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Nights for Tuesday 7 September 2021

 

7:12 Statistics, Damn Statistics and their Misuse.

Dillon Mayhew, Associate Professor from the School of Mathematics and Statistics at Te Heranga Waka/Victoria University of Wellington joins us once again. He tackles one of his favourite topics: the misuse of statistics. 

Stock prices as graph and table with magnifying glass and monitor in panorama format | usage worldwide (Photo by Klaus Ohlenschläger / Picture Alliance / dpa Picture-Alliance via AFP)

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7:30 The Sampler

Tony Stamp is impressed by Halsey's mix of pop and industrial, luxuriates in new soundscapes courtesy of Fat Freddy's Drop, and swings his hips to two-thirds-Kiwi, Berlin-based band No Romance.

Fat Freddy's Drop

Fat Freddy's Drop Photo: supplied

8:15 Pacific Waves

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Johnn Blades 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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Photo: RNZ

8:30 Window on The World

Tonight's Climate Question - Should rich countries help pay for climate change impacts in poorer ones?

A woman looks down a newly formed crack in the walk way which leads to the Mosque in the fishing village of Bargny

A woman looks down a newly formed crack in the walk way which leads to the Mosque in the fishing village of Bargny on September 18, 2020. Through the months of July to September, peaking at the equinox, coastal towns like Bargny must brace for the worst, tides are at their highest, rising every year, storms are more frequent, battering the coastline which speeds up the erosion. Photo: AFP or licensors

9:07 Recording Bird Song During Lockdown

Andrew Dalziel got on his bike last week to record the sounds of native birds at Polhill Reserve in Aro Valley.

Bike by the Water tank on the edge of The Zealandia fence.

Photo: Andrew Dalziel

10:17 Late Edition

Bryan presents all the breaking news, a little analysis of the stories of the moment, and some highlights of the day on RNZ National.

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Photo: RNZ Andrew Robertson

 

10:20 Canterbury readies for Delta Level 2
 

All around the country south and north of Auckland, Delta Level 2 kicks at one minute to midnight tonight.  Who will be up first? The street cleaners, the bakers, the movers and shakers? The Canterbury Employer's Chamber of Commerce has been helping the business people from that region figure out what they can and can't do tomorrow.
Its chief executive, Leeann Watson, chats to Bryan Crump about what it means for Canterbury.

Parked electric scooters in deserted path, are seen in Christchurch, New Zealand, on August 27, 2021. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has confirmed Auckland will remain in alert Level 4 lockdown until 31st August 2021 as the country battles with the latest COVID-19 outbreak.

Photo: AFP


10:30 Libraries reopen under covid restrictions
 

And we were wondering what happens as all usual facilities reopen under Delta Level 2. So we head a bit further north to Wellington, and talk to Lorinda Thomas from Wellington City Council libraries.

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Photo: Unsplash / Jessica Ruscello


10:55 Back to full pie production in Oamaru


Blair Gourdie is the Baker at Harbour Street Pies in Oamaru "(they're famous cos they're good)" He has just woken up and is about to don his bakers whites and fire up the ovens at midnight for the first time at full production.

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Photo: Harbour Street Pies

 

11:07 Worlds of Music

After 11, on Worlds of Music, Trevor Reekie features an interview with American born record producer Joe Boyd who has had an illustrious career in music that saw him signing and producing a plethora of artists including English singer and songwriter, Nick Drake who passed away aged 26 in  1974. 

Producer Joe Boyd and Nick Drake's Five Leaves Left album artwork

Producer Joe Boyd and Nick Drake's Five Leaves Left album artwork Photo: John Peel Archives