Nights for Tuesday 1 October 2024
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Thomas Stazyk's hobby: Model ship building
10:45 PM.RNZ Nights listener Thomas Stazyk is skilled at the art of model ship building, and spends many hours on his hobby, while listening to the radio of course. He is taking a break to tell Todd Zaner… Read more Audio
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The joy of Bollywood dancing
10:30 PM.Richa Chandra is a self-taught, now pro, full-time Bollywood dancer, choreographer, and teacher boasting over 300,000 YouTube subscribers. She says she's seen the Bollywood dance form explode in… Read more Audio
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New initiative launches to remove tattoos applied during cancer treatment
10:18 PM.In radiation therapy, cancer patients often get tattoos marked on their body to help guide radiation beams. But these tattoos are permanent, and can cost thousands to remove. Read more Audio
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Heads up: Look out for kākā in the roof, DOC say
9:45 PM.Wellingtonians are being asked to check their check their homes' eaves and attics to ensure there are no feathery squatters like kākā this breeding season. Read more Audio
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Politics by Night with Thomas Coughlan
9:30 PM.The deputy political editor of the New Zealand Herald looks at the government's renewed focus on infrastructure, the fallout from the decision to pause the new hospital build in Dunedin and Prime… Read more Audio
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Shower Thoughts: Why does our hair go grey?
9:15 PM.Todd Zaner chats to Nigel Russell a certified trichologist with over forty years of experience in the hairdressing industry. 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 Nights Jukebox
Todd Zaner 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: Soon
Part two of our reading from Charlotte Grimshaw's Soon read by Michael Hurst.
A political thriller set over the summer holidays at the Prime Minister's holiday house where his entourage jostles for position in their leader's court.
9:07 Nights Quiz
Do you know your stuff? Come on the air and be grilled by Todd Zaner 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 Shower Thoughts: Why does our hair go grey?
This is where we get an expert on the programme to answer your questions about the world and why things are the way they are -- the type of questions that only emerge in the contemplative solitude of the shower.
Tonight: why do some people go grey sooner than others? Why do we go grey at all?
Todd Zaner chats to Nigel Russell a certified trichologist - someone specialising in the study of hair and the scalp - with over forty years of experience in the hairdressing industry.
Photo: 123rf
9:30 Politics by Night with Thomas Coughlan
Todd Zaner is joined by Deputy Political Editor at the New Zealand Herald Thomas Coughlan.
Tonight Thomas is looking at the government's renewed focus on infrastructure, the fallout from the decision to pause the new hospital build in Dunedin and Prime Minister Christopher Luxon's profit from selling his Wellington apartment.
9:50 Heads up: Look out for kākā in the roof, DOC say
Wellingtonians are being asked to check their check their homes' eaves and attics to ensure there are no feathery squatters like kākā this breeding season.
The native parrots like sheltered, enclosed spaces for their nests, so old houses with large attics are ideal.
David Moss from the Department of Conservation joins Todd Zaner.
Kākā in Wellington City. Photo: Judi Lapsley Miller
10:17 New initiative launches to remove tattoos applied during cancer treatment
It's Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and a new charitable initiative is helping Kiwis in remission remove tattoos they received during cancer treatment.
In radiation therapy, cancer patients often get tattoos marked on their body to help guide radiation beams.
But these tattoos are permanent, and can cost thousands to remove - and for some survivors, the marks can be an unwelcome reminder of tough times.
Mike Anderson is the CEO of Think Again Laser Removal NZ, the group behind the charitable programme, and speaks to Todd Zaner.
Mike Anderson, the CEO of Think Again Laser Clinic, says the removal of tattoos applied during cancer treatment is considered a cosmetic procedure and is not usually publicly funded or covered by health insurance. Photo: Supplied
10:30 The joy of Bollywood dancing
Richa Chandra is a self-taught, now pro, full-time Bollywood dancer, choreographer, and teacher.
She says she's seen the Bollywood dance form explode in recent years. She now teaches children and adults all over Auckland, as well as online, where she has over three hundred thousand YouTube subscribers.
Richa speaks to Todd Zaner.
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10:45 Thomas Stazyk's hobby: Model ship building
They say that patience is a virtue, and that's certainly the case for the hobby of model ship building.
Some can take up to 3000 hours to build - and are incredibly intricate, down to the tiniest details.
Victory (England 1775) Photo: Supplied/Thomas Stazyk
RNZ Nights listener Thomas Stazyk is skilled at the art of model ship building, and spends many hours on his hobby, while listening to the radio of course.
He is taking a break to tell us all about it.
Take a look at some of Thomas's work here.
11:07 Worlds of Music
Trevor Reekie hosts a weekly music programme celebrating an eclectic mix of 'world' music, fusion and folk roots.
