Nights for Wednesday 11 December 2024
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Is the age of the "moviestar" over?
10:40 PM.Resident Nights screen critic Dan Slevin joins Emile Donovan to debate whether the glittering age of the moviestar is over. Read more Audio
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Celebrating International Day of the Tango
10:30 PM.Tango dancer and dance teacher Kelly Poon joins Emile Donovan to answer all your questions about the tango. Read more Audio
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Gas discovery in Taranaki
10:18 PM.University of Canterbury Associate professor of engineering David Dempsey joins Emile Donovan to discuss how significant Greymouth Petroleum's find is. Read more Audio
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Myth Takes: Festivals
9:15 PM.Classics enthusiast and educator Ben Jackson joins Emile Donovan to get in the festive spirit with a look back at some of ancient Greece and Rome's unique festivals. Read more Audio
8:10 The House
Our report from Parliament. Phil Smith looks at the number of bills being sent to Select Committees - especially - just one of them.
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
Sarah Boddy reading the fifth and final part of her own story 'Footprints in the Sand'.
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 Myth Takes: Festivals
Classics enthusiast and educator Ben Jackson joins Emile Donovan to get in the festive spirit with a look back at some of ancient Greece and Rome's unique festivals.
Photo: 123rf
9:30 Midweek Mediawatch
Colin Peacock joins Emile Donovan to debrief the latest media news, including a new restructuring of Stuff, coverage of New Zealand's new football rivalry, and Kim Hill's interview with Boris Johnson.
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson with Kim Hill Photo: RNZ
10:17 Gas discovery in Taranaki
A few days ago, one of the country's biggest oil and gas producers had a significant gas find in Taranaki.
It was found on-shore in northern Taranaki by privately owned Greymouth Petroleum.
Greymouth supplies about 20 percent of the gas market and has the biggest gas reserves, about 35 percent of known reserves.
University of Canterbury Associate professor of engineering David Dempsey joins Emile Donovan to discuss how significant the find is.
Photo: RG41
10:30 Celebrating International Day of the Tango
The dramatic, stealthy South American dance is being celebrated all around the world.
Tango dancer and dance teacher Kelly Poon joins Emile Donovan to answer all your questions about the tango.
10:40 Is the age of the "moviestar" over?
Resident Nights screen critic Dan Slevin joins Emile Donovan to debate whether the glittering age of the moviestar is over.
A scene from the upcoming movie, Gladiator II starring Paul Mescal. Photo: Paramount
11:07 Pocket Edition
On this week's episode of Pocket Edition Maggie Tweedie shares new music from Laura Marling and New Zealand author and poet Hera Lindsay Bird explains her musical influences.
