Nights for Monday 21 November 2022

7:10 The Fridge Light

We continue our new series from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation called The Fridge Light - a gourmet and cultural journey through the things we eat. Today... Green Gold...the invisible forces that turned rabbit food into the world's first seasonless produce.

 

7:35 Crescendo

CRESCENDO is a new programme from Bird of Paradise and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, connecting people who love music with people who make music.

To mark the 75th anniversary of the NZSO, we're asking 10 New Zealanders to choose a classical piece that sparks an emotional connection and pairing them with 10 musicians from the Symphony Orchestra who have their own intimate understanding of how the music works....In this first episode we speak to Dame Patsy Reddy and NZSO Conductor Gemma New.

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.

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8:30 Science in action

Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, scientists studying the virus have become targets of online harassment, and more recently, death threats. Roland speaks to Dr Angela Rasmussen, virologist at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization at the University of Saskatchewan, about her experiences.

9:10 Nights Sport - Bryan Waddle

Veteran sports broadcaster and cricket commentator Bryan Waddle joins Karyn on the programme.

 

9:30 Dinner parties with Peta Mathias

Are dinner parties a thing of the past?

One person who hosts dinner parties more than most is gastronomad and author Peta Mathias. 

 

10:18 Door for voting age change open

The Supreme Court has paved the way for a possible change to the voting age.

After failing in the High Court and the Court of Appeal, lobby group Make it 16 took their case to the supreme court earlier this year. The court this morning declared the minimum voting age of 18-years-old is inconsistent with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act.

But the ruling doesn't automatically guarantee the voting age will be lowered - that can be done only by parliament.

 

10:25 Capital Kiwi

Eleven Kiwi were released into the Mākara hills of Wellington over the weekend - the first step in bringing the national icon back to the nation's capital.

Dame Kerry Prendergast is a trustee and funding lead with the Capital Kiwi Project, and the former Mayor of Wellington of course. She joins Karyn on the programme.

 

10:35 Message in a bottle

Peter Allan is a plumber from Edinburgh, and while cutting a hole in floorboards in a client's house... he found a bottle containing a 135-year-old message.

11:07 Nashville Babylon

Every week on Nashville Babylon Mark Rogers presents the very best in Country, Soul and Rock 'n' Roll, reggae, folk and blues. On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark plays birthday tunes for Duane Allman and the late Dr John, a summer tune from Gene Vincent, a show favourite courtesy of Tom Waits plus a rocking slice of early R'n'B from Wilson Pickett.