Nights for Wednesday 3 November 2021
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Pasifika voices heard on the mainstage at COP26
9:15 PM.Real people from across the Pacific reflect on climate change in Our Ancestors Speak - a nine-minute video currently screening at the UN Climate Conference. Read more Video, Audio
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The Trouble with Fairy Tales
7:15 PM.Ahead of Wellington's Verb Festival, we talk to children and young adult author, playwright and spoken word poet, Helen Vivienne Fletcher about The Problem with Fairytales. Read more Audio
7:12 The Trouble with Fairy Tales
Ahead of Wellington's Verb Festival, we talk to children and young adult author, playwright and spoken word poet, Helen Vivienne Fletcher about The Problem with Fairytales.
Photo: Verb Wellington
7:30 At The Movies
On At The Movies, Simon Morris reviews an Amazon Prime feature film, based on one of the oldest stories in the English language, The Green Knight. He also looks at the rather more modern Ron's Gone Wrong and horror film Antlers.
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 Gay Buckingham's The Kakapo Keeper, based on the story of conservationist Richard Henry.
Photo: Onetree House 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 BBC Crowd Science team answers more questions from listeners. Tonight - Should I have kids?
Photo: LEA PATERSON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY
9:07 Mana Moana - Pacific Voices
Pasifika poet Dr. Karlo Mila, talks about Mana Moana - Pacific Voices, a collection of artistic short films (created in collaboration with Pacific poets) on behalf of Pacific nations for use at COP26.
Dr Karlo Mila Photo: RNZ / Stephen Langdon
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 RNZ Pacific's weekly sports show, Champions of the Pacific. One of the greatest Samoan kickboxers explains how he turned his love and passion for the sport into a lifestyle, and the Cook Islands Olympians who got caught up in New Zealand's Covid-19 lockdown finally return home.
Photo: RNZ/Vinay Ranchhod
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 Inside Out
Nick Tipping hosts a two-hour journey through the jazz spectrum playing favourites, standards and new releases along the way. Tonight Nick features tenor sax legend Coleman Hawkins, plus music by Bruce Brown, and pianists Geri Allen and Paul Bley.
Coleman Hawkins Photo: Public Domain
