Nights for Monday 21 October 2024
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BBC World Lookahead with Rob Hugh-Jones
10:45 PM.BBC World reporter Rob Hugh-Jones joins Emile Donovan to take a look at some of the events making headlines internationally, including the latest on the conflict in the Middle East, the US election… Read more Audio
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Sports with Bryan Waddle
10:30 PM.Veteran sports broadcaster Bryan Waddle joins Emile Donovan to recap what has been called New Zealand's best sporting weekend ever, including the Black Caps history-defying win over India and the… Read more Audio
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The future of New Zealanders' genetic data held by 23andMe
10:18 PM.One of the world's most popular genetic sequencing companies, 23andMe, is on the brink of bankruptcy. It holds the genetic data of more than 15 million customers - including New Zealanders. Read more Audio
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Everything you ever wanted to know about snot
9:30 PM.Dr David King, senior lecturer in general practice at the University of Queensland, joins Emile Donovan to demystify the nose, why it runs, and what the colour of your mucus can actually tell you. Read more Audio
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Whakataukī of the Week with Raukura Huata
9:15 PM.Emile Donovan is joined by TikTok star and kai Māori champion Raukura Huata (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu, Te Arawa), who shares a Māori proverb close to her heart. 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:
The Book of Love by The Magnetic Fields - requested by Tim
The Story of My Life by Marty Robbins - requested by Ant
Chicago by Sufjan Stevens - requested by Robin
King of Hollywood by Eagles - requested by Gabriel
8.45 The Reading
Tonight, we begin a four-part story set in the South: episode one of 'Maniototo Six' by Carl Nixon, read by William Kircher.
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 Raukura Huata
Emile Donovan is joined by TikTok star and kai Māori champion Raukura Huata (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu, Te Arawa).
"Kai is an incredible way we can express manaakitanga and aroha with eachother,"- Raukura Huata Photo: Supplied: TikTok screenshot
9:30 Everything you ever wanted to know about snot
Dr David King, senior lecturer in general practice at the University of Queensland, joins Emile Donovan to demystify the nose, why it runs, and what the colour of your mucus can actually tell you.
Sneeze Photo: Flickr
9:50 Camping with Tom Sainsbury
Emile Donovan dials up actor and comedian Tom Sainsbury, who is staging an overnight camping trip on the Q Theatre stage ahead of his show, Camping.
'Camping', starring Brynley Stent, Tom Sainsbury, Chris Parker, and Kura Forrester, is showing at Auckland's Q Theatre from 14 November to 7 December. Photo: Supplied
10:17 The future of New Zealanders' genetic data held by 23andMe
One of the world's most popular genetic sequencing companies, 23andMe, is on the brink of bankruptcy.
It holds the genetic data of more than 15 million customers - including New Zealanders.
Privacy lawyer Rick Shera joins Emile Donovan to discuss what might happen if the company goes bust.
Photo: KTSDESIGN/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY
10:30 Sports with Bryan Waddle
Veteran sports broadcaster Bryan Waddle joins Emile Donovan to recap what has been called New Zealand's best sporting weekend ever, including the Black Caps history-defying win over India and the White Ferns T20 victory, our newly-returned America's Cup, and the Silver Fern's expert win over Australia.
Photo: AFP / GIUSEPPE CACACE
10:45 BBC World Lookahead with Rob Hugh-Jones
BBC World reporter Rob Hugh-Jones joins Emile Donovan to take a look at some of the events making headlines internationally, including the latest on the conflict in the Middle East, the US election, and Japan's upcoming general election.
Shigeru Ishiba (centre), former secretary-general of LDP, smiles after winning Japan's Liberal Democratic Party presidential election by runoff vote in Tokyo on 27 September, 2024. Photo: AFP/ Yomiuri Shimbun - Takuya Matsumoto
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 anniversary tracks for Tom Waits and the Waterboys, reggae from the Wailers plus classics courtesy of Bobbie Gentry, Leon Redbone and Tony Joe White.
