Nights for Wednesday 10 July 2024
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Balclutha sets its sights on Six60 gig
10:45 PM.It's one of five locations who are battling it out for the band's 'encore concert' for their Grassroots Tour, before they head to Europe. Mayor, Bryan Cadogan talks to Emile Donovan about why he wants… Read more Audio
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Anthology highlights differently-structured families in Aotearoa
10:30 PM.A new book looks at the subject of single-parented or alternatively structured families in Aotearoa New Zealand. Read more Audio
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Retail giant Amazon turns 30
10:17 PM.Thirty years ago, Jeff Bezos started a company which would one day be known as Amazon - and which would change the course of retail - and, indeed, the world - irrevocably. Author Natalie Berg joins… Read more Audio
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Myth Takes: Gladiators
9:15 PM.Classics enthusiast and educator Ben Jackson joins us for our monthly chat. Tonight, we are stepping into the Colosseum and taking a deep dive into the history of the Gladiators 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: Hand Me Down World by Lloyd Jones
The sixth episode of a 12 part series with Ziyande Matshe and Brian Sergent reading the 'Hand Me Down World' by Lloyd Jones.
An African woman becomes pregnant while working as a cleaner in a Tunisian hotel but, just weeks after the birth, her baby is stolen away by the father. Her journey to find him relies on the barest of resources as she tracks him across continents.
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 Myth Takes: Gladiators
Classics enthusiast and educator Ben Jackson joins us for our monthly chat.
Tonight, we are stepping into the Colosseum and taking a deep dive into the history of the Gladiators
Roman Colosseum Photo: Public Domain
9:30 Midweek Mediawatch
Colin Peacock joins Nights to debrief the week in the media.
Photo: Stuff / Supplied
10:17 Online retail giant Amazon turns 30
It's 30 years since Amazon launched, changing the world of retail.
Natalie Berg is a Retail Analyst and Founder of NBK Retail, a consultancy specialising in retail strategy and future and joins Emile Donovan to look at its development and impact through the years.
Natalie Berg looks back at 30 years of Amazon Photo: Supplied/Terranova
10:30 New book highlights 'non-nuclear families' in Aotearoa
From solo mums and dads doing it alone, to grandparents raising their grandchildren or even neighbours bringing up chilrden who are no longer safe with their parents, Aotearoa New Zealand is full of families that don't follow the tradional two parent two children formula.
One of the editors of Rere Takitahi/Flying Solo is Jenny Purchase and joins Emile Donovan.
Rere Takitahi/ Flying Solo creatively explores the lived experience of these alternative families in a comprehensive anthology that showcases the creative work of 50 new, emerging, established, and veteran writers, across multiple genres. Photo: Olearia Press
10:45 Balclutha sets its sights on Six60 gig
Ten years ago, Balclutha came close to getting iconic kiwi band Six60 to play a gig in the town.
Now it's one of one of five locations who are battling it out for the band's 'encore concert' for their Grassroots Tour, before they head to Europe.
Mayor, Bryan Cadogan, is a huge fan and talks to Emile Donovan about why he wants to get the band there.
Six60 Photo: supplied
11:07 Pocket Edition with Maggie Tweedie
On this week's Pocket Edition Warren Ellis talks his motivations for treasuring a chewed piece of Nina Simone's gum and how that memento lead him to write his musical memoir.
Photo: Darran Gerrish / Supplied