Nights for Friday 23 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 Tenuous Connections

It's Friday Night so it's time to put on a playlist of music with a loose theme based off an even looser starting point.

Tonight, we celebrate National Poetry Day!

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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 This Weekend: The Bitches' Box

Every Friday, we bring you some of the most interesting events and happenings coming up in Aotearoa this weekend - from the community fairs to the massive concerts.

Tonight, we focus on a Kiwi comedy duo, The Bitches' Box who continue a special fundraising tour this weekend.

As well as being Arts Festival favourites, the duo is renowned ​for their sellout woolshed tours, travelling to the nooks and crannies of rural New Zealand.

Amelia Dunbar is one half of Bitches' Box and joins Emile Donovan.

9:20 Focus on Politics

In Focus on Politics this week, the Crown comes face-to-face with the Kiingitanga

9:30 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin

Nights' resident screen critic, Dan Slevin, is back with three tips for your weekend viewing pleasure.

Tonight, he looks at New local drama set in a fictional 1950s residential girls' home on an island in Lyttelton Harbour, We Were Dangerous (Stewart-Te Whiu, 2024) In Cinemas.

The latest adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's famous thriller novel about the conman and fantasist Tom Ripley, Ripley (Zaillian, 2024). Paid Streaming (Netflix);

And a fantastic stop-motion animation film for all the family featuring the voices of Ben Kingsley, Toni Collette, Jared Harris and plenty of British comedy luminaries, The Boxtrolls (Annable/Stachi, 2014) Freestreaming (TVNZ+)

10:17 The work and legacy of Janet Frame on centenary of her birth

This year, 2024, would mark Janet Frame's one hundredth birthday.

The author of acclaimed novel Owls Do Cry, and the subject of Jane Campion's An Angel At My Table, she remains one of New Zealand's most internationally celebrated writers.

Catherine Taylor is a New Zealand writer, editor and critic based in London, she's also coming to WORD Christchurch literary festival in just a matter of weeks.

She joins Emile Donovan to reflect on the work and legacy of Janet Frame.

10:30 Out Lately with Finn Johansson

He's back, and no doubt ready to inform, educate and entertain us with an array of eclectic music.

Tonight: Movable Objects from Whisper Hiss, Hey Elmore from Al Park and Edge of Saturday Night
by the Blessed Madonna ft Kylie Minogue.

11:07 Aotearoa Hip Hop: The Music, The People, The History

In this six-part series Phil Bell, aka DJ Sir-Vere, presents a deep dive into the origins and stories of this country's love of hip hop - talking to the originators the instigators, and the influencers about how Hip Hop has imprinted itself on the fabric of New Zealand's music culture.

Tonight, episode two: The Aotearoa hip hop scene starts exploding, with rap competitions that foster future talent including MCOJ & the Rhythm Slave and Dei Hamo, and we hear about a controversial incident between Upper Hutt Posse and the audience that made headlines.