Schedules for 29 Dec 2018 - 04 Jan 2019

Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight (RNZ); 12:30 Laugh Track (RNZ); 1:05 From the World (BBC); 2:05 NZ Live - Hopetoun Brown (RNZ); 3:05 Happy Christmas And A Brave New Year by Shirley Eng told by Heather O'Carroll (RNZ); 3:30 CrowdScience (BBC); 4:30 In The Balance (BBC); 5:10 Witness (BBC)

How Roger Lost His Trousers, by Pauline Cartwright, told by William Kircher; Food for Thought, by Eva Petro, told by Perry Piercy; Maddy West and the Tongue Taker, by Brian Falkner, told by Miranda Harcourt; The Tolliwoffle, by Rosalie Carey, told by William Kircher; Meeting George Nepia, by Kevin Boon, told by Calvin Tutaeo (RNZ)

Memorable scenes, people and places from the last year in rural New Zealand (RNZ)

A mixture of current affairs and feature interviews, until midday

An extended bulletin of Radio New Zealand news

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The Hot 8 Brass Band (RNZ)

An evening of requests, nostalgia and musical memories (RNZ)

12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 The Compass (BBC); 1:05 Summer Science (RNZ); 2:05 Heart and Soul (BBC); 2:35 Hymns on Sunday (RNZ); 3:05 The Apple of His Eye by Carl Nixon read by Gerald Bryan (RNZ); 3:30 CrowdScience (BBC); 5:10 Michael King's History of New Zealand (9 of 30, RNZ)

More Like A Boy, by Judith Holloway, told by Miriama McDowell; Time Capsule, by Jane Buxton, told by Michelle Amas; Hemi's Pet, by Joan de Hamel, told by Mihi Murray; Maddy West and the Tongue Taker, by Brian Falkner, told by Miranda Harcourt; Guess What!, by Margaret Mahy, told by Jane Waddell; The Birdlady of Central Park, by David Somerset, told by Davina Whitehouse (RNZ)

Investigations and journeys into the heart of global events from BBC correspondents (BBC)

A mixture of current affairs and feature interviews, until midday including:

9:30 Insight

Foetal Alcohol: Damaging Babies' Brains (RNZ)

An extended bulletin of Radio New Zealand news

Part 2 – Antibiotics - Since the discovery of Penicillin antibiotics have come to underpin all of modern medicine - birth by Cesarean section, hip replacements, organ transplantation, caring for wounds on diabetic patients. None of this would be possible without effective antibiotics. But the medicines we depend are under threat. Coming up at half past twelve, Aleks Krotoski and Ben Hammersley learn which disease control protocols we should be using in our daily lives to minimise the risk for our future (BBC)

A BBC World Service feature in which composer Bob Chilcott explores the history of A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols. (BBC)

On the Road with Jools Holland  Pianist Jools Holland travels through the USA in search of the roots of jazz, blues, soul and rock’n’roll. (1 of 4, BBC)

The Mumbai Chuzzlewits by Charles Dickens adapted by Ayeesha Menon (#1 of 3, Goldhawk)

Tackling diet-related disease in NZ: the need, the evidence, the priorities - Kim Hill and panellists Professors Cliona Ni Mhurchu, Boyd Swinburn and Tony Blakely (RNZ)

A roundup of today's news and sport

Personal approaches to spirituality from around the world (BBC)

James Geary deputy curator at Harvard's Nieman Foundation for Journalism talks to Jesse Mulligan about the Wit and the joy of puns

Dame Joy Cowley talks to Wallace Chapman about her Life and Influences.

A crafted hour of ideas worth sharing presented by Guy Raz (NPR)

An evening of music and nostalgia (RNZ)

A roundup of today's news and sport

Bestselling Chinese writer Lijia Zhang discusses her acclaimed novel, Lotus , with an audience of readers. In-spired by the secret life of the author's grandmother, Lotus follows a young woman torn between past traditions and modern desires as she carves out a life for herself in China's "City of Sins" (BBC)

An hour of music that's "shaken, not stirred" every week from the Underground Martini Bunker at Kansas Public Radio (KPR)

Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 Recipes from My French Kitchen by Allyson Gofton (1 of 5, RNZ); 1:05 Summer Science (RNZ); 2:06 50 Things That Made the Modern Economy (BBC); 2:30 New Horizons (RNZ); 3:05 A Different Togetherness by Te Atahaia Tungane read by Keri Kaa (RNZ); 3:30 Science in Action (BBC); 5:10 Witness (BBC)

An early miscellany of music, stories and random thoughts including:

6:12 Pounding the Pillow by Sarah Delahunty

6:20 The Bucket List by Brad Hemingway

6:30 In Sickness and In Health by John Bluck (4 of 6, RNZ)

6:45 The Assassination 4: The Karachi Files -Secret reports, an arrest and "hidden hands" (BBC)

7:10 Are We There Yet? Stopping the spats - sibling rivalry.   Katy Gosset looks at all the conflict, competition and general chaos that ensues when kids life under the same roof  She also looks at Blended Families. (RNZ)

A variety-packed, celebrity free morning of news, interviews, documentaries and music

Radio New Zealand news, followed by reports from Correspondents around the world

An afternoon of alleged music and dubious entertainment

A roundup of today's news and sport

Highlighting the RNZ stories you're sharing on-line

A roundup of today's news and sport

Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 Spectrum: For Zealandia and God (RNZ); 1:05 From the World (BBC); 2:05 Music with Cerys Matthews (BBC); 3:05 Long Hot Summer by Barbara Anderson read by Stephanie Wilkin (1 of 15, RNZ); 3:30 Author's View (RNZ); 5:10 Witness (BBC); 5:45 Summer was Yesterday by Joyce West (1 of 14, RNZ)

An early miscellany of music, stories and random thoughts including:

6:12 Pounding the Pillow by Sarah Delahunty

6:20 The Sad Comic by Alexander Goldsmith (AUT)

6:30 In Sickness and In Health by John Bluck (5 of 6, RNZ)

6:45 The Assassination 5: Near Misses -"Suicide bombers got through the security check. What should we do?" (BBC)

7:10 Eyewitness: It'll Never Catch On - Eyewitness comes face-to-face with history. In this episode host Justin Gregory looks at the rise of TradeMe (RNZ)

7:23 Ours: Treasures from Te Papa - Julian Wilcox - Jonah Lomu's PlayStation video game (RNZ)

Pakeha Maori: the story of Kimble Bent The British Army soldier who defected to join Maori in Taranaki during the NZ Wars. Was involved in Titokowaru’s war

How Much Plastic Can We Recycle?  Materials scientist Mark Miodownik explores our love-hate relationship with plastic and where things began to go downhill.  (#2 of 3, BBC)

A story of nineteenth century shenanigans (RNZ)

Five storytellers;  Sharon Lam, Gem Wilder, Curti Icon, Freya Daly Sadgrove, and Hana Pera Aoake explore the theme of transformation in a lively session of True Stories Told Live, recorded in association with the NZ Book Council  (RNZ)

The collective memory of the rituals of the Mt Eden Prison gallows, on which men convicted of murder were hanged during the 1950's (RNZ)

A roundup of today's news and sport

An afternoon of alleged music and dubious entertainment

A roundup of today's news and sport

How Much Plastic Can We Recycle?  Materials scientist Mark Miodownik explores our love-hate relationship with plastic and where things began to go downhill.  (#2 of 3, BBC)

Memorable exchanges from the past year on RNZ National (RNZ)

James Coomarasamy puts Razia Iqbal, James Menendez, Rebecca Kesby and Paul Henley to the test to find out who remembers the most about 2018's news.(BBC)

Memorable exchanges from the past year on RNZ National

Claudia Hammond presents a programme examining health issues and medical breakthroughs from around the world (BBC)

Nick Bollinger reviews some of the latest music releases

International public radio features and documentaries

Tackling diet-related disease in NZ: the need, the evidence, the priorities - Kim Hill and panellists Professors Cliona Ni Mhurchu, Boyd Swinburn and Tony Blakely (RNZ)

A roundup of today's news and sport

An ordinary accident compensation claim becomes a monstrous tangle as letters are exchanged between the bureaucracy and the victim.  An admission  of defeat and an honourable retreat still do not solve the problem (RNZ)

Exploring the history, features and uses of different elements in the periodic table (BBC)

Trevor Reekie hosts a weekly music programme celebrating an eclectic mix of 'world' music, fusion and folk roots (RNZ)

Including: 12:06 Music after Midnight; 12:30 Insight (RNZ); 1:05 Country Life Story (RNZ); 1:45 More or Less (BBC); 2:05 The Forum (BBC); 3:05 Long Hot Summer by Barbara Anderson read by Stephanie Wilkin (2 of 15, RNZ); 3:30 Eating Fried Chicken in the Shower (RNZ); 5:10 Witness (BBC); 5:45 Summer was Yesterday by Joyce West (2 of 14, RNZ)

An early miscellany of music, stories and random thoughts including:

6:12 Pounding the Pillow by Sarah Delahunty

6:20 Grassroots by Marc Everson (AUT)

6:30 In Sickness and In Health by John Bluck (6 of 6, RNZ)

6:45 The Assassination 6: Murder - A final warning and the final day. "I felt there was a fire. Then, there was a blast" (BBC)

7:10 Our Changing World: Ageing muscles (RNZ)

7:23 Ours: Treasures from Te Papa - Eric London and the first ever dinosaur tooth (RNZ)

7:35 The Why Factor (BBC)

8:10 Black Sheep

The China Syndrome  China's ban on importing other countries' waste plastic is having a big impact – it’s now taking a tenth of material it accepted a year ago, so what’s next? Roland Pease seeks answers (3 of 3, BBC)

Van Morrison is one of the great musicians of his generation. His 1968 album Astral Weeks is said to be one of the finest albums of all time. We visit Boston, LA and New York to hear the story of that summer and reunite, for the first time in 50 years, the musicians who played on Astral Weeks - bar one. Narrated by Richard Dormer (RTÉ Documentary on One)

A profile of US First Lady Melania Trump, one of the world’s most recognisable women. So who is Melania? What does she believe? And what might she do on the global stage which – however improbably, given her origins in far away Slovenia – she now shares with the President of the United States? Lizzie O’Leary speaks to people who know and who follow one of the most recognisable women in the world. (BBC)

A roundup of today's news and sport

An afternoon of alleged music and dubious entertainment

A roundup of today's news and sport

The China Syndrome  China's ban on importing other countries' waste plastic is having a big impact – it’s now taking a tenth of material it accepted a year ago, so what’s next? Roland Pease seeks answers (3 of 3, BBC)

Memorable exchanges from the past year on RNZ National (RNZ)

Highlights from the world of science and the environment with Our Changing World's Alison Ballance (RNZ)

Goldenhorse – Riverhead: Goldenhorse reached number one in New Zealand with their first album - but not until two years after it was released. Nick Bollinger discusses this local classic, and speaks to Goldenhorse founder Geoff Maddock. (RNZ)

Barney McAll & Bella Kalolo live at St Peters on 9 June 2018 as part of the Wellington Jazz Festival (RNZ)

International public radio features and documentaries

A comedic exchange in which James Nokise interviews New Zealanders in the shower (his safe place) about their mental health and how they deal with it (8 of 8, RNZ)

Billy has to work through his guilt after injuring his mate Richard in a car crash. The only way is to turn the accident into a deliberate act of aggression. And what better arena for it than the old gfunslinging West. The trouble is that Billyb and Richard are more accustomed to piano playing than gunplay (RNZ)

A roundup of today's news and sport

The experiences of  farm labourer Archibald Baxter was one of New Zealand 14 conscientious objectors forcibly transported to the Western Front in 1918. (Part 4 of 15, RNZ)

Exploring the history, features and uses of different elements in the periodic table (BBC)

Nick Tipping brings you classic recordings and modern masterpieces from the world of jazz (RNZ)

Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 Health Check (BBC); 1:05 The Thursday Feature (RNZ); 2:05 NZ Books (RNZ); 2:30 The Sampler (RNZ); 3:05 Long Hot Summer by Barbara Anderson read by Stephanie Wilkin (3 of 15, RNZ); 3:30 The Cultural Frontline (BBC); 5:10 Witness (BBC); 5:45 Summer was Yesterday by Joyce West (3 of 14, RNZ)

An early miscellany of music, stories and random thoughts including:

6:12 Pounding the Pillow by Sarah Delahunty

6:20 An Interest in Crime  .

6:30 WItness

6:45 The Assassination 7: Funeral - Benazir speaks from the grave to lay blame for her murder (BBC)

7:10 Black Sheep:

A variety-packed, celebrity free morning of news, interviews, documentaries and music

Radio New Zealand news, followed by reports from Correspondents around the world

An afternoon of alleged music and dubious entertainment

Half an hour of current affairs from the RNZ News team

Highlighting the RNZ stories you're sharing on-line

Memorable exchanges from the past year on RNZ National (RNZ)

With Music commentator and critic William Dart (RNZ)

Highlights from the world of science and the environment with Our Changing World's Alison Ballance (RNZ)

The release of Hello Sailor's first album was a sign that local rock had lost its innocence. In this episode of Essential New Zealand Albums Nick Bollinger discusses this smart and seedy Kiwi classic. (RNZ)

International public radio features and documentaries

A roundup of today's news and sport

The experiences of  farm labourer Archibald Baxter was one of New Zealand 14 conscientious objectors forcibly transported to the Western Front in 1918. (Part 5 of 15, RNZ)

Exploring the history, features and uses of different elements in the periodic table (BBC)

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Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 Discovery (RNZ); 1:05 The Friday Feature (RNZ); 2:05 Are We There Yet? (RNZ) 2:30 Friday Live (RNZ); 3:05 Long Hot Summer by Barbara Anderson read by Stephanie Wilkin (4 of 15, RNZ); 3:30 The Why Factor (BBC); 5:10 Witness (BBC); 5:45 Summer was Yesterday by Joyce West (4 of 14, RNZ)

An early miscellany of music, stories and random thoughts including:

6:12: Pounding the Pillow by Sarah Delahunty

6:20 No Boundaries (NZBS)

6:30 Witness (BBC)

6:45 The Assassination 8: The Assassin's Journey - The nasty, brutish and short life of Benazir's killer (BBC)

7:10 The Long Way Home: A tumble in the Tararuas - Bruce Hopkins takes his father and brother's ashes back home to Stewart Island. But he's taking the long way there; walking the length of New Zealand on Te Araroa trail. Week 19 - Palmerston North to Wellington via the Tararua Tops (RNZ)

A variety-packed, celebrity free morning of news, interviews, documentaries and music

Radio New Zealand news, followed by reports from Correspondents around the world

An afternoon of alleged music and dubious entertainment

Half an hour of current affairs from the RNZ News team

Highlighting the RNZ stories you're sharing on-line

Memorable exchanges from the past year on RNZ National (RNZ)

(BBC)

Combining the influences of Bob Marley and the music of their Polynesian heritage, Herbs were pioneers of a Pacific reggae sound. Nick Bollinger discusses their first long-player Light of the Pacific (RNZ)

The extraordinary and hidden histories behind everyday objects and actions (BBC)

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Memorable scenes, people and places from the last year in rural New Zealand (RNZ)

A roundup of today's news and sport

The experiences of  farm labourer Archibald Baxter was one of New Zealand 14 conscientious objectors forcibly transported to the Western Front in 1918. (Part 6 of 15, RNZ)

Exploring the history, features and uses of different elements in the periodic table (BBC)

Musical guests compile a C60 and talk us through their selections (RNZ)