Nights for Monday 6 May 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 Nights Jukebox 

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

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

8:45 The Reading

Tonight, the fourth episode of 'The Dwarf Who Moved', a legal memoir written and read by Sir Peter Williams KC.

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 Mahanga Pihama

Director, producer, and te reo Māori advocate Mahanga Pihama joins Emile Donovan to share a whakataukī that resonates with him.

9:30 Myopia in children on the rise

Our modern way of living may be creating the preconditions for poor eyesight in our children.

Myopia, or short sightedness, is one of the most common medical conditions in the world, and research shows it's becoming more common.

The causes are many, but the amount of time children spend indoors is being treated as growing cause for concern.

Sachi Rathod is a professional teaching fellow at the University of Auckland. She's also an optometrist for the university's Vision Bus, which drives around the Auckland region providing eye care to school children.

She joins Emile Donovan.

10:17 Brain technology: A step forward, or a dystopian nightmare?

Could technology implanted into our brains transform society for the better?

Or will neurotechnology cause more harm than good, putting our human rights at risk? 

Elon Musk's Neuralink was established to create a thought-triggered computer interface in a person's brain, and the technology has recently started clinical trials.

Dr Allan McCay is Deputy Director of The Sydney Institute of Criminology and an Academic Fellow at the University of Sydney's Law School, with a particular focus on neurotechnology.

He joins Emile Donovan.

10:30 Sports with Jamie Wall

Nights' sports correspondent Jamie Wall joins Emile Donovan to weigh in on the Auckland stadium debate, the Warriors women's team's triumphant return to NRLW, and the potential for the All Blacks to play it Qatar.

10:45 A 'deadbeat' by any other name: What's in a diss track?

Rappers Kendrick Lamar and Drake are in the throes of a very public back and forth diss track battle.

Both have dropped rap songs with lyrics that range from sly digs at each other to allegations of addiction and domestic abuse.

Wellington DJ Brad Warrington aka Sticky provides some history of the beef.

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 Mark has blues from Muddy Waters and Mike Henderson, classic country courtesy of the Louvin Brothers, gospel from Sister Rosetta Tharpe plus Candi Staton covering Dolly Parton.