Nights for Monday 2 December 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 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: Message in a Bottle

Here's a story from our collection of true sea stories - 'Down to the Sea again'

David Hill reads his own story,  Message in a Bottle, from a collection of true sea stories edited by Tessa Duder - 'Down to the Sea Again'

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 Jackson Owen 

Every Monday to start our week off on here Nights, we invite a guest on the show to share a whakataukī - a Māori proverb - that's meaningful to them.

Tonight we're talking to musician Jackson Owens (Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Awa, Te Arawa, Ngāi Tahu) who has just released a new single called Something Good.

Jackson grew up in Tūrangi before jetting off to Los Angeles at the age of 16 to joining the boy band Far Young before he moved back to New Zealand to start his solo career. 

9:30 Nights Science: Derelict Buildings

Jeff Fahrensohn is the building inspection manager for Auckland Council.

He's been a building inspector for 30 years.

Jeff speaks to Emile Donovan about why it can be so difficult to restore some of our most love buildings.

10:17 A 'high pathogenic' type of bird flu found in New Zealand, should we be worried?

A 'high pathogenic' type of bird flu was confirmed in an Otago egg farm over the weekend.

MPI has confirmed the virus is not the H5N1 strain that has been causing deaths in poultry, wild birds, and mammals worldwide. 

To help us understand what's happening now we're joined by University of Otago virologist Jemma Geoghegan.

10.25 Led By Donkeys and the new wave of political activism.

Back in 2019 four friends were in a London pub bemoaning the state of UK politics.

Six years later Led By Donkeys and their viral political campaigns have become a force in their home country targeting politicians from the right  including David Cameron, Nigel Farage and Liz Truss. 

Emile Donovan speaks to one of the group's founders Oliver Knowles about modern political activism and why they're now setting their sights on the UK Labour government.

10:30 Sports with Jamie Wall 

RNZ sports journalist Jamie Wall joins Emile Donovan to recap some of the big sporting moments that took place over the weekend.

10:45 BBC World Lookahead with Rob Hugh-Jones

We cross over to our friends at the BBC to take a look at some of the events making headlines internationally.

Tonight we're speaking to Rob Hugh-Jones about an intriguing case at one of the world's top courts around climate change, serious protests in Georgia and the official re-opening of Notre Dame cathedral in Paris.

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 ska from Phyllis Dillon, blues from Mike Henderson and Pee Wee Crayton, Wanda Jackson covering Bob Dylan plus an all time classic courtesy of Guy Clark.