7:12 World Car Free Day, Tuesday 22nd September 2020

Isabella Cawthorn, blogger and consultant who specialises in urban design and transport joins us to talk about World Car Free Day happening tomorrow.

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This week in The Sampler Nick Bollinger discusses the quietly instructive narratives of Bill Callahan; songs of lost innocence from The Flaming Lips; and the history-steeped rock'n'roll of Chuck Prophet.

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RNZ Pacific's daily current affairs programme covering the major Pacific stories of the week, with background and reaction from the people making the news.

Must the Netherlands' world-beating cows be sacrificed to save the country's environment? The Netherlands - small and overcrowded - is facing fundamental questions about how to use its land, following a historic court judgment forcing the state to take more urgent action to limit nitrogen emissions.

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9:10 Nights Sport

Tonight's sportscaster is Shannon Byrne from ABC Sport in Darwin, where the the NTFL (Aussie Rules) season starts in 2 weeks and there are a lot of players In mandatory quarantine just to play and the latest from the Supercars.

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In the final episode of the series, host James Nokise invites actor/singer Maaka Pohatu into the shower.

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Lately with Karyn Hay is a late night radio show on RNZ National, with an eye on live events, an ear for music, a great sense of humour and a genuine interest in people and their stories.

After 11, on Nashville Babylon Mark Rogers celebrates the birthday of Leonard Cohen with an hour long special devoted to his music. As well as a number of Cohen classics there'll also be versions of his songs from the likes of Nick Cave, Johnny Cash, the Handsome Family and Roberta Flack.