Nights for Thursday 20 June 2024
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UK Election with Henry Cooke
10:45 PM.With 14 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… Read more Audio
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The Kiwi author finding success later in life
10:30 PM.New Zealand filmmaker and writer Barbara Sumner has just published her first work of fiction, The Gallows Bird, a historical novel about a young female convict who is sent to Australia in the 1830s. Read more Audio
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Is this a new golden age for New Zealand middle distance running?
10:18 PM.Heading into the Paris Summer Olympics, New Zealand's athletics team is looking strong than it ever has. Athletics commentator Hayden Shearman weighs in on how we came to have this impressive crop of… Read more Audio
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New book charts history of humankind through ceramics
9:30 PM.What can we learn about the Roman empire from a single pot? Curator and artist Glenn Barkley reveals the human touch in ceramics and why more people are drawn to the artform in 2024. Read more Audio
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Kiwi photographer exploring humanity's impact on space
9:15 PM.Max Alexander grew up in Papakura, and has been living in London for the past 30 years. He's back in Aotearoa for the next few weeks to participate in Matariki and add a new section to his exhibition… 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 final episode of our 10-part story about a teenage girl who has problems.
Here are Esmee Meyers and Chelsea Bognuda reading the tenth 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 The photographer exploring humanity's impact on the stars
Max Alexander is an internationally renowned photographer who uses visual storytelling to convey scientific concepts to audiences around the world.
Max grew up in Papakura and he's been living in London for the past 30 years.
He's back in Aotearoa for the next few weeks to participate in Matariki and add a new section to his exhibition "Our Fragile Space - Protecting the Near-Space" that opened at Lloyds of London and has been shown in Europe and the United States.
He speaks to Emile Donovan about the inspiration behind his exhibition.
9:35 The history of humanity told through ceramics
What can we learn about the Roman empire from a single pot?
Glenn Barkley is a curator and ceramicist based in Sydney Australia, and the author of Ceramics: An Atlas of Forms, which charts the course of human history through over 100 ceramic objects.
He speaks to Emile Donovan from his home in Australia.
Photo: Ainslie & Co Photography / Supplied
10:17 Is this a new golden age for New Zealand middle distance running?
Is this the beginning of another golden age for middle distance running in New Zealand?
Heading into the Paris Summer Olympics, New Zealand's athletics team is looking strong than it ever has - included in that are middle distance athletes who have already impressed on the track.
To take a closer look at what's driving success on the track Emile Donovan speaks to athletics commentator Hayden Shearman.
Photo: MI NEWS
10:30 The Kiwi author finding success later in life
New Zealand filmmaker and author Barbara Sumner has just published her first work of fiction, The Gallows Bird, a historical novel about a young female convict who is sent to Australia in the 1830s.
Barbara, who lives in Napier, is finding success as an older author, showing it’s never too late to follow your creative dreams.
As well as writing the novel, she is about to complete her PhD at the University of Victoria, and will spend time writing via a Michael King Residency.
Barbara speaks to Emile Donovan about the development and research of her novel over a twenty year period.
Photo: Supplied
10:45 UK Election with Henry Cooke
With 14 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
In a 2021 conversation, New Zealand poet Sam Hunt spoke to Trevor Reekie about music, mortality and creativity while sharing some of his favourite songs on this week's Mixtape.
