Nights for Wednesday 24 July 2024

8.10 The House

Today on our Parliament programme - The House - a kerfuffle in the House provides lessons all round.

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: Billy Bird

Tonight we begin 'Billy Bird', by Emma Neale.

The story centres on the behaviour of the young boy Billy, after a family tragedy. But the problem is not just with Billy - there are unresolved issues with his parents too.

The story is about grief and loss but somehow Emma Neale handles it with a kind of joyful simplicity that will actually make you smile and laugh sometimes.

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 19-year-old running his own takeout business 

Fan Tong takeout in the suburb of Saint Heliers in Auckland is serving up Chinese and Malaysian dishes like stir fries, noodles and rice. 

Nineteen-year-old Geoffrey Yew started the business in November 2023, and from Wednesday to Sunday every week, you can find him taking customers' orders as well as running the kitchen.

Geoffrey joins Emile Donovan to share how he got his love for food and the challenges of running his own business.

 

 

 

 

 

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9:30 Midweek Mediawatch

Colin Peacock joins Emile Donovan to discuss the media's framing of Joe Biden dropping out of the presidential race.

10:17 A new use for kombucha in hospitals

Deep inside Wellington Regional Hospital, there are tubs full of kombucha brewing away.

It's not for any direct health and wellness benefit. The fermented drink is being brewed for its slimy, gelatinous by-product known as a scoby.

The hospital's anaesthesia department is using dried scoby as replica human tissue for training in Cant Incubate, Can't Oxygenate, also known as CICO procedures.

Melita Macdonald is the manager of Wellington Regional Hospital's simulation service and she joins Emile Donovan.

10:30 Tom Ayling: The world of antique bookselling mixing with TikTok

Rare books and TikTok.

Not only is Tom Wayling a successful antiquarian bookseller, he's a fully fledged social media star, with over half-a-million followers across multiple platforms.

In his videos Tom shares the history and stories behind some of the world's rarest and most sought after books.

Tom joins Emile Donovan.

10:45 Bid to trademark basmati rice in New Zealand rejected

The Indian government has attempted to trademark the term 'Basmati' in New Zealand, arguing for exclusive rights due to the rice grain's historical associations with the country.

The long, slender-grained aromatic rice is traditionally grown in the Indian subcontinent, with India currently being the world's largest producer of basmati rice.

However, the Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand has ruled that it's not exclusive to India, and they've lost their bid for exclusive trademark rights.

It's one of the latest foods to undergo a similar trademark battle, following EU free trade agreement naming protections placed on Greek 'feta' cheese and Italian 'prosecco' wine - and New Zealand's own failed bid to protect 'mānuka' honey.

Rebecca Jones is a trademark attorney at LegalVision and she joins Emile Donovan to explain.

11:07 Pocket Edition

In Pocket Edition this week Maggie Tweedie meets hip hop pioneer Chuck D and local music hero Jamie Macphail, a man who has restored new life into old New Zealand halls by bringing musicians across the country to perform in them.