Nights for Wednesday 17 July 2024

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.

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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 tenth episode of a 12-part series with Melissa Phillips 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 Is New Zealand still an agricultural giant?

Every month, Nights links up with the good people at Stats NZ to share some facts and figures about life in New Zealand.

Tonight, we're taking a look at the importance of agriculture to the New Zealand economy, how it's evolved over time and what it's got to do with the price of cheese.

Jason Attewell is the general manager of economic and environmental insights at Stats NZ and he joins Emile Donovan from our Wellington studio.

9:30 Midweek Mediawatch

Hayden Donnell joins Emile Donovan to talk about the TVNZ clip that was dredged up in the wake of the Trump shooting and 1News' Darleen Tana exclusive.

10:17 New Zealand's reinsurance problem

Parliament's Finance and Expenditure Committee has been warned that New Zealand's recent history of major natural disasters has made global reinsurers reassess the country's risk profile.

To explain, Emile Donovan is joined by the former chief executive of EQC, David Middleton ONZM.

10:30 How to pitch a screenplay

Alice Shearman, executive director of the New Zealand Writers Guild, joins Emile Donovan to share tips and tricks for taking a screenplay off the page and onto the big screen.

10:45 Waimārama man's winter surf mission

Rain, heavy swells, icy waters or even just a little bit of a cold hasn't stopped one man in his quest to ride the waves all winter long.

Deejay Morris, who lives in Waimārama in Hawke's Bay, set himself the goal to surf every day over the colder months

So far he hasn't missed a day and is sitting at 47 cold water surfs so far.

He joins Emile Donovan.

11:07 Pocket Edition

On this week's episode of Pocket Edition with Maggie Tweedie we meet Mary Jane Thompson, a deaf musician from Wellington, and catch up with the world's largest choir competition taking place in Tāmaki Makaurau.