BOXING DAY

NATIONAL

6.08am Storytime; 7.08 Country Life; 12.10pm The Sampler with Nick Bollinger; 2.00 Song Crush; 3.15 Christmas Drama: Joyful and Triumphant; 4.00 The Mix Tape; 6.06 Womad Taranaki 2020; 7.06 Saturday Night, with Phil O’Brien; 12.04 All Night Programme. (Until 6.08am)

CONCERT

6.00am Summer Mornings; 10.00 Summer Days; 1.00pm Onstage; 2.00 Worlds Of Music, with Trevor Reekie: Trans-global, fusion and folk roots music. 3.00 Summer Afternoons; 5.00 Inside Out, with Nick Tipping: A journey through the jazz spectrum playing favourites, standards and new releases. 7.00 Summer Evenings; 8.00 Music Alive; 9.30 Sound Lounge: A weekly forum for contemporary music. Midnight Music Through The Night. (Until 6am)

Report; 10.10 The Bomb BBC; 10.45 Addicted To Getting Clean; 11.04 The Retro Cocktail Hour; 12.04 All Night Programme. (Until 6am)

CONCERT

6.00am Sanctuary: Music for the spirit and soul. 7.30 Hymns On Sunday: A weekly selection of traditional and modern hymns, presented by Robyn Jaquiery. 8.00 Grace Notes; 9.00 Summer Days; Noon Pick And Mix: Eva Radich mixes it up with great musicians across genres. 1.00 Onstage: RNZ Concert shines a weekly spotlight on artists and musical matters. 3.00 The Musical Omnivore, with David Morriss including Vintage Years; 5.00 New Horizons with William Dart: A guide to the worlds of rock, pop, country, folk and beyond. 6.00 Opera On Sunday; 9.00 Made In New Zealand: Local performers and composers. 11.00 New Music Dreams: Ryan Smith explores ambient and drone music. Midnight Music Through The Night. (Until 6am) 8.06 Spitfire from the BBC; 10.15 New Zealand Crime; 11.04 Nashville Babylon; 12.04 All Night Programme. (Until 6am)

CONCERT

6.00am Summer Mornings; 10.00 Summer Days; 1.00pm Onstage: RNZ Concert shines a weekly spotlight on artists and musical matters. 3.00 Summer Afternoons; 6.00 Summer Evenings; 8.00 Music Alive; 10.00 Day’s End: RNZ Concert’s musical nightcap. Midnight Music Through The Night. (Until 6am)

6.00 Summer Evenings; 8.00 Music Alive; 10.00 Day’s End: RNZ Concert’s musical nightcap; Midnight Music Through The Night. (Until 6am) 12.10pm Matinee Idle, with Phil O’Brien and Simon Morris; 7.06 Country Life Summer; 10.15 New Zealand Crime; 11.06 The Mixtape; 12.04 All Night Programme. (Until 6am)

CONCERT

6.00am Summer Mornings; 10.00 Summer Days; 1.00pm Onstage: RNZ Concert shines a weekly spotlight on artists and musical matters; 3.00 Summer Afternoons; 6.00 Summer Evenings; 8.00 Music Alive; 10.00 Day’s End: RNZ Concert’s musical nightcap. Midnight Music Through The Night. (Until 6am)

DID YOU KNOW?

The kakapo is native to New Zealand and is the world’s only flightless parrot.

The birds use their short wings for balance and support rather than flapping.

Kakapo can climb tall trees and use their wings to help parachute to the ground.

Kakapo are critically endangered with just 208 birds remaining.