Nights for Thursday 20 May 2021
7:12 Ciguatera Poisoning
Nights toxicologist, Leo Schep from Toxiform joins us once again. Tonight hes looking at Ciguatera Poisoning.
The Grouper and Coral Trout (Kawakawa and Donu). Photo: Supplied/Fiji govt
7:35 Deeply Human
Tonight Dessa investigates Déjà vu.
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
It has taken him 40 years, but Omar Tello has turned a patch of exhausted farmland in Ecuador back into rainforest. One of his biggest challenges was repairing the soil. His land was so degraded he had to make enough new soil - from unwanted wood shavings and chicken manure - to cover the entire plot. That alone took about 15 years.
Photo: BOURSEILLER Philippe / Hemis.fr
He also travelled deep into the Amazon for days at a time, looking for seeds and plants he could rescue. Now his forest is flourishing and the wildlife has returned - it is home to snakes, toucans, monkeys and many other animals. And he is sharing what he has learned to encourage others to protect the rainforests instead of cutting them down.
9:07 Our Changing World
Conservation writer Dave Hansford presents the second episode of Fight for the Wild, a four-part film and podcast series exploring the notion of Predator Free 2050 in Aotearoa. In episode 2, Dave investigates what it will take to get rid of rats, stoats and possums across the whole of New Zealand in the next thirty years.
Fight for the Wild - Episode 2: Defiance Photo: Fisheye Films
9:30 Overseas Correspondent - Scotland
Political reporter for Holyrood Magazine, Andrew Learmonth joins us once again from Glasgow.
Protestors block an UK home office immigration enforcement van after an attempted raid was carried out in the morning in Kenmure Street in Pollokshields, Glasgow, Scotland. Photo: Ewan Bootman / NurPhoto / NurPhoto via 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
After 11, in this week's Pocket Edition, we meet Wellington indie pop band King Fish, Charlotte Ryan speaks with The Black Keys' Patrick Carney and Martin Phillipps of The Chills is in for Musical Chairs.
King Fish Band Photo: supplied