Thursday 25 April 2019 Rāpare 25 Paenga-whāwhā 2019

• 12:04 AM. All Night Programme

  Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30  Science In Action (BBC); 1:05 The Thursday Feature (RNZ); 2:05 NZ Books (RNZ); 2:30 Song Crush (RNZ); 3:05 Civilisation written and read by Steve Braunias (3 of 10, RNZ); 3:30 The Cultural Frontline  (BBC) 4:30 Bulford Kiwis (RNZ); 4:40 Suffrage Stitching (RNZ); 4:50 Book Review (RNZ);

• 5:30 AM. ANZAC Day Dawn service

  The Dawn Ceremony of Remembrance from the Pukeahu National War Memorial Park in central Wellington presented by Philippa Tolley (RNZ)

• 7:10 AM. The Battle of Ruapekapeka

  The Battle of Ruapekapeka was  the last battle of the Northern War, where about 400 Ngāpuhi and Ngāti Hine warriors stood against a combined British force of 1600.  Nobody knows for sure where Ngati Hine chief Te Ruki Kawiti got his inspiration for the revolutionary design of the pā. But it worked well - withstanding 2 weeks of British  bombardment with canons, howitzers, mortars, and rockets,  before the the massive timber palisades were breached.

• 8:08 AM. Anzac Day Morning with Colin Peacock

  A morning of reflection, conversation and information

• 11:00 AM. Anzac Day 2019 National Commemoration Service

  From the Pukeahu National War Memorial Park in central Wellington presented by Philippa Tolley (RNZ)

• 12:12 PM. Matinee Idle with Phil O'Brien and Simon Morris

  An afternoon of alleged music and dubious entertainment

• 5:00 PM. Five O'Clock Report

  A roundup of today's news and sport

• 5:10 PM. The History of Wastefulness:

  The History of Wastefulness: 3- The Tipping Point   Alexandra Spring asks if we are on the tipping point of a rubbish free future (BBC)

• 5:40 PM. As We That Are Left Grow Old

  A short story by Lindsay Wood read by Jed Brophy (RNZ)

• 6:06 PM. Witness History: The Red Baron

  The Red Baron is recalled in archival BBC recordings of veterans as this Witness History programme tells the story of one of the most famous figures of World War One. The legendary German air ace Baron von Richthofen who was killed in April 1918. (BBCWS)

• 6:20 PM. The Battle of Crete by Carl Nixon

  A short story in which a World War Two veteran, is reluctantly persuaded by his daughter to fly across the world to attend the 60th anniversary of the Battle of Crete (RNZ)

• 6:50 PM. How The World Changed Music

  Haisai Ojisan – Hey Old Man!  was released in 1972, by Shoukichi Kina, a musician who grew up under American military occupation on the pacific Island of Okinawa, scene of one of the bloodiest battles of WW2. Kina wrote this song when he was just thirteen years-old and still performs it for adoring audiences today. (BBC)

• 7:06 PM. How Scared Should We Be?

  The Inquiry: Four expert witness consider the question How Scared Should We Be? Who benefits from our fear and is there more than just global reporting behind it? Has the world become more dangerous or has our perception of the world just changed? Rolling news and social media makes us aware of every threat no matter where in the world. From Ebola to flying we investigate the deeper reasons behind our modern fears. Speaking with experts in public health, risk and fear to find out why we are all so afraid. (BBC)

• 7:35 PM. New Horizons

  Lambchop & Tiny Ruins William Dart draws some connections between new albums from Kurt Wagner's Lambchop and Hollie Fullbrook's Tiny Ruins. (RNZ)

• 8:06 PM. The Mount Felix Tapestry

  The Mount Felix Tapestry is a stitched tribute to a special WWI hospital in England.  Mount Felix Hospital, at Walton-on-Thames was the first of three hospitals established in the UK, specifically for injured Kiwi soldiers.  The building is gone, but mementos of the Kiwi presence remain and embroiderers from the area commissioned a project to commemorate the hospital and its people. Ellie Jay.speaks to some of those who helped create the 44-panel tapestry which is currently on tour in New Zealand. (RNZ)

• 8:30 PM. Windows on the World

  International public radio features and documentaries

• 9:06 PM. Our Changing World

  Highlights from the world of science and the environment, with Alison Ballance (RNZ)

• 9:30 PM. The Podcast

  Highlights from The Podcast Hour in which Richard Scott hunts out the best podcasts from New Zealand and around the world to help you discover what to listen to next (RNZ)

• 10:00 PM. News at Ten

  A roundup of today's news and sport

• 10:12 PM. World Book Club

   In this BBC World Book Club programme  Malaysian novelist Tan Twan Eng discusses his Man Asian Literary Prize-winning novel, The Garden of Evening Mists.  This haunting book set in Malaya in 1949, gradually reveals the long-concealed past of Yun Ling, the sole survivor of a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp. Now in old age, this lyrical memoir reveals Yun Ling’s struggle between her desire to record the events of her life and the trauma of these brutal memories, feelings which are mediated by the symbol of the garden and action which takes place within it. (BBC) (BBC)

• 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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