Nights for Monday 22 April 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.

Send in your requests to nights@rnz.co.nz or text 2101.

8:45 The Reading 

Tonight, episode 12 of 'The Swing Around' written by Barbara Anderson and read by Miranda Harcourt.

9:05 Nights Quiz

Do you know your stuff? Come on the air and be grilled by Emile Donovan as he dons his quizmaster 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 Whakataukī of the Week with Dr Hirini Kaa

Every Monday night, to set the tone for the week here on Nights, we're joined by a guest who shares a whakataukī, a Māori proverb, that's near to their heart.

Dr Hirini Kaa is an Anglican Priest ministering in South Auckland and the Manukura (principal) at St John's Theological College.

He joins Emile Donovan.

"Tā te tamariki tāna mahi wāwāhi tahā"

"It is the job of the children to smash the calabash"

9:30 Is it time to update our understanding of the universe? Some cosmologists think so

Over the past 100 years our understanding of how the universe works has changed changed dramatically as technology and scientific theories have improved in leaps and bounds.

But is the current model too simplistic and outdated?

Some cosmologists believe so and last week many of them gathered at the London Royal Society to challenge the fundamental assumptions that underpin the conventional understand of how everything works.

Emile Donovan speaks to one of the conference's organisers, Oxford University Professor Subir Sarkar, about why he's questioning the long-held model.

10:17 'Lynn of Tawa' Ginette McDonald celebrated with new collection

Ginette McDonald is many things: a comedian, actor, writer, producer, director, and member of the Order of New Zealand Merit for services to entertainment.

But you may know her best as her character Lynn of Tawa.

NZ On Screen has released The Ginette McDonald Collection, celebrating Ginette's trailblazing career with videos of her comedy, production work, and historic interviews.

She joins Emile Donovan to reflect on her career.

10:30 Sports with Bryan Waddle

Nights' sport correspondent Bryan Waddle is back after a big weekend of sport and chats to Emile Donovan about the Blackcaps tour of Pakistan which got off to a terrible start, another successful motor racing event in Taupō. and is it a good thing someone else other than the Crusaders is going to the win the Super Rugby competition?

10:45 BBC World

BBC world's Rich Preston joins us from London to talk about some of the major events making headline internationally, including a hearing on the legality of the UK selling arms to Israel, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's trip to China, and Venice becoming the first city in the world to charge tourists a fee to enter for the day. 

11:07 Nashville Babylon

Every week on Nashville Babylon Mark Rogers presents the very best in country, soul and rock 'n' roll. 

On this week's show there's tracks from Emmylou Harris, Son Volt and Daddy Long Legs, classics from the Stones and Iggy Pop plus a reggae smash from Steel Pulse.