Nights for Friday 13 September 2024
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Out Lately with Finn Johansson
10:30 PM.He's back, and no doubt ready to inform, educate and entertain us with an array of eclectic music. Read more Audio
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Meet the women behind the new 'underground fashion week'
10:17 PM.Emile Donovan speaks with organisers Sophia Kwon, Billy Blamires and Nina Bailey. Read more Audio
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Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
9:30 PM.The name's Slevin, Dan Slevin. Nights' resident screen critic is here to talk about British Spy Dramas. Read more Audio
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This Weekend: The Otago Slam Poetry Champs
9:15 PM.MC Amy Grace Laura joins Emile Donovan. Read more Audio
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.
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, songs about royalty!
Send your requests to nights@rnz.co.nz
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 Otago Slam Poetry Champs
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.
In Dunedin, the New Zealand Young Writers Fest is bringing together hundreds of young creative people
Including, tomorrow, the Otago Slam Poetry Champs.
MC Amy Grace Laura, who is also the convenor of Motif Poetry joins Emile Donovan
Photo: Trust Katsande/Unsplash
9:20 Focus on Politics
In Focus on politics, Political Reporter Russell Palmer looks into this week's mill closures and the government's response.
Photo: Alexa Cook/RNZ
9:30 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
The name's Slevin, Dan Slevin.
Nights' resident screen critic is here with some Friday night picks, and he's talking about British Spy Dramas.
10:17 Meet the women behind the new 'underground fashion week'
A new fashion week has risen from the ashes amidst New Zealand Fashion Week's cancelled plans this year and all all-around bleak climate for retail.
Te Wiki Āhua o Aotearoa, an event billed as "Tāmaki Makaurau's underground fashion week" is in the midst of its first multi-day event.
Emile Donovan speaks with organisers Sophia Kwon, Billy Blamires and Nina Bailey.
Te Wiki Āhua o Aotearoa. Photo: Ryan McKenna/Ryan Patrick Photography
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, Broom of Wind by Mount Eerie, Silencio by Esoterica Tropical and The Haughs of Cromdale by Web Rumors
11:07 Aotearoa Hip Hop: The Music, The People, The History
In this six-part series Phil Bell 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 5.
