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Nights for Friday 9 February 2024

7:10 Country Life

On this week's show producer Maggie Tweedie discovers it's not all champagne and marquees at a polo game in Hawke's Bay.

And Students from over 20 schools are getting involved in projects to help bring about positive environmental change at the Climate Action Campus in Ōtautahi/ Christchurch.

Hawkes Bay Polo Tent

Hawkes Bay Polo Tent Photo: Maggie Tweedie

8:15 Pacific Waves

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. Hosted by Susana Suisuiki.

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8:30 Celebrating video game music

In the year 2024 it's most likely you're getting new music recommended to you by an algorithm that not even the people who run it totally understand how it works.

But there is still one medium helping millions of people discover new bands or dive into other genres: video games.

RNZ studio operator Jeremy McLean is a self-confessed music nerd and he talks to Emile about the influence video games have on music and vice-versa.

9:07 Nights Quiz

Do you know your stuff? Come on the air and be grilled by Emile Donovan as he dons his quiz master hat.

If you get an answer right, you move on to the next question. If you get it wrong, your time in the chair is up, and the next caller will be put through. The person with the most correct answers at the end of the run goes in the draw for a weekly prize.

The quiz is themed - find out more about tonight's theme on Nights' Facebook page.

9:15 This Weekend: Invercargill revs up with the Burt Munro Challenge

We bring you some of the most interesting events and happenings coming up in Aotearoa this weekend, from the community fair to the massive concerts.

Tonight we're speaking to Bill Moffatt from Invercargill ahead of the annual Burt Munro Challenge this weekend.

Burt Munro in Invercargill in 1962 preparing to pack up the Indian inside it’s Streamliner to send to Bonneville. Also pictured: a young Neville Hayes, now the Managing Director of E Hayes and Sons Invercargill, and the owner of Burt’s Indian

Burt Munro in Invercargill in 1962 preparing to pack up the Indian inside it’s Streamliner to send to Bonneville. Also pictured: a young Neville Hayes, now the Managing Director of E Hayes and Sons Invercargill, and the owner of Burt’s Indian Photo: E Hayes Motorworks Collection

9:30 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin

It's a Friday night so that must mean its time for Short-Cuts with Nights' film Guru Dan Slevin. 

Tonight Dan has three picks for what to watch over the weekend. Tonight he's talking about the sequel to one of Australia's biggest recent hits, a cult classic featuring Cher and a young Nicolas Cages and finally a award-winning, anime film set near near Hiroshima in the closing years of World War II.

10:17 Auckland Pride in 2024

February is the month Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland’s rainbow communities come together to celebrate a unique mix of cultures, sexualities, and gender identities in Aotearoa/New Zealand’s most diverse city

Emile talks to the festival's creative direction Nathan Joe ahead of this weekend's events.

Nathan Joe

Nathan Joe Photo: Supplied

10:30 Out Lately with Finn

He's back, and no doubt ready to inform, educate and entertain us with an array of eclectic music.

It's Finn Johansson.

Finn Johansson

Finn Johansson Photo: Finn Johansson

11:07 RNZ Music presents Concert

This week's classic Kiwi collaborations concert features Wellington musician and composer Rhian Sheehan.

The Wellington musician and composer showcases tracks from his acclaimed album A Quiet Divide, as well as previous works from his back catalogue.

RNZ was at the Michael Fowler Centre in Wellington to capture his first performance in his home town in over 5 years…