7:12 Auckland Botanic Gardens Celebrates 40 Years

Auckland Botanic Gardens - African Garden

Auckland Botanic Gardens - African Garden Photo: www.aucklandbotanicgardens.co.nz

7:00 As Auckland Botanic Gardens celebrates it's 40th anniversary, we chat to Jack Hobbs gardens' manager who was there at their opening.

Jack Hobbs with David Bellamy who was in attendance of the opening of the Botanic Gardens. Jack is second in from the left.

Jack Hobbs with David Bellamy who was in attendance of the opening of the Botanic Gardens. Jack is second in from the left. Photo: www.aucklandbotanicgardens.co.nz

Jack with Prince Charles on a visit to the Botanic in 2005 when Prince Charles opened a childrens’ garden at the Botanic Gardens.

Jack with Prince Charles on a visit to the Botanic in 2005 when Prince Charles opened a childrens’ garden at the Botanic Gardens. Photo: www.aucklandbotanicgardens.co.nz

7:35 Raymond Sagapolutele

Raymond Sagapolutely joins us once again with an update from South Auckland.

Raymond Sagapolutele

Photo: Raymond Sagapolutele

8:05 Little Moment Of Calm

Another aural treasure to calm our minds.

8:15 Pacific Waves

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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.

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8:30 Window on The World

Roland Pease is back with another Science in Action. Tonight he looks at how messenger RNA-based vaccines have been used to encourage the growth of new bones to heal severe fractures, how using DNA techniques are being used to combat Ivory smuggling and attempts to detect and weigh neutrinos.

The Baikal Gigaton Volume Detector (Baikal-GVD) deep underwater neutrino telescope, an international project in the field of astroparticle physics and neutrino astronomy, is seen during the launch ceremony on Lake Baikal, in Irkutsk Region, Russia.

Photo: Kirill Shipitsin / Sputnik / Sputnik via AFP

9:10 Nights Sport

LA Times Sportsjournalist, Helene Elliot chats to us from Beijing on her final day at the Winter Olympics.

The IOC and FIFA have pledged to reduce carbon emissions.

The IOC and FIFA have pledged to reduce carbon emissions. Photo: Photosport

9:30 Deeply Human

It's a new series of Deeply Human from the BBC World service....today...Do French babies cry in French? Our accents may start to take shape well before we learn our first words. Dessa investigates why we speak the way we do - how our accents and dialects serve us; hamper us; and might even, in rare cases, lead to life-or-death consequences.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 20: (EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE) Dessa visits SiriusXM Studios on November 20, 2019 in New York City.   Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Dia Dipasupil / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

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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 Nashville Babylon Mark Rogers has a birthday tune for Kurt Cobain, classics courtesy of the Byrds and Judee Sill plus tracks from the Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet and Jackie Mittoo plus something new from DC Cross.

Kurt Cobain performing with Nirvana for  MTV Unplugged, 1993.

Kurt Cobain performing with Nirvana for MTV Unplugged, 1993. Photo: Screengrab / MTV