Nights for Monday 16 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

Claus and Volker from Hamburg stir things up and bring a little joy in our reading today. 

We have part five of The Axeman's Carnival written by Catherine Chidgey and told 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 Nicolla Hemi-Morehouse, AKA Miss Nicky

Every Monday on here Nights, a guest shares a whakataukī - a Māori proverb - that's meaningful to them, to set the tone for the week

Tonight, Australia-based Nicolla Hemi-Morehouse, better known to thousands of young fans as Miss Nicky.

Through her YouTube Channel and in-person shows, Nicolla helps children sing and learn Te Reo.

Nicolla joins us from her home on the Gold Coast in Australia

9:30 The science of native earthworms

There are over two hundred different species in New Zealand alone, some of them glow in the dark and there could be thousands of them underneath your house right now.

However tonight we're talking native earthworms with Lincoln University's Professor Nicholas Dickinson

9:50 The story behind the Kiwi accent on train announcements in Slovakia

A Kiwi travelling abroad was on a train in Slovakia, when she heard a familiar accent come over the speakers.

It was a New Zealand accent, making an announcement in a train in Slovakia. The English voice of Slovakia's national rail carrier is a New Zealander. 

So how did a New Zealander wind up with that job?

Emile Donovan talks to the man behind the voice, Gavin Shoebridge.

10:17 Jehovah's Witnesses' final attempt to escape the Abuse in Care inquiry dismissed by the Supreme Court

The Christian Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses has repeatedly sought, and failed, to be exempted from the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care, arguing it did not have children in its care so was out of the inquiry's scope.

RNZ senior in-depth investigative reporter Anusha Bradley, joins Emile Donovan to discuss the case.

10:30 Sports with Jamie Wall

RNZ sport reporter Jamie Wall joins Emile Donovan in-studio to talk all things sport, including what we need to see from All Blacks head into the Bledisloe Cup series.

10:30 BBC World Lookahead with Rob Hugh-Jones

BBC World's Rob Hugh-Jones joins Emile Donovan to look at the events making headlines internationally,

Tonight, the latest of the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, why Iran will be in the headlines in the coming week, and two big cases to be heard this week by India's Supreme Court.

11:07 Nashville Babylon

Every week on 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 Barry Saunders and Delaney Davidson, blues courtesy of Black Joe Lewis, ska from the Specials plus an all-time classic from Aretha Franklin.