Nights for Monday 11 October 2021
7:12 New Zealand Nocturnes
Photographer Cody Ellingham has been working on a new photo series and exhibition, New Zealand Nocturnes, inspired by his return home to New Zealand and a sense of unease about the housing crisis in which he captures the very places we call home under the lonely glow of night.
7:35 The Music of Venezuela
Our Cultural Ambassador from the world of Latin American Music, Mona-Lynn Courteau is back - tonight she'll take us on a whirl-wind tour of the music of Venezuela.
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 Pacific
8:30 Window on The World
Another Science in Action programme from the BBC. Amongst the topics tonight - the moon's volcanic past AND climate modelling tropical storms in the Arabian Sea.
Photo: NASA Earth Observatory, CC BY 2.0
9:10 Nights Sport
Tonight's sportscaster is RNZ Pacific's Vinnie Wylie.
9:30 Eating Fried Chicken in the Shower
Episode 2 of Eating Fried Chicken in the Shower. Tonight, three of Te Atatu-North's finest, join James Nokise (no-kee-say) in the shower for a special episode about pacific men's' mental health. - Niu FM breakfast host Henry Hohenberger, musician Church from Church & AP and creative giant Oscar Kightley talk generational trauma, generational wisdom and generational television shows.
Niu FM breakfast host henry Hohenberger, musician Church from Church & AP and creative giant Oscar Kightley join host James Nokise in the shower. Photo: RNZ
10:17 Late Edition
Karyn Hay presents all the breaking news, a little analysis of the stories of the moment, and some highlights of the day on RNZ National.
Photo: RNZ Andrew Robertson
10:17 Retail left behind as Auckland restrictions ease
If you headed to the parks and beaches this weekend you might have been fooled into thinking everything was back to normal, but for the retail industry heavy restrictions still apply. The Prime Minister announced today that Auckland remains in phase one of Level three for another week - but retail cannot open till phase two and today's press conference gave no indication as to when we might get there. Greg Harford is the chief executive of Retail NZ and joins us to discuss.
Retail NZ spokesman Greg Harford Photo: Supplied
10:30 Partygoers revel as Sydney's Freedom Day arrives
It's freedom day for double-vaccinated Sydneysiders! NSW has hit more than 70% fully vaccinated which means the state has newly found freedoms including travelling more than five kilometres from home, dining out, going shopping and seeing friends. It's 8:30pm in Sydney and the party is already pumping at waterfront bar Bungalow8. The Venue Manager Jeremy Fraser joins us to give us the low-down on tonight's plans.
Photo: 123RF
10:45 Calling London with Audrey Tinline
Audrey Tinline at BBC World keeps us up to date as many countries are seeing a big energy crunch - with prices for gas and coal going up extremely fast, artwork by the renowned British street artist Banksy is up for auction - how much is it expected to go for? And later this week world leaders will be gathering to discuss Afghanistan - at a G20 summit - what's top of the agenda?
Photo: supplied
11:07 Nashville Babylon
After 11, on Nashville Babylon Mark Rogers has birthday tunes for John Lennon, John Prine, Jackson Browne and Welsh punk legend Jon Langford. Elsewhere there's music from Nina Simone and Lisa Miller plus a rare Nick Lowe track.
John Prine Photo: supplied
