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Nights for Monday 24 May 2021

  • Nights Sport

    9:12 PM.Peter Lamp joins us once again. Tonight he's taking a look at the clampdown on concussions in rugby and league. Audio

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  • Celebrating Film in the Wairarapa

    7:13 PM.A new film festival celebrating local film and filmakers in the Wairarapa kicks off this week. We talk to festival director Jane Ross. Read more Audio

 

7:12 Celebrating Film in the Wairarapa

A new film festival celebrating local film and filmakers in the Wairarapa kicks off this week. We talk to festival director Jane Ross.

Wairarapa Film Festival

Wairarapa Film Festival Photo: Wairarapa Film Festival

7:35 Bob Dylan: Born Again

In a special programme from the BBC World Service marking Bob Dylan's 80th Birthday, "Bob Dylan: Born Again" takes a look at how Bob Dylan's overlooked Christian gospel period shocked and inspired the world.

Bob Dylan Barcelona 1984

Photo: Stoned59, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

8:15 Pacific Waves

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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.

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8:30 Window on The World 

Another episode of Science in Action from the BBC World Service.  Tonight, we hear about a mechanical arm that allows paralysed patients to feel sensations, Ralph Baric of the University of North Carolina tells us about a new multi-component vaccine that would be effective all coronavirus variants and any SARS-like coronaviruses that we don't even know about yet and we meet Paul Knöbl, and a team of medics in Vienna have worked out the link between vaccination and clot development.

Group of viruses, computer illustration. (Photo by KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRA / KKO / Science Photo Library via AFP) coronavirus generic

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9:10 Nights Sport

Peter Lamp joins us once again.  Tonight he's taking a look at the clampdown on concussions in rugby and league.

University of Otago researchers are studying rugby players who have experienced multiple bouts of concussion.

University of Otago researchers are studying rugby players who have experienced multiple bouts of concussion. Photo: 123RF

9:30 Untold Pacific

We start a new podcast series -  Untold Pacific is a dynamic and often provocative account of New Zealand's relationship with the Pacific and the broad impact it's had on NZ's own history and relationship with Pacific peoples in Aotearoa today.  

Tigilau Ness discusses his involvement during the Dawn Raids protests in NZ

Tigilau Ness discusses his involvement during the Dawn Raids protests in NZ Photo: Tikilounge Productions

In the first Episode, Of the many events affecting Pasifika people in Aotearoa, the Dawn Raids story is overdue to be told. Long whispered about in secret family conversations, people have heard the words 'Dawn Raids' but not what really happened. Koro Vakauta get the full story.

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

On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark wishes Bob Dylan a happy 80th birthday with a selection of his favourite Dylan penned tunes courtesy of the likes of the Heptones, Emma Swift, Courtney Marie Andrews and Low.

Emma Swift

Emma Swift Photo: supplied