Nights for Thursday 10 October 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.

Featuring:

Drop the Pilot by Joan Armatrading - requested by Anonymous

Golden Brown by The Stranglers - requested by Anonymous

I Just Can't Stop Loving You by The Inbetweens - requested by K

Into My Arms by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - requested by Anonymous

8:45 The Reading

In part eight of Soon by Charlotte Grimshaw, Simon can feel his life beginning to unravel. 

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 Auckland Youth Choir turns 40

This weekend, the Auckland Youth Choir is celebrating its 40th anniversary with a concert at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Parnell.

David Squire, the choir's musical director, joins Emile to preview the celebrations. 

9:35 Kathleen Jamie on her inspiration and identity as a Scottish poet

Kathleen Jamie is a poet and non-fiction writer who has just completed her time as The Makar or National Poet for Scotland.

She is currently in Dunedin where she is completing a writing residency with the University of Otago, and has just published a collection, My Keelie Hawk, which contains poems written in Scots with English translations.

Kathleen joins Emile to discuss poetry and the arts including challenges facing the sector here and abroad. 

10:17 Wellington City Council decide to keep airport shares

Today, divided Wellington councillors voted nine to seven against the sale of its 34% stake in Wellington Airport. 

The Spinoff's Wellington editor Joel MacManus joins Emile to discuss the decision and what it means.

10:30 Hurricane Milton update with NIWA's Ben Noll 

Millions in Florida are facing the full force of Hurricane Milton as it continues to tear its way through the state. 

For the latest, NIWA meteorologist Ben Noll, who is based in New Zealand but originally from New York State, joins Emile to discuss the power of this mammoth storm system. 

10:45 How the NZ Crime and Victims survey works

Rebecca Parish works for the Ministry of Justice, and she leads the New Zealand Crime and Victims Survey.

You may have heard a lot about this survey recently, because just a few weeks ago it came out that violent crime was on the rise, months after the government's new crime reduction targets were brought in.

It's one of the few ways victims of crime are captured as a group in New Zealand, even reaching victims who never reported a crime to police.

Rebecca Parish joins Emile Donovan to explain how the survey works.

11:07 The Mixtape

This week's guest is Wellington's DJ Vee, who recently opened a record bar in Auckland inspired by Japan's record bars and cafes.