Nights for Wednesday 19 June 2024
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Winner of AI art competition disqualified after revealing his photo was real
10:45 PM.Miles Astray is a writer and photographer who entered his photo of a pink flamingo, which appears to have lost its head and neck, into the AI category of the 1839 Awards, a prestigious international… Read more Audio
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What is 'girl mossing'?
10:30 PM.You've probably heard of 'girl bossing' but 'girl-mossing' is the new social media movement Oprah Winfrey's getting behind. Snuggling into soft green moss isn't just a form of nature therapy, it… Read more Audio
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Fred Award-winning comedians Barnie Duncan and Trygve Wakenshaw
10:18 PM.The comedy duo are bringing their show, Different Party, which parodies office life, to Auckland's Q Theatre later in late June. Read more Audio
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Feeling the pinch, but worth trillions
9:15 PM.Paul Pascoe, senior manager of national accounts at Stats NZ, joins Emile Donovan to explore how much wealth New Zealand households actually have, and how much they're able to save. 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.
8:30 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 penultimate episode of our 10-part story about a teenage girl who has problems.
Here are Esmee Meyers and Chelsea Bognuda reading the ninth part 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 Feeling the pinch, but worth trillions
Paul Pascoe, senior manager of national accounts at Stats NZ, joins Emile Donovan to explore how much wealth New Zealand households actually have, and how much they're able to save.
Photo: Towfiqu Barbhuiya for Unsplash
9:30 Midweek Mediawatch
Hayden Donnell talks to Emile Donovan about the big stories in the news this week including why the prime minister's plane keeps making headlines, Stuff partnering with one of New Zealand's most read magazines and Hayden finally finds a story about a young person buying a house that isn't actually that bad.
10:17 Fred Award-winning comedians Barnie Duncan and Trygve Wakenshaw
Barnie Duncan and Trygve Wakenshaw are the winners of the prestigious Fred comedy award for this year.
They're bringing their show, Different Party, which parodies office life, to Auckland's Q Theatre later this month.
They join Emile Donovan in the Auckland studio.
Photo: Supplied
10:30 What is 'girl mossing'?
You may be familiar with the term 'girl bossing', used to describe female empowerment.
But what about 'girl-mossing'? This is the wellness trend that rejects hustle culture.
The term has taken off on the likes of TikTok and Instagram, with images of people are "girl mossing" - lying on a forest floor, staring up at a leafy canopy or caressing moss.
Anna Halafoff is an associate professor in Sociology at Deakin University in Australia and speaks to Emile Donovan.
Moss-mounded stump in cloud forest Photo: Kennedy Warne
10:45 Winner of AI art competition disqualified after revealing his photo was real
Miles Astray is a writer and photographer who entered his photo of a pink flamingo, which appears to have lost its head and neck, into the AI category of the 1839 Awards, a prestigious international photo competition.
He won, but was shortly thereafter disqualified; it turned out his image was all human, and had no involvement from artificial intelligence at all.
Miles chats to Emile Donovan.
Photo: Miles Astray
11:07 Pocket Edition
On this week's episode of Pocket Edition with Maggie Tweedie we hear new songs from Mystery Waitress, Fontaines D,C, Vasili and Holly Arrowsmith. Mike Chunn revisits The Beatles classic album Revolver.