Nights for Friday 21 June 2024
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Out Lately with Finn Johansson
10:30 PM.He's back, and no doubt ready to inform, educate and entertain us with an array of eclectic music. Audio
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The concert where they want you to fall asleep
10:17 PM.Tonight is the final night of the Loemis winter festival in Wellington. To celebrate, the festival is hosting The Longest Night, a sleep concert running from 11pm to 7am. Seven artists will perform… Read more Audio
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Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
9:30 PM.Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin takes a look at the Doc Edge festival playing in Christchurch now before moving to Wellington and Auckland next month. He's also revisiting the 2016 comedy… Read more Audio
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This Weekend: Solstice celebrated at New Zealand's own Stonehenge
9:15 PM.Every Friday, we bring you some of the most interesting events and happenings coming up in Aotearoa this weekend - from the community fairs to the massive concerts. Tonight we're talking with Richard… 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 Tenuous Connections
Tonight, a half-hour of music connected to the theme things a washing machine might do.
Send your requests to nights@rnz.co.nz.
washing machine Photo: supplied
9:07 Nights Quiz
Do you know your stuff? Come on the air and be grilled by Emile Donovan as he dons his quiz-master 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: Solstice celebrated at New Zealand's own Stonehenge.
Every Friday, we bring you some of the most interesting events and happenings coming up in Aotearoa this weekend - from the community fairs to the massive concerts.
Tonight we're talking with Richard Hall the founder of Stonehenge Aotearoa about how they're celebrating the winter solstice in Carterton this weekend.
Stonehenge Carterton Photo: stonehenge-aotearoa.nz
9:30 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin takes a look at the DocEdge festival playing in Christchurch now before moving to Wellington and Auckland next month. He's also revisiting the 2016 comedy The Nice Guys featuring Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling and to finish off he will chat about the life and legacy of American film legend Donald Sutherland who died this week.
10:17 The concert where they want you to fall asleep
Tonight is the final night of the Lōemis winter festival in Wellington.
To celebrate, the festival is hosting The Longest Night, a sleep concert running from 11pm to 7am.
Seven artists will perform all night long, and it might be the only time concert-goers are encouraged to sleep.
Erika Grant is the lead artist on the project and will also be performing. She speaks to Emile Donovan about where the idea for the concert came from.
Erika Grant has made music for silent films, theatre and marching bands, and is currently creating Gong Bath experiences in Wellington. Photo: Holly Fenwick / Supplied
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, he's bringing the heat with a selection that includes . . .
11:07 The Beatles in New Zealand
On the 21st June 1964 The Beatles touched down in Aotearoa for the first time to play 12 sold out shows in all 4 major cities.
The Beatles in New Zealand follows the Fab Four's 8-day adventure across the motu and looks at the seismic cultural impact it made on this country….
