nights for Thursday 29 April 2021
7:12 Materials: Fact or Fiction - Turbinium
Samuel Martín Treceño, Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Canterbury, working in the lab of MacDiarmid researcher Aaron Marshall gives us his scientific take on Total Recall's Turbinium, a fictional material that's mined from Mars and terraforms the planet at the end of the film.
Photo: Tri-Star Pictures
7:35 Deeply Human
Why do both whales and women go through it? If you think you're too young to learn about the menopause, you're wrong. Prepare to be both surprised and entertained - and maybe even rendered a kinder son or daughter. Our understanding of menopause has changed dramatically, and it's our kindly cousins, the whales that may help explain what it's for.
Photo: 2019 Getty Images
8:15 Pacific Waves
Koroi Hawkins presents a daily current affairs programme that delves deeper into the major stories of the week, through a Pacific lens, and shines a light on issues affecting Pacific people wherever they are in the world.
Photo: RNZ Pacific
8:30 Window on The World
Marlo the labrador is learning how to sniff out Covid-19 in the UK. In Tanzania, Polish hound Thor is on the track of wildlife poachers. We explore how their extraordinary noses are tackling these issues and more around the globe.
Photo: 2021 Getty Images
9:07 Our Changing World
This week, Alison Ballance is revisiting the issue of kauri dieback disease. Back in 2013, she went to west Auckland to talk with scientists and local residents about the disease and its impact on the kauri forests. She then catches up with plant expert Nick Waipara, to find out about the state of the disease and forests today.
Dying kauri trees that are infected with kauri dieback disease. Photo: RNZ / Alison Ballance
9:30 Overseas Correspondent
Our Overseas Correspondent in Japan, Motoko Kakubayashi is on the line from Tokyo.
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike shows the Tokyo 2020 Olympics playbook while speaking to reporters after a five-party meeting via teleconference with the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee, Government of Japan, International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee. Photo: AFP or licensors
10:17 Lately
Susana Leiataua is in for Karyn Hay tonight.
11:07 Music 101 pocket edition
In this week's Pocket Edition, London Grammar's Hannah Reid surprises Tony Stamp with her NZ connection, opera star Jonathan Lemalu on what's keeping him busy now he's back home and Merk speaks with Charlotte Ryan about his new album.
Jonathan Lemalu Photo: Supplied