Nights for Wednesday 13 October 2021
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NSW sees outbreak of fat and healthy venomous snakes
10:50 PM.An explosion of fat, venomous snakes. That's how Sean Cade the owner of Australian Snake Catchers in NSW is describing it. At the beginning of October he removed an "extra-large" six foot eastern… Read more Audio
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Perisan Lessons
9:08 PM.Karyn chats to director Vadim Perelman on the eve of the New Zealand release of his film PERSIAN LESSONS. Set in Occupied France, 1942 a Jewish man tries to stay alive by teaching his nazi captors… Read more Audio
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The Attraction of Our Backcountry Huts
7:12 PM.A Bunk for the Night: A Guide to New Zealand's best Backcountry Huts by Shaun Barnett, Rob Brown & Geoff Spearpoint has been revised and updated. Shaun and Geoff joins us to tell us about it. Read more Audio
7:12 The Attraction of Our Backcountry Huts
A Bunk for the Night: A Guide to New Zealand's best Backcountry Huts by Shaun Barnett, Rob Brown & Geoff Spearpoint has been revised and updated. Shaun and Geoff joins us to tall us about it.
Photo: SHAUN BARNETT/BLACK ROBIN PHOTOGRAPHY
7:30 At The Movies
On At The Movies, Simon Morris reviews Daniel Craig's last outing as James Bond - No Time To Die, and two contrasting French films - rock opera Annette, and feelgood comedy The Rose Maker.
8:10 The Hump
The Hump is our Wednesday night Quiz Night where we take a dive into the archives of Nga Taonga Sound and Vision for some audio gems and we want to see if you can identify them.
Tonight's prize is A Bunk for the Night: A Guide to New Zealand's best Backcountry Huts by Shaun Barnett, Rob Brown & Geoff Spearpoint.
Photo: Potton & Burton Publishers
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
The third and final episode of Sugar Coated World from the BBC World service. Tonight, Lainy Malkani looks into the story of sugar in Thailand, now the second biggest exporter of sugar in the world.
Photo: Jiraporn Kuhakan / Bangkok Post / Bangkok Post via AFP
9:07 Perisan Lessons
Karyn chats to director Vadim Perelman on the eve of the New Zealand release of his film PERSIAN LESSONS. Set in Occupied France, 1942 a Jewish man tries to stay alive by teaching his nazi captors Farsi - despite having no knowledge of the language.
9:30 Quiz Answer
We find out who is tonight's quiz whizz.
9:40pm Champions of The Pacific
Talei Anderson and Vinnie Wylie are here with with RNZ Pacific's weekly sports show, Champions of the Pacific. Tonight the first Samoan boxer to win a major world title tells us about the challenges and lessons he learnt going pro, and we heat from the man who put the speed in the Flying Fijians.
Photo: RNZ/Vinay Ranchhod
10:17 Late Edition
Karyn Hay presents all the breaking news, a little analysis of the stories of the moment, and some highlights of the day on RNZ National.
Photo: RNZ Andrew Robertson
10:17 Critics call for PM to 'crack the whip' on climate action
The government has declared climate change an emergency but according to critics they aren't taking enough action. Forest & Bird is New Zealand's leading independent conservation organisation and they are calling for the Prime Minister to "crack the whip" on climate action. Forest & Bird's Chief Executive Kevin Hague joins us to discuss.
Kevin Hague is the Chief Executive of Forest and Bird. Photo: RNZ / Demelza Leslie
10:30 Midweek Mediawatch with Hayden Donnell
Hayden Donnell covers whether the media forced the government's hand in giving up on the elimination strategy, Winston Peters explosive claim on Saturday's episode of The Nation and Clarke Gayford's new show.
Newshub reports Winston Peters allegations on Saturday. Photo: screenshot / Newshub at 6
10:50 NSW sees outbreak of fat and healthy venomous snakes
An explosion of fat, venomous snakes. That's how Sean Cade the owner of Australian Snake Catchers in NSW is describing it. At the beginning of October he removed an "extra-large" six foot eastern brown snake from a western Sydney home and says Its body was as thick as a beer bottle. Sean joins us to discuss the reasons behind the increase.
Sean Cade is the owner of Australian Snake Catchers in NSW. Photo: SEan Cade Instagram - @aussiesnakecatcher
11:07 Inside Out
After 11, on Inside Out, Nick Tipping takes us to the Netherlands with the Koninklijk Conservatory Band, to Israel and the Congo with Yonathan Avishai, and back to NZ with Samsom Nacey Haines.
