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Nights for Monday 18 May 2015

  • BB King - A Tribute

    11:06 PM.A tribute to the late BB King from Mississippi Public Broadcasting's Highway 61 Programme. Mississippi musician BB King, known as "King of the Blues" passed away on Friday 15 May 2015, aged 89. King… Read more Audio

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  • Conundrum Clue 2

    9:59 PM.Listen on Friday for the answer. Audio

  • Orange Wine

    9:12 PM.The growing popularity of 'orange wines' and taking part in the European wine fair season with Salmanazar founder Gabrielle Simmers. Audio

  • Conundrum Clue 1

    8:59 PM.Listen on Friday for the answer. Audio

  • World Weather

    8:42 PM.MetService severe weather forecaster Erick Brenstrum on how a day doesn't go by without some weather... floods in New South Wales and northern Chile (where it almost never rains), Tropical Cyclone Pam… Read more Audio

  • A Slice of the Seventies

    7:12 PM.'What We Saw - Photos from a Decade', photographer Sally Griffin captured now well-known New Zealanders, but when they were younger and perhaps somewhat more carefree. Read more Audio

7:15 A Slice of the Seventies

What We Saw - Photos from a Decade, photographer Sally Griffin captured now well-known New Zealanders, but when they were younger and perhaps somewhat more carefree.

Lynda and Leo leave Freemans Bay, Auckland 1976.

Tony Fomison, the painter, in Auckland 1975.

David Parkyn and Tony Fomison at Acacia Bay, Lake Taupo

Merata Mita, the filmmaker at Waitangi, 1975.

Peter Olds – Freemans Bay

Annie Carew in my artist studio in Devonport 1976

Dean Parker, the writer and playwriter in his home in Ponsonby 1976.

Althea Whillams, Graeme Whimp and Tim Shadbolt at an all-night vigil protesting an All Blacks team leaving to play an all-white Springbok team in South Africa 1976.

Peter Lee on a yacht proesting the visit of the ‘torture’ ship The Esmeralda, 1983.

A Slice of the Seventies

8:10 Windows on the World

International public radio documentaries - visit the Windows on the World web page to find links to these documentaries.

8:40 World Weather

MetService severe weather forecaster Erick Brenstrum on how a day doesn't go by without some weather... floods in New South Wales and northern Chile (where it almost never rains), Tropical Cyclone Pam had a devastating effect on Vanuatu, and Antarctica had its hottest temperature on record, then broke that record the next day.

9:10 Orange Wine

The growing popularity of 'orange wines', and taking part in the European wine fair season with Salmanazar founder Gabrielle Simmers.

9:30 Insight

10:00 Late Edition

A review of the news from Morning Report, Nine to Noon, Afternoons and Checkpoint. Also hear the latest news from around the Pacific on Radio New Zealand International's Dateline Pacific.

11:06 B.B. King: A Tribute

B.B. King, who died on Friday aged 89, was the most influential bluesman of the modern era, won 15 Grammy Awards and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. This programme follows his career and celebrates the greatness of the ambassador of the blues who was still performing until recently. (From Mississippi Public Broadcasting through PRX)