Nights for Monday 9 September 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: The Axeman's Carnival

Tonight we begin a new book. It's The Axeman's Carnival, winner of the Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction at the 2023 Ockham NZ Book Awards

Part one of The Axeman's Carnival, written by Catherine Chidgey is read by Nigel Collins,

9:05 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 Whakataukī of the Week with Mokotron

Every Monday, to set the tone for the rest of the week, a guest shares a whakataukī - a Māori proverb - that's meaningful to them.

Tonight, we're talking to Mokotron, a Ngāti Hine music producer based in Tāmaki Auckland.

This year he released The United Tribes of Bass, which brings together "Māori and Cook Island Māori electronic practitioners from throughout the motu.

9:30 The science of Ozempic

There's been a lot in the news cycle this past year or so about Ozempic - the weight loss drug that has taken the world by storm.

It's not available in New Zealand and similar drugs cost hundreds of dollars per month.

But what is it? How does it work? What is going on in our bodies when we use it? And is it really the miracle drug some think it is?

Dr Sebastian Furness is a fellow at the School of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Queensland and joins Emile Donovan.

10:17 What's behind the NDA's at Health NZ?

The Labour Party has made a complaint to the Public Service Commissioner over the high number of non-disclosure agreements being used at Health New Zealand.

The Government is on a mission to cut one point four billion dollars from the Health NZ budget sheet.

Sixty seven staff at Health New Zealand have signed NDAs since November, and Labour say the NDAs are being used to hide where those cuts will come from and who they will affect.

Rob Campbell is the former chairperson of Health NZ and speaks to Emile Donovan

10:30 Sports with Richard Irvine

Our sports correspondent tonight is sport writer, author of weekly newsletter Sport Review, Richard Irvine.

He joins Emile Donovan to discuss the big stories in sport, including domestic football's big day at North Harbour Stadium, a recap of the Paralympics and it's back to the drawing board for the All Blacks after another loss against South Africa.

10:45 BBC World Lookahead with Jonathan Frewin

BBC World's Jonathan Frewin joins Emile Donovan to look at the events making headlines internationally,

Tonight, a big court ruling on a dispute between Apple and the European Union over taxes in Ireland, the NATO chiefs of defence meeting in the Czech capital Prague and the much anticipated presidents debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

11:07 Nashville Babylon

Mark Rogers presents the very best in country, soul and rock 'n' roll.

On this week's show there's new music from Tami Neilson, blues courtesy of Otis Rush and Bonnie Rait, reggae from the Untouchables plus a classic track from the Front Lawn.