Nights for Thursday 28 March 2024

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  Jukebox

Emile Donovan plays your requests - as long as you've got a compelling reason, or a good story with it.

Tonight, 'Covers Week' continues. Send in your picks to nights@rnz.co.nz or text 2101.

8:30 The Reading 

Tonight, a short story by Pip Adam from her collection Everything We Hoped for, winner of the Best First Book award in the New Zealand Post Book Awards 2011. Vanessa Rhodes reads A Bad Start.

9:07 Nights Quiz

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

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

9:15 I Was There When: On the day the Wellington Trades Hall was bombed

Every Thursday we speak to people who were on the scene during a big moment in New Zealand's history.

Yesterday marked the 40th anniversary of the Trades Hall Bombing in Wellington.

One of the many who were on the scene in the immediate aftermath of the explosion was the Evening Post's industrial relations reporter Tim Donoghue.

 

9:35 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin 

Nights resident film critic Dan Slevin shares his picks for what you should be watching this long Easter weekend.

10:17 Calls for whales to be given legal personhood

We've done it for a forest, for a river, and now calls are being made for whales to be the next to receive the protection of legal personhood.

Māori and Pacific leaders, including the Māori king, want to appoint whales as ocean ambassadors to the United Nations.

Mere Takoko is the vice president of Conservation International Aotearoa and speaks with Emile Donovan.

10:30 'That's so last century': A look back at fashion in Aotearoa

From mini-skirts, cardigans and paisley print to shoulder pads, knee-high socks and bow-ties - there's been numerous fashions trends in Aotearoa over the years, and perhaps a few faux pas as well.

A new exhibition at Auckland's Central Library is showcasing that fashion - and ways it has impacted different parts of our society.

Associate curator of ephemera for Auckland Council Libraries, Zoë Colling joins Emile Donovan.

10:45 'Tally ho tweeders!': Cyclists swap lycra for tweed  

Hundreds of cyclists are set to come to together for a mass ride in Greytown in Saturday - but there won't be any lycra in sight. 

Instead of skin tight sportswear it will be a sea of soft woollen fabrics for the Tweed Ride.

Adam Blackwell is the co-founder of Blackwell & Sons and the organiser of the ride and speaks to Emile Donovan

11:07 The Mixtape

This week comedian and 'volunteer journalist' Guy Williams joins Music 101's Charlotte Ryan.