Nights for Wednesday 7 August 2024

8:10 The House

Tonight on our Parliament show - the House - Phil Smith takes a first look at the censure of Julie Ann Genter. 

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

Todd Zaner 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'

Our book reading is 'Billy Bird', by Emma Neale. 

Now we're up to the penultimate episode.

Things have begun to unravel for the family - but in a good way. Billy is able to tell his story but Liam is still struggling.

Time to find out if Liam can push through his defensiveness and reconnect.

Here's Victoria Abbott with 'Billy Bird', Episode 9.

9:07 Nights Quiz

Do you know your stuff? Come on the air and be grilled by Todd Zaner 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 Agony Aunt

Nights' resident Agony Aunt Courtney Dawson is back for her monthly visit to answer listeners' problems.

9:30 Midweek Mediawatch

In this week's episode of Midweek Mediawatch Colin Peacock chats about the latest on the Herald's use of AI, the media being shut out from parts of National's annual conference over the weekend and more of how the Olympics have been covered here and abroad.

10:17 Martin Phillips a champion for hepatitis C sufferers

Since his death last week tributes have flowed for Martin Phillipps, the late frontman of seminal New Zealand band The Chills.

While his influence on New Zealand and the wider international music scene has been at the forefront of those tributes, his openness about living with hepatitis C has also been championed.

It is estimated there are more than 50,000 people in New Zealand with the hepatitis C virus, although it is estimated only half are currently diagnosed with the blood-borne disease that causes inflammation of the liver, and can result in liver damage and liver cancer.

Tuari Potiki, currently the chair of the NZ Drug Foundation, and previously the first Māori chairperson of the New Zealand Needle Exchange. speaks to Todd Zaner about Phillip's impact.

10:30 A history of New Zealand housing affordability

New Zealand's rates of home ownership are at their lowest in almost eighty years.

A Deloitte report found only sixty percent of households actually own the house they live in, and that rate could get even lower in the next few years, with the cost of housing among the highest in the OECD.

What has changed in New Zealand society, that the once-affordable 'quarter acre dream' is now so far away for such a sizeable part of the population?

Charles Waldegrave is the coordinator of the Family Centre Social Policy Research Unit. He's also a former member of the Welfare Expert Advisory Group. and recently authored a report for the Waitangi Tribunal on Māori home ownership.

He joins Todd Zaner.

10:45 Day 12 of the Paris Olympics with Felicity Reid 

It's another day of action in Paris, with kiwis in action in the high jump, kayaking and golf and RNZ reporter Felicity Reid will have all the latest news and results for us.

11:07 Pocket Edition

In Pocket Edition this week Maggie Tweedie introduces us to new music from Jamie XX, Chaii, Diaz Grimm and Diggy Dupe and Kathryn Ryan speaks to the conductor behind the vastly popular dance nights in New Zealand and Australia, involving live orchestras, DJ's, vocalists, and immersive visuals.