Nights for Tuesday 18 June 2024
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LayBye-Bye: Buy-now-pay-later services shutting down
10:45 PM.After a meteoric rise during the post-pandemic economic boom, the air has started to come out of the buy-now-pay-later market, with service LayBuy announcing it is appointing receivers. Read more Audio
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Heaven for chocolate lovers in Wellington this weekend
10:30 PM.Along with ultimate brownie bake-offs and beer and chocolate pairing sessions, Chocstock is an opportunity for chocolatiers from across the Pacific to come together and discuss the region's burgeoning… Read more Audio
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Decades-old Lego keeps washing up on the UK coastline
10:18 PM.Tracey Williams lives on the beach in Cornwall, where nearly three decades ago, a storm led to a cargo ship spilling masses of LEGO parts into the sea. She's been documenting her finds for years. Read more Audio
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Government's 'granny flat' boon felt by tiny home supporters
9:50 PM.The government is proposing removing resource consent requirements for self-contained dwellings under 60 square metres. Read more Audio
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Politics by Night with Glenn McConnell
9:30 PM.Nights host Emile Donovan speaks to Stuff political reporter Glenn McConnell about scrutiny week in Parliament. Read more Audio
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Shower Thoughts: Is it bad to take expired medication?
9:15 PM.Pharmacist Gemma Perry says some medications have a five-year shelf life, while others are only good for a week. Read more Audio
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.
8:45 The Reading: 'Losing It'
Tonight is the eighth episode of our 10-part story about a teenage girl who has problems.
Esmee Meyers and Chelsea Bognuda read 'LOSING IT' by Sandy McKay.
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 Shower Thoughts: Is it bad to take expired medication?
Have you ever had a burning question in the back of your mind that you just can't find the answer for, when suddenly, the noise in your brain clears and, in its place, appears the perfect thought.
That's a Shower Thought, and here on Nights we're aiming to answer those unshakeable questions lurking in the back of your mind.
Tonight's question: Do the use by dates on the side of our medications really mean anything, do medicines actually go off?
To help us answer this question pharmacist, owner of Sanders Pharmacy in Te Awamutu, and founding member of advocacy group Prescription Access Initiative Gemma Perry speaks to Emile Donovan.
Photo: CAIA IMAGE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY
9:30 Politics by Night with Glenn McConnell
Nights host Emile Donovan speaks to Stuff political reporter Glenn McConnell about scrutiny week in Parliament.
9:50 'Granny flat' boon felt by tiny home supporters
The government is proposing removing resource consent requirements for self-contained dwellings under 60 square metres.
They're pitching it as unlocking 'granny flats' to help the supply end of the housing market, and tiny home enthusiasts say it could be a game-changer.
Kiwi Bryce Langston runs viral YouTube channel Living Big In a Tiny House and joins Emile Donovan.
Family of five, Napier: Lightweight plywood is used throughout the interior, making the space feel bigger. An open-plan central living area and a window on a roller that slides back ensure the quintessential Kiwi indoor/outdoor flow within this tiny home Photo:
10:17 Decades-old Lego keeps washing up on the UK coastline
Tracey Williams has spent years of her life looking for needles in haystacks.
Tracey lives on the beach in Cornwall, where nearly three decades ago, a storm led to a cargo ship spilling masses of LEGO parts into the sea.
These LEGO parts are washing up on beaches around England.
Tracey has made it her mission to collect and catalogue as many of these pieces of plastic as possible, and to draw attention to the wider issue of plastic pollution.
She joins Emile Donovan.
Tracey Williams documents her and others' discoveries of LEGO pieces washed up on beaches from a 1997 cargo ship spill on her social media pages Lego Lost At Sea. Photo: Supplied
10:30 Heaven for chocolate lovers in Wellington this weekend
Thousands of chocolate lovers will be descending on the capital this weekend for the return of culinary festival Chocstock.
And while you best believe there will be ultimate brownie bake-offs and beer and chocolate pairing sessions, it's also a rare opportunity for chocolate makers from across the Pacific to come together and discuss the region's burgeoning craft chocolate industry.
Co-founder of Chocstock Luke Owen-Smith joins Emile Donovan.
Chocstock 2024 runs from June 21-23 at the Harbourside Function Centre in Wellington. Photo: Robin Oveges / Supplied
10:45 LayBye-Bye: Buy-now-pay-later services shutting down
After a meteoric rise during the post-pandemic economic boom, the air has started to come out of the buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) market.
The latest company to feel the pressure of a sluggish economy and high interest rates is Laybuy, which announced on Monday it was appointing receivers.
Today tech Giant Apple announced it was shutting down Apple Pay Later, just months after it launched.
Grant Halverson is the CEO of McLean Roche Consulting based in Australia, and a long time critic of the BNPL industry.
He joins Emile Donovan.
11:07 Worlds of Music
On Worlds of Music Trevor Reekie hosts a weekly music programme celebrating an eclectic mix of trans global music, fusion and folk roots.
