Nights for Friday 4 October 2024
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Out Lately with Finn Johansson
10:30 PM.Tonight, Finn's bringing tracks from Spring Silver, Laura Marling and Hanai Rani. Read more Audio
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Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
9:40 PM.Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin joins Emile Donovan to feature Lord of the Rings animated film The War for the Rohirrim (2024), Blade Runner: Black Lotus, and Apple TV+ black comedy… Read more Audio
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This Weekend: New Zealand Cheese Festival
9:15 PM.Cheese masterclasses, tastings and discussions will be wheeling their way over to Clos Henri vineyard in Marlborough this weekend for the fourth annual New Zealand Cheese Festival. 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
A playlist of music with a loose theme based off an even looser starting point.
Tonight, songs connected to cheese.
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: New Zealand Cheese Festival
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're going to Marlborough for the New Zealand Cheese Fest!
9.30 Focus on Politics
In Focus on Politics, RNZ deputy political editor Craig McCulloch lays out the latest revelations surrounding New Zealand's Smokefree strategy as overseen by the minister and NZ First MP Casey Costello.
9:45 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin joins Emile Donovan to feature Lord of the Rings animated film The War for the Rohirrim (2024), Blade Runner: Black Lotus, and Apple TV+ black comedy television show Sunny (2024).
10:17 Weather updates from Otago
We have the latest on the situation in Otago with parts of the region still under a red heavy rain warning.
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, Finn's bringing tracks from Spring Silver, Laura Marling and Hanai Rani.
11:07 Friday Night Music: Flying Nun Records - Getting Older
In the mid 1980's, Flying Nun Records - the small independent record label based in Christchurch, was growing like tospy.
As The Chills, The Verlaines, The Sneaky Feelings and other bands started to get critical attention, the possibilities - and necessities - of financial survival became apparent. Mortality bit, and more great music was released.
