Nights for Friday 8 November 2024
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Out Lately with Finn Johansson
10:30 PM.Tonight, a track from Portland spiritual jazz band The Cosmic Tones Research Trio, futuristic Istanbul rock’n roll outfit BaBa ZuLa, and local club night producers Lerm Werld. Read more Audio
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Students struggling to find summer jobs
10:18 PM.Young people are finding themselves pitted against hundreds of other applicants for entry-level positions. 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 review French film Suddenly (2024), two music documentaries, and Saving Private Ryan (1998) streaming on TVNZ+. Read more Audio
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This Weekend: Scarecrow's Big Day Out
9:15 PM.Gladstone, a 15-minute drive from Carterton in Wairarapa, is putting on its annual Scarecrow's Big Day Out, where locals and school kids make their own scarecrows to line the school fence, culminating… 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 with acronyms and initialisms.
Send requests to nights@rnz.co.nz
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: Scarecrow's Big Day Out
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.
Gladstone, a 15-minute drive from Carterton in Wairarapa, is putting on its annual Scarecrow's Big Day Out, where locals and school kids make their own scarecrows to line the school fence, culminating in a big fundraiser fair for the school.
Gladstone School principal Belinda Bunny joins Emile Donovan.
Photo: Gladstone School
9:20 Focus on Politics
In Focus on Politics, RNZ's deputy political editor Craig McCulloch digs into the ramifications for New Zealand of Donald Trump's triumph in the US election.
9:40 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin joins Emile Donovan to review French film Suddenly (2024), two music documentaries Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple (2024) streaming on Neon and Road Diary: Bruce Spingsteen and E Street Band (2024) streaming on Disney+, post-apocalyptic Apple TV+ film Finch (2021), and Saving Private Ryan (1998) streaming on TVNZ+.
Matt Damon in the 1998 film Saving Private Ryan Photo: Paramount Pictures
10:17 Students struggling to find summer jobs
Right now school exams are underway, uni exams are over and those heading to university for the first time are looking to save as much as they can over the summer break.
But with the anemic economy, many young people are finding it difficult to land a job, finding themselves pitted against hundreds of other applicants for entry-level positions.
Louise Saviker is the chief executive of Student Job Search and joins Emile Donovan.
Since 2017 police have taken action against more than 250 children between the ages of 10 and 14 and against 483 aged 15 to 19 for sharing intimate or explicit images without the subject's permission. Photo: 123RF
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, a track from Portland spiritual jazz band The Cosmic Tones Research Trio, futuristic Istanbul rock’n roll outfit BaBa ZuLa, and local club night producers Lerm Werld.
Featuring:
Nada Brahma - The Cosmic Tones Research Trio
Pisi Pisi Halayi - BaBa ZuLa
Conceited - Lola Young
Churr, Bradda - Lerm Werld
11:07 Concert: A History of Student Radio - Part Two
A History of Student Radio traces 50 years of student radio in New Zealand. It looks back at the stars and bands who got their breaks, the politics, the music, the piracy and the 'No. 8 wire', sink or swim mentality.
In part two, broadcasters who would go on to become household names recall their youthful antics in student radio, the 'taste barons' attempt to limit the playing of Joy Division, and the station managers negotiate with their Student Associations, amid the volatile political climate of the mid-80s.
