Nights for Monday 19 December 2022
7:12 World Service 90th
For 90 years the BBC World Service has been broadcasting in dozens of languages to audiences so huge they are counted in the tens of millions all over the globe.
7:35 Crescendo: Musician Morgan Leary
When it comes to listening to music, Morgan Leary's strongest recollection is listening to Elgar's Cello Concerto.
Elizabeth Patchett and Morgan Leary Photo: Stephen A/Court / Joseph Leary
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.
Photo: RNZ
8:30 BBC World Service - Science In Action
Laser fusion expert Kate Lancaster walks us through the technology that produced energy gain at the US's National Ignition Facility NIF.
How nuclear fusion works. Photo: BBC
9:10 Nights Sport - Bryan Waddle
Veteran sports broadcaster and cricket commentator Bryan Waddle joins Karyn on the programme for a rundown of the latest sporting news.
Photo: Photosport Ltd 2019
9:30 Latin Christmas - Mona-Lynn Courteau
Cultural ambassador Mona-Lynn Courteau returns to the show to share more Latin American music.
10:17 K9 Medical Detection New Zealand
Pauline Blomfield is the chief executive of K9 Medical Detection NZ, a Dunedin-based charitable trust using specially trained dogs to assist in the detection of cancer and other diseases.
Their latest four-legged recruit will be the first dog in the country to sniff out ovarian cancer.
10.30 Yazmin Shipley - Umbrella Project
As the year wraps up, all round the country, graduates and their families have been enjoying the celebrations Last week about 2000 University of Canterbury students graduated. One made a big splash with a design for an umbrella.
Yazmin Shipley went to great lengths to redesign the umbrella as part of her Bachelor of Engineering with Honours Degree.
Photo: University of Canterbury
10.45 Aotearoa's 'ugly' endangered species
A campaign highlighting New Zealand's "ugly" and most endangered species has been launched by a group that helps prevent the extinction of Aotearoa's biodiversity.
Photo: Supplied/ Endangered Species Foundation
11:07 Nashville Babylon
Trevor Reekie with another episode of Worlds Of Music. This episode features an eclectic collection of trans global sounds that makes for a diverse playlist of recordings from all around the planet.
Photo: Supplied