Nights for Tuesday 3 December 2024
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Quote of the Year 2024
10:45 PM.Dr Heather Kavan, is an author, Senior Lecturer, Doctoral Supervisor, and since 2011, she's also been running the Kiwi quote of the year competition - A competition you can vote in here. Quotes that… Read more Audio
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PlayStation: Thirty years old today
10:30 PM.Thirty years ago today the PlayStation was launched in Japan, it would be another year until it was available on these shores. Over 100 million consoles would eventually be sold and it is still the… Read more Audio
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Liquidations are up 27% year to year
10:17 PM.It's no secret businesses are finding the current economic climate tough, but new data shows many are finding it so hard they can't keep afloat any longer. The latest figures from credit bureau… Read more Audio
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Politics by Night with Dan Brunskill
9:30 PM.Interest.co.nz reporter Dan Brunskill joins Emile to discuss the Labour conference, Christopher Luxon's popularity, and another OCR rate cut. Audio
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Shower Thoughts: Where does water come from?
9:15 PM.Each Tuesday, here on Nights we're aiming to answer those unshakable questions lurking in the back of your mind. Tonight... Where does water come from? Which seems like a very simple question but we… 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 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: 'Kathy and Tim'
Judith Gibson reads 'Kathy and Tim', written by Elizabeth Smither and included in her short story collection 'The Girl Who Proposed', published by Cape Catley.
Photo: trevor
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: Where does water come from?
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 . . . Where does water come from? Which seems like a very simple question but we guarantee you it's not!
Helping us get to the bottom of this is Professor Ben Kennedy from the University of Canterbury's School of Earth and Environment
Ben's main area of research is focused on volcanoes which might give you an idea about the answer to our question.
Photo: AFP / National Disaster Mitigation Agency
9:30 Politics by Night with Dan Brunskill
Interest.co.nz reporter Dan Brunskill joins Emile to discuss the Labour conference, Christopher Luxon's popularity, and another OCR rate cut.
Chris Hipkins speaks to the Labour Party conference on 1 December, 2024. Photo: RNZ / Lillian Hanly
10:17 Liquidations are up 27% year to year
Keith McLaughlin joins Nights to discuss liquidation levels.
Photo: Supplied / Maketu Pies
10:30 PlayStation Thirty years old today
Thirty years ago today the PlayStation was launched in Japan, it would be another year until it was available on these shores.
Over 100 million consoles would eventually be sold and it is still the sixth highest selling video games console of all times, the PlayStation 2 released in 2000 holds the number 1 spot.
Emile speaks to pop culture and entertainment writer Karl Puschmann about the console's legacy
Photo: Supplied
10:45 Quote of the Year 2024
Dr Heather Kavan, is an author, Senior Lecturer, Doctoral Supervisor, and since 2011, she's also been running the Kiwi quote of the year competition - A competition you can vote in here.
Quotes that discuss the temerity of lambingtons versus politicians, start rumours, encourage the spreading of legs.... or arms, she's also published a book - "They Said What?!" of over a hundred kiwi quotes from past competitions.
They Said What Photo: Supplied
11:07 Worlds of Music
Trevor Reekie hosts a weekly music programme celebrating an eclectic mix of 'world' music, fusion and folk roots.
Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn playing banjos and singing on stage at WOMAD 2023. Photo: Tim Gruar, courtesy WOMAD
