Wednesday 27 December 2017 Rāapa 27 Hakihea 2017

• 12:04 AM. All Night Programme

  Including: 12:06 Music after Midnight; 12:30 Insight (RNZ); 1:15 Country Life Story (RNZ); 2:05 The Forum (BBC); 3:05 HaHa, Merry Christmas by Michael Wilson (RNZ); 3:30 Diversions (RNZ); 5:10 Witness (BBC)

• 6:00 AM. Breakfast

  An early miscellany of music, stories and random thoughts with Paul Brennan. 
  6:20 Witness: History as told by the people who were there (BBC)  
  6:35 One Quick Question: Rapid answers to listeners’ queries (RNZ)
  6:45 50 Things That Made the Modern Economy: Insurance Tim Harford tells the fascinating stories of 50 inventions, ideas and innovations which have helped create the economic world.  (BBC)
  7:10 Roads Run Through Us by John Bluck Thoughts on the place of roads in the minds and lives of New Zealanders.(2 of 6, RNZ)

• 8:10 AM. Summer Times

  A holiday season of interviews, features, music and stories with Megan Whelan. (RNZ)

• 10:30 AM. The Halfmen of O by Maurice Gee, told by Lloyd Scott

  (RNZ)

• Noon The World At Noon

  A roundup of today's news and sport

• 12:12 PM. Worldwatch

• 12:28 PM. Matinée Idle

  An afternoon of alleged music and dubious entertainment with Phil O'Brien and Simon Morris. (RNZ)

• 5:00 PM. Five O'Clock Report

  A roundup of today's news and sport.

• 5:10 PM. The 9th Floor: The Negotiator - Jim Bolger (1990-1997)

  Guyon Espiner talks to Jim Bolger, who steered New Zealand through more economic upheaval, a resetting of race relations and the arrival of MMP (RNZ) The 9th Floor

• 6:06 PM. Encounters

  Memorable exchanges from the past year on RNZ National

  Animal psychologist and behaviorist Mark Vette has worked with animals on the sets of Narnia, The Last Samurai, Lord of the Rings, The Piano, Once Were Warriors, Hercules and Xena. Mostly though, Mark Vette works with rescue dogs, dogs with behavioral problems, and is passionate about helping to re-home so-called "bad dogs". He talked to Kathryn Ryan  in September 2017

  Louisa Thomsen Brits, author of 'The Book of Hygge' speaking with Megan Whelan in July 2017.

• 6:50 PM. 50 Things That Made the Modern Economy

  Tim Harford tells the fascinating stories of 50 inventions, ideas and innovations which have helped create the economic world (BBC)

• 7:06 PM. Summer Science

  Science in Action: A BBC magazine of the week's science news.

• 7:10 PM. New Horizons

  With Music commentator and critic William Dart (RNZ)

• 7:30 PM. New Horizons

  With Music commentator and critic William Dart. (RNZ)

• 7:30 PM. Cotton-Eyed Joe by Susy Pointon

   Episode 1 read by Michele Amas
  A 14 year old New Zealand girl in 1964 is twiddling with her transistor when she happens upon an arresting sound which shakes her to the core. (#1 of 4, RNZ)

• 8:30 PM. Windows on the World

  International public radio features and documentaries

• 9:06 PM. The Science Of ...

  Meth Hhouses: How safe are meth houses really? And what's it like to go inside? Katy Gosset and Alison Ballance take the plunge and ask how much meth is too much when it comes to setting a national standard? (RNZ) 

• 10:00 PM. The 10 O'clock Report

  A roundup of today's news and sport

• 10:30 PM. 50 Things That Made the Modern Economy

  Tim Harford tells the fascinating stories of 50 inventions, ideas and innovations which have helped create the economic world (BBC)

• 10:45 PM. For God's Sake Saddle Me A Donkey by Dinah Priestley

  Part 2. The Overland Route: Dinah Priestley recalls how a small group of travelling New Zealanders came to dine with the Maharaja of Bharatpur (3 of 19, RNZ)

• 11:06 PM. The Music 101 Pocket Edition

  Music, interviews, live performances, behind the scenes, industry issues, career profiles, new, back catalogue, undiscovered, greatest hits, tall tales - with a focus on New Zealand/Aotearoa (RNZ)

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