7:12 Surviving The HIV/AIDS Pandemic.

We're joined by theatre maker Shane Bosher and actors Simon Prast and Simon Leary ahead of the opening of their a new play. Everything After, which tells the story of the generation of New Zealanders that survived the HIV/AIDS pandemic and everything that happened after.  

Actors Simon Prast and Arlo Green in Everything After

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7:35 Composition in Context - Stravinsky's Rite of Spring

Pianist Rachel Church puts another piece of classical music into context.  Tonight she's chosen Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring".

Igor Stravinsky, 1882-1971, Russian composer, pianist and conductor, at the piano, sketch by Alexandre Benois, 1911. Collection BNF. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen (Photo by Manuel Cohen / Manuel Cohen / Manuel Cohen via AFP)

Photo: © Manuel Cohen

8:15 Pacific Waves

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Sela Jane Hopgood 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.

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.

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

We join the BBC's Science in Action team once again. tonight they're looking at the Earth's Energy Imbalance and also talking to scientists at the LIGO Gravitational Wave Observatory.

Artist's impression of two neutron stars - the compact remnants of what were once massive stars - spiralling towards each other just before merging. The collision of these dense, compact objects produced gravitational waves - fluctuations in the fabric of spacetime.

Photo: ©Don Dixon/Novapix/Leemage

9:10 Nights Sport

American sportswriter for the Los Angeles Times, Helene Elliott joins us once again with the lastest sports news from her corner of the world. 

PHOENIX, ARIZONA - JUNE 20: Fans cheer after the Phoenix Suns scored against the LA Clippers during the second half of game one of the Western Conference Finals at Phoenix Suns Arena on June 20, 2021 in Phoenix, Arizona.

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9:30 Untold Pacific

Our second to last episode of Untold Pacific with Koro Vakauta.  Tonight we learn about a cursed piece of land, a murder...and a failed attempt to build a luxury hotel in the Cook Islands.

The Sheraton Hotel in its current overgrown and derelict state

The Sheraton Hotel in its current overgrown and derelict state Photo: Faanati Mamea

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

After 11, on this week's Nashville Babylon Mark Rogers has birthday tunes for Paul McCartney, Eddie Hinton and Nick Drake, blues courtesy of King Curtis plus tracks from Little Richard and Stevie Wonder.

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