Nights for Thursday 15 August 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

Tonight, Kallum the guitarist and Page the flautist may be practising for a duet with the youth orchestra, but their relationship is evolving a lot further. And Kallum is discovering  why Page's mother is so protective of her daughter.

Kip Chapman reads episode four of  'Duet'  by David Hill.

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 case for a divorce party

Last year 7995 couples were granted a divorce in Aotearoa, up slightly on the 7593 couples who divorced in 2023

But while divorce has become much more common and socially acceptable, celebrating or marking a divorce in some way hasn't kept up.

Our guest argues divorce deserves its own ceremony and has the experience to back it up.

Last month would have been Fran Barclay's ten-year wedding anniversary, but instead he used the occasion to celebrate the subsequent divorce which happened in 2019.

9:35 Comedian David Correos on his new show and being the BK guy

The New Zealand International Comedy Fest is coming back for a series of winter special shows, featuring some of New Zealand's most beloved comedians.

David Correos, from Taskmaster New Zealand and a Billy T Award winner joins Emile Donovan.

10:17 Kiwi startup develops world's first brain sensor implant

A world first device developed by a New Zealand start-up is set to be a game changer in the medical world.

Kitea Health has just started a trial of the first fully implantable brain pressure sensor, by successfully implanting one in a patient in Auckland. 

Professor Simon Malpas is Kitea Health co-founder and joins Emile Donovan.

He is also speaking at a free event in Auckland.

10:30 Behind the creative partnership of TeMatera Smith and Troy Kingi

TeMatera Smith is the label manager for AAA Records and production partner for the 10, 10, 10 series. He's also the executive producer of Troy Kingi: Desert Hikoi, which is streaming now on RNZ.

He's been working with Troy for years and joins Emile Donovan to talk about what makes their partnership so successful.

10:45 Running the buses in our busiest city

How often you need buses to run, what route the buses should take to get to their destination while reaching the most people?

Pete Moth is the head of public transport services planning and development at Auckland Transport and joins Emile Donovan to answer these questions and more.

11:07 The Mixtape

Kiwi film director Ant Timpson picks the music on the Mixtape this week.

Ant founded the Incredibly Strange Film Festival and the 48 Hours film competition. He's worked on 80s feature films like Queen City Rocker, and produced The ABCs of Death series, Deathgasm, comedy horror The Greasy Strangler, and Turbo Kid, winning a Saturn Award for Best International Film among numerous awards.

In 2019, Ant directed his debut feature film Come to Daddy which has become a cult hit, and has collaborated again with co-writer Toby Harvard and actor Elijah Wood for his brand new film Bookworm

He talks life, music and his new film.