Nights for Tuesday 26 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: Paulie Tallis​ 

In the reading tonight we have another story by Owen Marshall, this one is about a theatre group touring around schools.  

Brian Sergent reads the first part of Paulie Tallis 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 Shower Thoughts: How are Black Friday sales profitable?

Have you ever been standing in the shower, when suddenly, the noise in your brain clears and, in its place, appears the perfect thought?

That's a Shower Thought. Each Tuesday, here on Nights we're aiming to answer those unshakable questions lurking in the back of your mind.

Tonight's shower thought is maybe something a lot of us are thinking at the moment.

How are Black Friday, or any sales for that matter, profitable? 

To help us get to the bottom of it Emile Donovan speaks to Bodo Lang, professor of marketing analytics at Massey University.

9:30 Politics by Night with Laura Walters

Newsroom.co.nz's political editor Laura Walters joins Emile Donovan to talk about how the coalition government is faring after 12 months in office and the call to modernise the rules of parliamentary behaviour following Te Pāti Māori haka in parliament last week.

10:17 David Farrar pays tribute to his friend former National MP Nikki Kaye

Tributes have come from all sides of the political spectrum after from National Party MP and minister Nikki Kaye died at the weekend after a long battle with cancer.

Kaye first entered parliament in 2008 after winning the Labour-stronghold seat of Auckland Central and would go on to become a minister in Sir John Keys government and National Party deputy leader.

Emile Donovan speaks to long-time friend and National Party pollster David Farrar about Nikki Kaye the politician and Nikki Kaye the person.

10:30 Superstitions have long been debunked, but why do we still believe them? 

Do you have a lucky number? Do you worry about umbrellas being open indoors? Do you worry about crossing paths with a black cat?

But what even is a superstition? Where do they come from? 

Our next guest can shed light on why we do them and if they really bring us good luck...

Stephanie Gomes-Ng is Senior Lecturer of Psychology at Auckland University of Technology and she talks to Emile Donovan.

10:45 Brown gold: New Zealand to host largest-ever soil competition

The world's largest ever soil judging competition is set to take place this week in Rotorua.

Close to two hundred attendees are expected from across New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific.

Dr Kirstin Deuss is a researcher at Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research. She's going to be teaching people to judge soil this weekend.

She speaks to Emile Donovan about what makes great soil.

11:07 Worlds of Music

Trevor Reekie hosts a weekly music programme celebrating an eclectic mix of 'world' music, fusion and folk roots.