Nights for Wednesday 9 October 2024
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Days left to vote for New Zealand's favourite classical music
10:45 PM.Emile Donovan chats to RNZ Concert's Clarissa Dunn about some of her favourite picks by women composers. Read more Audio
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'An Island to Oneself' republished
10:30 PM.New Zealander Tom Neale spent a total of 16 years living alone on a remote atoll in the Cook Islands. The newly republished edition of his book includes his daughter Stella's side of the story. Read more Audio
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Homelessness surging in New Zealand's biggest city, says Census
10:18 PM.A recent poll of social service providers suggests those numbers are even higher. Read more Audio
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Myth Takes: Homer and the epics
9:15 PM.Homer is famous for his Iliad and Odyssey - but was Homer one person, or many people? Or was she a woman? Or did Homer ever really exist at all? 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
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.
Featuring:
Wagon Wheel by Old Crow Medicine Show - requested by Sonia
Stone Fox Chase by Area Code 615 - requested by Peter
Wade in the Water by Eva Cassidy - requested by Ian
War of the Worlds by Jeff Lynne - requested by Dianne
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 Myth Takes: Homer and the epics
Each month we're joined by Classics educator and enthusiast Ben Jackson.
Tonight we're stepping into the world of Homer and the epic poetry of antiquity.
The ancient Greek poet Homer is considered one of the most revered and influential authors in history, and the study of his works is one of the oldest topics in scholarship. Photo: Public Domain
9:30 Midweek Mediawatch
Hayden Donnell talks to Emile Donovan about the media stories making the headlines this week, including TVNZ's website closure, and associate justice minister Nicole McKee's grilling on Q+A.
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10:17 Homelessness surging in New Zealand's biggest city
Census data shows the number of people sleeping rough or in boarding houses in Auckland has dramatically increased in the past 10 years.
The number of roofless or rough sleepers in Auckland has surged since 2013 while the number residing in boarding houses has nearly doubled.
And a recent poll of social service providers suggests those numbers are even higher.
Emile Donovan speaks to Haehaetu Barrett the chief executive of Lifewise an Auckland-based community social development organisation.
File image: A homeless woman sleeps on a bench Photo: 123r
10:30 'An Island to Oneself' republished
New Zealander Tom Neale lived a life many would envy - spending a total of 16 years alone on Suwarrow Island, a remote Cook Island atoll.
Envied for his apparant freedom and admired for his obvious fortitude, Neale published a well-recieved but long-forgotten book about his Suwarrow life, An Island to Oneself, in 1966.
A new version of Tom Neale's book An Island to Oneself is out this week - containing a brand new epilogue written by his daughter, Stella Neale.
She joins Emile Donovan.
Photo: Supplied
10:45 Settling the Score with RNZ concert
This Labour Day RNZ Concert is settling the score!
Settling the Score is a chance for the public to nominate their favourite classical music and listeners can vote online here until Sunday October 13
Emile Donovan chats to RNZ Concert's Clarissa Dunn about some of her favourite picks by women composers.
Photo: Jayne Joyce
11:07 Pocket Edition
In this week's Pocket Edition with Maggie Tweedie we look inside Jon Hopkins special London studio and meet a couple making alternative folk in Nelson.
English composer and producer Jon Hopkins Photo: Imogene Barron
