Nights for Friday 7 June 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 Tenuous Connections

Tonight, a half-hour of music connected to the theme of air travel.

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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.

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: World Wide Knit in Public Day

Every Friday, we bring you some of the most interesting events and happenings coming up in Aotearoa this weekend.

And this Saturday, June 8, is World Wide Knit in Public Day.

It's being celebrated in libraries and museums all across New Zealand.

One of those places is the Picton Library, where Sue Cooper, of the Picton Knitters and Spinners group, will be settling in.

She joins Emile Donovan.

9:20 Focus on Politics

In Focus on Politics, RNZ deputy political editor Craig McCulloch takes a closer look at National's broken cancer commitment - and considers how the government could put it right. 

9:35 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin

Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin looks at the latest instalment in the 1995 buddy cop comedy series Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024), documentary Joan Baez: I Am A Noise (2023) streaming on DocPlay, and reviews the free streaming site Tubi.

10:17 Is this New Zealand's most expensive pie?

A small pie shop in Canterbury may have just set a record for the country's most expensive pie.

A gourmet crayfish pie, created by PJ's Pies in Hanmer Springs, would set you back $50.

Emile Donovan speaks to co-owner Jim Bratschi to find out more about this pricey pie.

10:30 Out Lately with Finn Johansson

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

Tonight, a track from Berlin-based Kiwi project Saturns Drive, new music from Norwegian-American auteur Okay Kaya, and a glimpse of the 20-minute epic reimagining of gnarly Baltimore rock band Lungfish as a stretched-out lullaby from Bonnie Prince Billy, Nathan Salsburg and Tyler Trotter.

11:07 Aotearoa's Music Micro-Labels

Tony Stamp meets the people behind some of New Zealand's music micro-labels, marketing and distributing music they love. It's often done in their free time, for little, if any, profit, and sometimes wins international audiences.