Nights for Wednesday 13 April 2022

 

7:12 The Art of Getting Older

Multiple award-winninng author, Juliet Batten joins us to chat about her new book, The Pomegranate Journal. for anyone, irrespective of  age, who is curious about growing old and what may lie ahead. Juliet shares the gifts and surprises of growing older, as well as the challenges.

7:30  At The Movies

On At The Movies, Simon Morris looks at three movies aimed at, mostly, mainstream audiences.   The Secrets of Dumbledore continues the Harry Potter prequels, X is a horror-comedy getting great notices overseas, and The Lost City sees Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum in an old-fashioned adventure romp.

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 Nature Boy: The Photography of Olaf Petersen.

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.

8:30 Window on The World

The odds of becoming a fossil are vanishingly small. And yet there seem to be an awful lot of them out there. In some parts of the world you can barely look at a rock without finding a fossil, and museum archives worldwide are stuffed with everything from ammonites to Archaeopteryx. But how many does that leave to be discovered by future fossil hunters? What's the total number of fossils left to find?

9:07 Canterbury Museum Hosts Blockbuster Dinosaur Exhibition

Canterbury Museum Senior Curator Natural History Dr Paul Scofield joins us to chat about a new exhibition Dinosaur rEvolution: Secrets of Survival showcases recent discoveries that have revolutionised the way we picture dinosaurs.

9:30 Quiz Answer

We find out who is tonight's quiz whizz.

9:40 Black Music in Europe

Clarke Peters is back with another season of his fantastic exploration of Black Music in Europe - taking a look at the last four decades. From the collapse of the Eastern Bloc to the rise of multiculturalism, this was a time that saw old walls come tumbling down, while new forms of technology and new styles of music were all emerging at a rapid pace. 

10:17 Lately

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

This week Nick Tipping features Aretha Franklin, along with NZ bands Mukhlisa and The Jac.