Nights for Wednesday 20 November 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.

8:45 The Reading: 'Bunsen Versus the Republic' 

Tonight, a futuristic story about a defence lawyer representing a client facing charges of eating living vegetable matter.

Paul McLaughlin reads 'Bunsen Versus The Republic' by Owen Marshall.

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 What we can learn from Census' gone by

Every month, Nights links up with the good people at Stats NZ to share some facts and figures about life in New Zealand.

Tonight, we're taking a look at Census gone by and some of the questions we used to be asked.

To help explain what these questions can tell us about Aotearoa's history Principal Analyst - Population Statistics at Stats NZ Adele Quinn joins Emile Donovan

9:30 Midweek Mediawatch

Emile Donovan is joined in the Auckland studio by Mediawatch's Hayden Donnell to discuss the big media stories of the week, including how news media covered Hīkoi mō Te Tiriti and some ominous signs emerging from the magazine world.

10:17 What next for small towns facing job losses? 

Tokoroa's Kinleith pulp and paper mill has announced it is halting production next year, with up to two hundred and thirty jobs on the line -- the town's biggest employer.

Just three months ago another two hundred and thirty jobs were put on the chopping block at a neighbouring mill   Winstone Pulp International in Tangiwai and Karioi.

Add to that list the closure of a meat processing plant in Timaru last month, and it appears to be a very tough time indeed for New Zealand's provincial towns, with bedrock primary industries drying up.

What next for these families - and what next for the towns? Economist Shamubeel Eaqub joins Emile Donovan.

10:30 Literacy programme plans expansion

Back in July we told you about a new pilot programme in Nelson which aims to strengthen conversational literacy of three-to-six-year-olds.

The programme is run by Oracy Aotearoa New Zealand, a locally formed group backed with funding from Rata Foundation.

Spokesperson Mary Ellen O'Connor joins Emile Donovan,

10:45 Kiwi scrabble team celebrates underdog win in trans-Tasman battle

Aotearoa pulled off a dazzling trouncing of our Australian rivals in the Trans-Tasman Scrabble Challenge -- our first win since 2010!

Dylan Early was a part of team New Zealand, finishing second individually in the competition, and joins Emile Donovan

11:07 Pocket Edition with Maggie Tweedie

In Pocket Edition this week Maggie interviews, the world's most recognisable baritone rapper and artist Chali 2na and Jesse Mulligan speaks to hip hop heavy weight Black Thought.