Nights for Thursday 13 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 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: 'Losing It'

Tonight is the sixth episode of our 10-part story about a teenage girl who has problems.

Esmee Meyers and Chelsea Bognuda episode four of 'Losing It' by Sandy McKay.

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 Philosophy Now! Is honesty (always) the best policy? That depends!

We all have a life, but what should we do with it?

Dan Weijers is a senior lecturer in philosophy at the University of Waikato. Every month on Nights, he'll be unpacking some of life's big issues, whether it’s love, death, happiness, or whether it's morally right to keep a pet goldfish.

Tonight Dan is exploring the vexed question Is honesty always the best policy, and asks the question if you've cheated on your partner, should you admit to it and tell them?

9:35 New book from the creator of My Octopus Teacher

Craig Foster is the Academy Award-winning director of the documentary My Octopus Teacher.

A decade ago, tired of the city life, he decided to return to his birthplace - the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa - and dive into the wild and beautiful great African Sea forest each day.

His new book asks how can we reclaim our wildness in a world that wants us to stay so tamed?

He talks to Nights about 'Amphibious Soul: Finding the Wild in a Tame World'.

10:17 All eyes on Europe as the battle for football glory kicks off this weekend.

Who are teams to watch? Are there any dark horses to keep an eye on? 

Ella Reilly joins Nights to talk all things Euro 2024.

10:30 First Gore, Now the World!

New Zealand singer-songwriter Jenny Mitchell has won a scholarship to Nashville, Tennessee, to attend global country music summit Americanafest.

She joins Emile Donovan about her win and what the festival is all about.

10:45 What's the latest on the UK Election with Henry Cooke

With 20 days left until the UK goes to the polls it increasingly looks like the ruling Conservative Party will not only lose their hold on power after 14 years in charge, it looks like it could be a landslide for the Labour Party.

Henry Cooke is a former Chief Political reporter at Stuff, who is now based in the UK but still writes a political newsletter called Museum Street.

He's also keeping a close eye on the UK election and he speaks to Emile Donovan about how things are going, fewer than 3 weeks out from polling day.

11:07 The Mixtape

Our guest picking the music over the next hour is Dujon Cullingford, a DJ and record collector based in Ngāruawāhia.

Dujon is a champion for underground New Zealand funk, soul and disco from back in the day. He is also the champion of breakdance - working hard to make it an Olympic sport.

For the third year running, Dujon shares his musical taonga with Music 101.