Nights for Thursday 10 June 2021
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Overseas Correspondent - Uganda
9:51 PM.Tabu Butagira joins us once again from Kampala Uganda. Read more Audio
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All Aboard with The APO
8:11 PM.We chat to Frances Moore from the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra ahead of a special concert with weekend that has a strong trainspotter connection - so, of course, Bryan wanted to find out more. Read more Audio
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The End of an Era at Scotty & Mal's
7:33 PM.Bryan pops into Wellington institution S&M's as Scotty and Mal get ready to shake their final cocktails and hand over the reins of the bar. Read more Audio
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Materials: Fact or fiction - Ironman's Suit
7:13 PM.Tony Stark first put on the Iron Man suit in 1968. Not only does it allow him to withstand bullets and give him superhuman strength, but the suit also mends itself. Associate Professor in… Read more Audio
7:12 Materials: Fact of Fiction - Ironman's Suit
MacDiarmid Institute Principal Investigator and Associate Professor in Chemistry at Massey University, Catherine Whitby talk about Ironman's Suit.
Photo: TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA / AFP
7:35 The End of an Era at Scotty & Mal's.
We head to Wellington institution S&M's as Scotty and Mal get ready to shake their final cocktails and hand over the reins of the bar.
Photo: S&Ms
8:10 All Aboard with The APO
We chat to Frances Moore from the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra ahead of a special concert with weekend that has a strong trainspotter connection - so, of course, Bryan wanted to find out more.
Photo: Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra
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
In This week's episode of People Fixing The World from the BBC, we hear from Colombia, where a helpline with a difference recently opened. Its aim is to stop domestic violence, but instead of targeting victims, it targets the perpetrators. The idea is to get men in particular, who are struggling with jealousy, anger and other strong emotions, to phone in and get help.
Photo: RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King
9:07 Our Changing World
This week, Claire Concannon takes up the role of producer and presenter of Our Changing World. Katy Gosset heads to the University of Canterbury STEM careers fair to find out what the future might be for science students while Claire learns about the weird world of parasite life cycles.
A microscope image of some cysts inside an insect host. Photo: Jeff Doherty
9:30 Overseas Correspondent - Uganda
Tabu Butagira joins us once again from Kampala Uganda.
Police officers secure and investigate the crime scene with the car of General Katumba Wamala. Uganda's transport minister, who used to lead the armed forces, was shot Tuesday in an attack which left his daughter and bodyguard dead. Photo: AFP or licensors
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
In this week's Pocket Edition, Tony Stamp speaks with the team behind a new music documentary Under the Volcano that features George Martin's Montserrat recording studio, Trevor Reekie speaks with The Datsuns guitarist Phil Somervell, Delaney Davidson is in for Musical Chairs and we pay tribute to the late Richard Nunns and his legacy in reviving taonga puoro.
Richard Nunns, 2009. Photo: Gareth Watkins Ref PADL-000550 Alexander Turnbull Library.