Schedules for 31 Mar - 06 Apr, 2012

Including: 12:04 Music after Midnight (RNZ); 12:30 Laugh Track (RNZ); 1:05 From the World (BBC); 2:30 Blue Smoke (RNZ); 3:05 The Heart's Wild Surf, by Stephanie Johnson (RNZ); 3:30 The Week (RNZ); 5:10 Asian Report (RNZ)

Night Watchman, by Norman Bilbrough, told by Tim Spite; The Storyteller, by Jean Bennett, told by Lee Hatherley; The Tuatara and the Skink, by Yvonne Morrison, told by Paul McLaughlin; The Great Outdoors, by David Hill, told by Michael Wilson; The Sunburnt Samoan, written and told by Victor Rodger; Everything Happens For The Best, by David Somerset, told by Fiona Samuel (RNZ)

Memorable scenes, people and places in rural New Zealand (RNZ)

A Saturday morning mixture of current affairs and feature interviews, until midday

Exploring the things we use and consume

The best songs, music-related stories, interviews, live music, industry news and music documentaries from New Zealand and the world, including:

4:10 Around The World in 80 Tunes: Israel

International adventurers and DJs Nick Dwyer and Barnie Duncan shake up the preconceptions of "World Music" by investigating existing sub genres and young producers the globe over (Pt 2 of 6, RNZ)

Analysis of significant political issues presented by Radio New Zealand's parliamentary reporting team (RNZ)

Pacific news, features, interviews and music (RNZ)

In-depth interviews selected from Radio New Zealand National's feature programmes during the week (RNZ)

Music, reminiscences and entertainment, including your requests

Wayne Mowat presents a selection of tunes too good to be forgotten (RNZ)

Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 History Repeated (RNZ); 1:05 Our Changing World (RNZ); 2:06 Spiritual Outlook (BBC); 2:35 Hymns (RNZ); (EXTRA HOUR FOR DAYLIGHT SAVING) 2:05 Pink Floyd - Behind The Wall (EMI); 3:05 The Heart's Wild Surf, by Stephanie Johnson (RNZ); 3:30 NZ Books (RNZ); 4:30 Science in Action (BBC); 5:45 Auckland Stories (RNZ)

Cindy Limpics, by Michael Wilson, told by Larissa Matheson; Young Horace and Oscar's Tricks, by Matt Elliot, told by Ian Watkin; The Sugar Mouse, by Pat Wilson, told by Megan Edwards; Patancha and the Strawberry Girl, by David Somerset, told by Fiona Samuel; Binnie La Boo Boo, written and told by Victor Rodger; The Telescope, by Betty Kneller, told by Grant Tilly; Fire, by Apirana Taylor, told by Turei Reedy (RNZ)

The stories behind the international headlines (RNZ)

Discussion, features and music, including:

8:12 Insight; 8:40 Feature Interview; 9:06 Mediawatch; 9:45 Sunday Outlook; 10:06 Ideas; 10:45 Hidden Treasures; 11:05 Sunday People; 11:45 Dougal Stevenson's Notes from the South (fortnightly); 11:50 Feedback

From Mongolia to Azerbaijan - surplus drugs, redundant medical equipment, dental supplies, you name it, if it's in-date and of use, Medical Aid Abroad New Zealand will take it and ship it to wherever it's needed (RNZ)

Information and analysis from the world of books, arts and movies, including:

1:06 At the Movies with Simon Morris; 2:04 Comedy; 2:25 Books

3:05 The Sunday Drama: Wrecks, by Damien Wilkins

After their boat is wrecked in a storm, an Italian Immigrant Family's superstitions come to the fore (RNZ)

A selection of special interest programmes, including:

4:07 The Sunday Feature: A documentary from New Zealand or overseas

5:10 Spiritual Outlook: Exploring different spiritual, moral and ethical issues and topics (RNZ)

5:36 Blue Smoke: Chris Bourke recovers the lost dawn of New Zealand popular music in the 20th century (RNZ)

6:06 Te Ahi Kaa: Issues and events from a tangata whenua perspective (RNZ)

7:06 World Book Club: Harriet Gilbert talks to authors about their books (BBC)

New Zealand stories from the past

Critical examination and analysis of recent performance and trends in New Zealand's news media (RNZ)

Wayne Mowat presents a selection of tunes too good to be forgotten (RNZ)

Including: 12:06 Music after Midnight; 12:30 At The Movies (RNZ); 1:05 Te Ahi Kaa (RNZ); 2:30 Musical Chairs (RNZ); 3:05 The Heart's Wild Surf, by Stephanie Johnson (RNZ); 3:30 Health Check (BBC)

Radio New Zealand's three-hour breakfast news show with news and interviews, bulletins on the hour and half-hour, including:

6:18 Pacific News

6:22 Rural News

6:27 & 8:45 Manu Korihi News

6:44 & 7:41 NZ Newspapers

6:47 Business News

7:42 & 8:34 Sports News

6:46 & 7:34 Traffic

Current affairs and topics of interest, including:

10:45 Harry, by Liz Elson

Jean has three little dogs which she fusses over mightily much to the chagrin of her put upon husband Harry. Harry loathes the dogs and one day like Travis Bickle before him, Harry cracks (RNZ)

Radio New Zealand news, followed by updates and reports until 1.00pm, including:

12:16 Business News

12:26 Sport

12:34 Rural News

12:43 Worldwatch

Information and debate, people and places around New Zealand

Radio New Zealand's two-hour news and current affairs programme, including:

5:15 Business Headlines

5:30 & 6:30 News and Sport

5:45 & 6:45 Manu Korihi News

Entertainment and information, including:

7:30 Insight: In-depth analysis of a topical issue (RNZ)

8:15 Windows on the World: International public radio features and documentaries

Radio New Zealand news, including Dateline Pacific and the day's best interviews from Radio New Zealand National

David Knowles introduces the Memphis-based radio show with an international reputation for its location recordings of blues musicians live in concert (BSC)

Including: 12:06 Music after Midnight; 12:30 Spectrum (RNZ); 1:05 From the World (RNZ); 2:05 Round Midnight with Martin Kwok (RNZ); 3:05 The Heart's Wild Surf, by Stephanie Johnson (RNZ); 3:35 An Author's View (RNZ)

Radio New Zealand's three-hour breakfast news show with news and interviews, bulletins on the hour and half-hour, including:

6:18 Pacific News

6:22 Rural News

6:27 & 8:45 Manu Korihi News

6:44 & 7:41 NZ Newspapers

6:47 Business News

7:42 & 8:34 Sports News

Current affairs and topics of interest, including:

10:45 Spooky Actions at a Distance, by Jill Amos

Dr Sandy Marlow is found dead and Professor Petherick has disappeared but Stella is now determined to finish his research to explain what happened (RNZ)

Radio New Zealand news, followed by updates and reports until 1.00pm, including:

12:16 Business News

12:26 Sport

12:34 Rural News

12:43 Worldwatch

Information and debate, people and places around New Zealand

Radio New Zealand's two-hour news and current affairs programme, including:

5:15 Business Headlines

5:30 & 6:30 News and Sport

5:45 & 6:45 Manu Korihi News

Entertainment and information, including:

7:30 The Sampler: Nick Bollinger casts a critical ear over the latest CD offerings (RNZ)

8:15 Windows on the World: International public radio features and documentaries

9:06 The Tuesday Feature: A documentary from New Zealand or overseas (RNZ)

Radio New Zealand news, including Dateline Pacific and the day's best interviews from Radio New Zealand National

International adventurers and DJs Nick Dwyer and Barnie Duncan shake up the preconceptions of "World Music" by investigating existing sub genres and young producers the globe over (RNZ)

Including: 12:06 Music after Midnight; 12:30 Insight (RNZ); 1:15 Primary People (RNZ); 2:05 The Forum (BBC); 3:05 The Heart's Wild Surf, by Stephanie Johnson (RNZ); 3:30 Diversions (RNZ)

Radio New Zealand's three-hour breakfast news show with news and interviews, bulletins on the hour and half-hour, including:

6:18 Pacific News

6:22 Rural News

6:27 & 8:45 Manu Korihi News

6:44 & 7:41 NZ Newspapers

6:47 Business News

7:42 & 8:34 Sports News

Current affairs and topics of interest, including:

10:45 Adam, by Helen M. Hogan

Alone in the Waikotahi Post Office, Adam has is confronted with a problem (RNZ)

Radio New Zealand news, followed by updates and reports until 1.00pm, including:

12:16 Business News

12:26 Sport

12:34 Rural News

12:43 Worldwatch

Information and debate, people and places around New Zealand

Radio New Zealand's two-hour news and current affairs programme, including:

5:15 Business Headlines

5:30 & 6:30 News and Sport

5:45 & 6:45 Manu Korihi News

Entertainment and information, including:

7:30 Spectrum: People, places and events in New Zealand (RNZ)

8:15 Windows on the World: International public radio features and documentaries

9:06 The Wednesday Drama: Melon Cauliflower, by Tom McCrory (RNZ)

Radio New Zealand news, including Dateline Pacific and the day's best interviews from Radio New Zealand National

Singer Nancy Wilson, hosts a series of programmes profiling the legends and legacy of jazz (NPR)

Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 Warwick's People (RNZ); 1:05 Discovery (BBC); 2:05 Playing Favourites (RNZ); 3:05 The Heart's Wild Surf, by Stephanie Johnson (RNZ); 3:30 The Strand (BBC)

Radio New Zealand's three-hour breakfast news show with news and interviews, bulletins on the hour and half-hour, including:

6.07, 7:42 & 8:34 Sports News

6:18 Pacific News

6:22 Rural News

6:27 & 8:45 Manu Korihi News

6:44 & 7:41 NZ Newspapers

6:46 & 7:34 Traffic

6:47 Business News

Current affairs and topics of interest, including:

10:45 The Concert for Eventide

Jodie, a high school student is press ganged into organizing a concert for the residents of the Eventide Rest Home (RNZ)

A fifteen-minute bulletin of Radio New Zealand news, followed by updates and reports until 1.00pm, including:

12:16 Business News

12:26 Sport

12:34 Rural News

12:43 Worldwatch

Information and debate, people and places around New Zealand

Radio New Zealand's two-hour news and current affairs programme, including:

5:15 Business Headlines

5:30 & 6:30 News and Sport

5:45 & 6:45 Manu Korihi News

Entertainment and information, including:

7:30 At the Movies: News and reviews with Simon Morris (RNZ)

8:15 Windows on the World: International public radio features and documentaries

9:06 Our Changing World: Science and environment news from New Zealand and the world (RNZ)

Radio New Zealand news, including Dateline Pacific and the day's best interviews from Radio New Zealand National

Nick Atkinson presents a contemporary music magazine with interviews and music from New Zealand and overseas artists, coverage of new releases, tours, live sessions, music festivals and events (RNZ)

Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 Global Business (BBC); 1:05 Ideas (RNZ); 2:05 Science (RNZ); 2:30 The Sampler (RNZ); 3:05 Presqu'Isle by Stephen G.Walker (RNZ); 3:30 South (RNZ); 4:30 One Planet (BBC)

An early morning miscellany of music, stories and random thoughts, including news headlines and Worldwatch

A young Filipino woman tells her experience coming to New Zealand as an 'internet bride' (RNZ)

Each day when her husband has gone to work and her sons have left for school, Anne clears away the breakfast things and sits down at her kitchen table to talk to spirits. Anne is a medium and communing with spirits is part of her daily life (RTE)

In this gripping drama by Elspeth Sandys, two kiwi soldiers are in hiding after Crete has fallen to the Nazis. Two members of the resistance are risking all to shelter them as German troops draw ever closer (RNZ)

Radio New Zealand news and sport

A glimpse behind the wall, with candid accounts on the personal and musical moments of Pink Floyd and their grand opus The Wall (EMI)

A compelling docu-drama in which actors re-create the verbatim confessions of three every day New Zealanders (RNZ)

The master singer-songwriter talks about his new album and songs that mine the heart, shake the body and break the boundaries as everybody knows only Leonard Cohen can do (Joyride Media)

Radio New Zealand news, and sport

Dotty is determined to diet - but it's Easter (RNZ)

In the immediate aftermath of the February 2011 earthquake, Simon Morton cycled along the Avon River in Christchurch from its source in the west to where it meets the sea in the east. A year later, he revisited the river to see how life's going on along it and in it (RNZ)

(Pt 1 of 3, RNZ)

Sparks fly when common sense confronts political correctness (RNZ)

Featherston four-piece The Little Bushman celebrate the 2011 release of their third studio album 'Te Oranga' with a live blast of psychedelic rock, Mississippi blues & lyrical folk music under the balconies of the beating heart of Mt Eden Rd, Auckland, recorded one year ago this week (RNZ)

Memorable scenes, people and places in rural New Zealand (RNZ)

Radio New Zealand news and sport

Host Dheera Sujan expertly guides listeners on a global music expedition made up of exclusive live concerts recorded by Radio Netherlands Worldwide (RNW)