Nights for Tuesday 5 July 2022
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The 80th anniversary of the First Battle of El Alamein
7:12 PM.Military Historian Damien Fenton joins us once again in the Wellington studio taking a look at the 80th anniversary of the First Battle of El Alamein happening this month. Read more Audio
7:12 The 80th anniversary of the First Battle of El Alamein
Military Historian Damien Fenton joins us once again in the Wellington studio taking a look at the 80th anniversary of the First Battle of El Alamein happening this month.
DA 2568 New Zealand soldier talking to English crew of a new American General Lee tank, El Alamein, Egypt. Photo courtesy of National Army Museum, N.Z. Photo:
7:30 The Sampler
Tony Stamp explores the second, stadium-sized album from Oklahoma rocker Bartees Strange, a diaristic debut LP by RnB musician Yaya Bey, and some forest-set freeform jazz courtesy of Shabaka
Photo: Shabaka
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 internationally acclaimed poet and playwright Lemn Sissay OBE, shares the story of his life by recalling five memorable dishes.
Photo: Philosophy Football, CC BY 2.0
9:07 Sci Fi/Sci Fact
Dr Krista Steenbergen, Lecturer of Physics at Victoria University and Associate Investigator with the MacDiarmid Institute looks at 'A New Element' Invented by Tony Stark and used in Ironman.
Photo: MARVEL STUDIOS / FAIRVIEW ENTERT
10:00 Late Edition
Bryan Crump 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
11:07 Worlds of Music
Trevor Reekie hosts a weekly music programme celebrating an eclectic mix of 'world' music, fusion and folk roots. Tonight, an interview originally recorded in 2017 with Welsh band 9Bach who are signed to Peter Gabriel's Real World label.
Lisa Jens lead singer of Welsh folk group 9Bach Photo: Dewi Glyn Jones
