Weekend Radio
Across
1. A U-boat, to begin with, has never exploded in German transport lanes (8)
5. Ancient vessel emptied, filled with fizzy wine (4,2)
10. Horrible baby’s malodorous sample (7)
11. You finally admitting dead pager’s broken? Perhaps get a new phone (7)
12. Piece of cloth on goolies? (5)
13. Tired, I cry about trendy street food (5,4)
14. Dean’s address is, surprisingly, never ever dry (4,8)
18. ‘Quakerism’ … not ‘quaking’ … ? (8,4)
21. If parties needing animation, drinks served beforehand (9)
23. Hellish character, government by the wealthy? Not half (5)
24. Country song I Eat Bananas lacking gravity (7)
25. Country dancing rodeo mostly welcoming cougar, oddly (7)
26. Knock off turbulent priest beforehand (6)
27. Rovers maybe making itinerant crusades (4,4)
Down
1. Set up in first pad, adolescent achieves accommodation (6)
2. Beckett character turns up, carrying finally, finally a tiny pooch (3,3)
3. In audition, smile I supposed to be welcoming expression (2,2,5)
4. Foal had idly relaxed in hay for time off (4-3,7)
6. Primarily, annoyed, narked, getting extremely ratty? (5)
7. ‘Where to drink, Everyman?’ (Everyman, at last, answers.) ‘When to drink?’ (8)
8. To start with, Nicomachus died in his home with painful sickness (3,5)
9. Army officers diverted stream in regions (14)
15. Poet represented azure pond (4,5)
16. Prepare for fight … or settle (6,2)
17. Merit given by the Queen to traitor (8)
19. Cockney bruiser returns to wasteland (6)
20. Dates and locations for actions (6)
22. Nooky after pub: do you agree? (5)
RNZ NATIONAL
Saturday: 6.08 Storytime
7.10 Country Life 8.10 Saturday Morning with Kim Hill 12.12 Music 101 with Charlotte Ryan: Musicrelated stories, interviews, live music, industry news and music documentaries 5.00 The World at Five: News and sport 5.10 Focus on Politics: presented by Radio New Zealand’s parliamentary reporting team 5.30 Tagata o te Moana: Pacific news 6.06 Womad Taranaki: 7.06 Saturday Night with Phil O’brien: Requests, nostalgia and musical memories 12.04 All Night Programme: Interviews, features, music and drama.
Sunday: 6.08 Storytime 7.10 Sunday Morning with Jim Mora 7.35 The House: Legislation, issues and insights from Parliament 8.10 Insight: Current affairs 9.06 Mediawatch: New Zealand’s news media 12.12 Two Cents Worth:news that will affect your back pocket 12.30 Standing Room Only with Lynn Freeman: Arts and entertainment 1.10 At the Movies 2.05 The Laugh Track 3.04 The 3 O’clock Drama 4.06 Smart Talk 5.00 The World at Five: News and sport 5.10 Heart and Soul: Personal approaches to spirituality 5.40 Te Waonui a Te Manu Korihi: News on Maori issues 6.06 Te Ahi Kaa: Issues from a tangata whenua perspective 6.45 Voices: Focus on ethnic communities 7.04 The TED Radio Hour 8.06 Sunday Night with Grant Walker: Music and nostalgia 10.00 The 10 O’clock Report: News and sport 10.10 Mediawatch 10.45 The House 11.04 The Retro Cocktail Hour 12.04 All Night Programme.
RNZ CONCERT
Saturday: News and Weather: 6.00am, 7.00, 8.00, 9.00am, 12.00 noon 6.00 Classic Morning 9.00 Weekend Brunch 12.00 The RNZ Concert Chart with Rick Young 1.00 From the Top 2.00 Worlds of Music with Trevor Reekie 3.00 Music Alive Matinee — APO: Reimagined — Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite; Harrison, Lou: Pipa Concerto; Trad Chinese: White Snow in Spring; Shostakovich: Symphony No 1 in F minor Op 10 — Wu Man (pipa) 5.00 Inside Out with Nick Tipping 7.00 Evening Classics 8.00 Music Alive — The Auckland Town Hall Organ: Michael Stewart — Murrill: Carillon; Franck: Cantabile in B; Brubeck arr Howard Brubeck: Everybody’s Jumpin’; Mendelssohn: Prelude & Fugue in G Op 37/2; Bolcom: Gospel Prelude on What a friend we have in Jesus ; JK Paine: Concert Variations on the Austrian Hymn; Reubke: Sonata in C minor on the 94th Psalm — Michael Stewart (organ) 9.30 Sound Lounge 12.00 Music Through the Night.
Sunday: News and Weather: 6.00am, 8.00, 9.00am, 12.00 noon 6.00 Sanctuary 7.30 Hymns on Sunday 8.00 Grace Notes 9.00 Weekend Brunch 12.00 Pick and Mix 1.05 In the Spotlight 2.00 The Musical Omnivore including Vintage Years 5.00 New Horizons with William Dart 5.30 The Silver Screen 6.00 Opera on Sunday — Metropolitan Opera Season: Massenet: Manon 9.00 Made in New Zealand 11.00 New Music Dreams 12.00 Music Through the Night.