Nights for Tuesday 10 December 2024 Nights

That's metal: Nicolas Lupacchino captures NZ wildlife in Sculpture

10:45 PM.Nicolas Lupacchino crafts the natural world out of metal, bringing raw material to (wild) life. He speaks to Maggie Tweedie about his journey from Belgium to Aotearoa and sculpture. Read more Audio, Gallery
A show of Terrible Influence

10:30 PM.YouTube megastars Dan & Phil will be coming to Aotearoa next week with a live show full of scandalous stories. For those who don't know them - these two Brits, Dan & Phil, INVENTED being internet… Read more Audio
USA Correspondent Travis Hawley

10:18 PM.Security analyst for NCRI and investigative journalist Travis Hawley has been tracking the online reaction to the shooting of US health insurance CEO Brian Thompson and subsequent revelation of the… Read more Audio
Politics by Night with Thomas Coughlan

9:30 PM.New Zealand Herald's deputy political editor Thomas Coughlan is here to talk ferries, fast track legislation and privatising Kiwibank. Read more Audio
Shower Thoughts - where do bumble bees sleep?

9:15 PM.Bumble bees - so many things we want to know - but pressingly, where do they sleep?

Joining us to talk about the endearing bumble bee is Dr James Sainsbury - the leader of Plant and Food research's… 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.

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8:30 Nights Jukebox

Maggie Tweedie 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 Footprints in the Sand #4

Sarah Boddy reads the fourth part of her story 'Footprints In The Sand'.

9:07 Nights Quiz

Do you know your stuff? Come on the air and be grilled by Maggie Tweedie as she dons the 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.... (it's Bees)

9:15 Shower Thoughts - where do bumble bees sleep?

Bumble bees - so many things we want to know - but pressingly, where do they sleep?

Joining us to talk about the endearing bumble bee is Dr James Sainsbury - the leader of Plant and Food research's Bee Biology & Productivity team.

Photo: Unsplash / Zee McHugh

9:30 Politics by Night with Thomas Coughlan

New Zealand Herald's deputy political editor Thomas Coughlan is here to talk ferries, fast track legislation and privatising Kiwibank.

18072018 News Photo: Scott Hammond/Stuff
Pollution
Picton.
Cook Strait ferries
complaints from locals about high levels of toxic exhaust fumes.
InterIslander Kaitaki

Photo: LDR / STUFF

10:17 USA Correspondent Travis Hawley

Security analyst for NCRI and investigative journalist Travis Hawley has been tracking the online reaction to the shooting of US health insurance CEO Brian Thompson and subsequent revelation of the shooters identity.

A tattered flag of the United States is seen during the the event "Ride to the Polls" in Kayenta, Arizona, on November 05, 2024. This ride is the third Election Day Trail Ride, open to the public and all about showing the resilience, power, and influence of the Indigenous community while remembering their ancestors who rode the same trails.

Photo: ERNESTO BENAVIDES / AFP

10:30 A show of Terrible Influence

YouTube megastars Dan & Phil will be coming to Aotearoa next week with a live show full of scandalous stories. For those who don't know them - these two Brits, Dan & Phil, INVENTED being internet famous. Coming to stardom in 2009, the pair have amassed a media empire, with over 40 million combined followers, 2 billion views on YouTube, as well as a handful of bestselling books. The pair went on hiatus in 2018 - with each coming out as gay soon after.
This is their first tour together since then - the show is called Terrible Influence, coming to Auckland's Kiri te Kanawa Theatre next Thursday, the 19th of December.

Photo: Supplied

10:45 That's metal: Nicolas Lupacchino captures NZ wildlife in Sculpture

Nicolas Lupacchino crafts the natural world out of metal, bringing raw material to (wild) life. He speaks to Maggie Tweedie about his journey from Belgium to Aotearoa and sculpture .