Nights for Thursday 28 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

Mark Leishman 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

Tonight, Elizabeth McRaw reads Lyn McConchie's short story, Denise - a cautionary tale about jumping to conclusions.

9:07 Nights Quiz

Do you know your stuff? Come on the air and be grilled by Mark Leishman 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 Philosophy Now: What makes me... me?

Every month on Nights, senior lecturer in philosophy at University of Waikato Dan Weijers unpacks some of life's big issues.

Tonight, he explores the different ways we can answer questions of identity: what makes us who we are?

9:35 Mark Hadlow returns in GOMIL: Grumpy Old Man in Lycra

Mark Hadlow is a legend of New Zealand stage and screen, appearing in blockbusters like King Kong and The Hobbit, and no stranger to Shakespeare.

The theatrical run of Mark's one-man-show, MAMIL (Middle Aged Man in Lycra) received rave reviews, touring for eight years across the country and attracting an audience of 70,000.

Now, he's getting back on his bike for the inevitable follow-up: GOMIL, or Grumpy Old Man in Lycra.

It's showing at Nelson's Founders Heritage Park, kicking off this very weekend.

He joins Mark Leishman.

10:17 Proposal to relocate flood prone town of Westport

A draft master plan has proposed relocating Westport to government-owned Pāmu-Landcorp farmland southwest of its current location.

Westport has been plagued by flooding since European settlement, with regular damage being done to roads and houses.

Buller District mayor Jamie Cleine joins Mark Leishman to discuss the idea.

10:30 Celebrity lookalike contests taking world by storm

From Dublin to New York City, celebrity lookalike competitions for the likes of Timothee Chalamet, Paul Mescal, Miles Teller, Jeremy Allen-White, Dev Patel, Glen Powell have all taken place recently.   

Caitlin Adams is media lecturer at the University of Adelaide with an interest in fan cultures.

She joins Mark Leishman on Nights to chat about the craze.

10:45 Ready, set, snow: World's southernmost ultramarathon held in Antarctica

Dr Inia Raumati is a senior emergency doctor at Auckland City Hospital and is about to compete in Antarctica’s only multi-stage footrace – the 6-stage 250km-long The Last Desert.

Inia has already completed seven self-supported races during 2024 – in New Zealand, Namibia, Peru, Mongolia, the United States and Australia – as part of the Racing The Planet series.

Inia is doing it all to raise money and support Kiwi kids into embracing their potential and dream careers.

Dr Inia Raumati speaks to Mark Leishman on Nights from aboard the vessel Plancius which set off from Argentina a couple of days ago.

11:07 The Mixtape

Our guest picking the music is a familiar face on New Zealand TV, Colin Mathura Jeffree. He's been the host of New Zealand's hottest home baker and New Zealand's next top model, and he appeared on Dancing with the Stars and Traitors.

Colin's modelling career took him around the world, working for clients such as Versace and John Paul Gaultier, but his Mixtape brings us much closer to home.