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Nights for Wednesday 9 March 2022

  • Chamber music soars online

    9:08 PM.The Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts has pivoted into the digital realm at speed. This includes the world of chamber music! Artistic Directors of the Adam Chamber Music Festival and members… Read more Audio

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  • The Bell that Never Rang

    7:14 PM.The story of the HMS New Zealand in WWI has captured imaginations in Aotearoa for over 100 years. Lewis Griffiths has written a new novel titled The Bell That Never Rang which imagines the life on… Read more Audio

7:12 The Bell than Never Rang 

The story of the HMS New Zealand in WWI has captured imaginations in Aotearoa for over 100 years. Lewis Griffiths has written a new novel titled The Bell That Never Rang which imagines the life on board a truly huge ship. 

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Photo: Lewis Griffiths

7:30  At The Movies

On At The Movies, Simon Morris reviews one of the biggest films of the year, The Batman... an environmental documentary narrated by the element Carbon... and Skies of Lebanon, a nostalgic romance that remembers Beirut in happier times.

Robert Pattinson in the 2022 film The Batman

Robert Pattinson in the 2022 film The Batman Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures

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 The Bell that Never Rang by our 7PM guest tonight Lewis Griffiths. 

Indefatigable class battle cruiser HMS New Zealand berthed at Outer Harbour, South Australia.

Indefatigable class battle cruiser HMS New Zealand berthed at Outer Harbour, South Australia. Photo: Wikicommons

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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Photo: RNZ Pacific

8:30 Window on The World 

If you took a fly into a really tall elevator and let it out at the top, would it still be able to fly? And what's the absolute highest an insect could possibly go? It's a question that's been bugging CrowdScience listener Chee for a while, but presenter Alex Lathbridge is on the case.

Two houseflies looking for feed on white background.

Photo: 123RF

9:07 Chamber music soars online 

The Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts has pivoted into the digital realm at speed. This includes the world of chamber music! Artistic Directors of the Adam Chamber Music Festival and members of the New Zealand String Quartet Helene Pohl and Gillian Ansell have carefully crafted a series of out-of-the ordinary chamber experiences specially for the Festival. The events have begun already and are running over the coming weeks. 

Includes Gillian Ansell, far left, and Helene Pohl on the right.

Photo: Supplied

9:30 Quiz Answer

We find out who is tonight's quiz whizz.

9:40 Champions of The Pacific

Moera Tuilaepa-Taylor brings us RNZ Pacific's sports programme.

Champions of the Pacific Logo

Photo: RNZ/Vinay Ranchhod

10:17 Lately

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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

In Inside Out tonight Nick Tipping checks out classic and contemporary jazz from Brazil, including Hermeto Pascoal, Abelita Mateus, and Eliane Elias. 

Eliane Elias

Eliane Elias Photo: Eliane Elias