Nights for Monday 27 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: Lisa's Story

Lisa's Story adapted as it is from Vincent O'Sullivan's novel All This By Chance focuses on Lisa and Fergus whose stories are inextricably intertwined though they only spent a few years together in the 1960's.

The story takes us with Lisa as she journeys through life and from NZ to London, Greece, Africa and Italy.

Tonight, part six.

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 Ben Purua

Every Monday, to set the tone for the week, Nights gets someone to share a whakataukī - a piece of wisdom from te ao Māori.

Tonight we're hearing from South Waikato farm manager and recently crowned Young Māori Farmer award-winner Ben Purua.

Ben didn't take the traditional path into farming and it was a stint on on a prison farm where he found his agricultural calling.

9:30 How the microbes we leave behind on our clothing could help solve murders

A new international study has shown how the population of bacteria on a person's skin leaves a trace on the clothes they wear, and can be identified months after the transfer.

It's a discovery that could mean big things for the examination of crime scenes, where clothing often features in the body of evidence.

Paola Magni is an associate professor of forensic science at Murdoch University in Australia, and one of the researchers behind the study.

10:17 The controversial police tactic under the spotlight

In 2022, the case against three men accused of murdering Upper Hutt woman Lois Tolley fell over after a judge ruled evidence - including a confession - had been improperly obtained, and was inadmissible in court. 

Part of the reason was the use of a mysterious interviewing technique called the Complex Investigation Phased Engagement Model, or CIPEM.

Now a international expert who validated the interviewing technique says her conclusions were wrong and it doesn't meet international standards for evidence-gathering.

Journalist Mike White has been investigating the issue for Stuff and speaks to Nights about the latest developments.

10:30 Sports with Jamie Wall

RNZ sports reporter and Nights regular Jamie Wall is in the studio to chat sport, including if he's ever been called a bad name by an angry coach.

10:45 BBC World Lookahead with Rob Hugh-Jones

The BBC's Rob Hugh-Jones joins Nights to talk about the events making headlines internationally, including the latest on elections in both the UK and South Africa, the situation in Sudan where the word genocide has started to be used and Paris getting ready for the Olympic games.

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 Nashville Babylon there's blues from Junior Wells and RL Burnside, swamp rock courtesy of Tony Joe White, reggae from Susan Cadogan plus an Americana classic from the Willard Grant Conspiracy.