Nights for Thursday 19 December 2024
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Keeping young party-goers safe over summer
10:45 PM.Maggie Tweedie speaks to Shannon Thompson from Red Frogs who has some tips for what to talk about with teenagers before they head off for summer. Read more Audio
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The Kiwi musician taking Chinese social media by storm
10:30 PM.Levi Patel made a video about his visit to a small Chinese city, set to his new single 'Gravity'. The next day, he awoke to his notifications blowing up. Read more Audio
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Rescue effort continues in Vanuatu
10:18 PM.The search for people trapped in rubble and landslides is continuing today as the New Zealand Defence Force arrives in Port Vila. Read more Audio
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The Galápagos Postman: Hand delivering 50 letters around the globe
9:40 PM.Since March this year, Jonny Beardmore has been travelling the globe to hand-deliver 50 letters to strangers around the world collected from an ancient postbox on Isla Floreana in the Galapagos… Read more Audio
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Best books of 2024
9:15 PM.Maggie Tweedie speaks to Mark Broatch, books editor at the NZ Listener, about some of the best books published this year. 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
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: 'Immaculate Conceptions'
Tonight Judith Gibson reads 'Immaculate Conceptions' by Paddy Richardson.
Turkey basters, roast turkey for Christmas dinner, immaculate conceptions? Christmas is a confusing time for a child.
9:07 Nights Quiz
Do you know your stuff? Come on the air and be grilled byMaggie Tweedie as she dons her 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.
9:20 Best Books of 2024
Maggie Tweedie speaks to Mark Broatch books editor at the NZ Listener about some of the best books published this year.
Featuring:
- The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
- The Safekeep by Yal Van der Wouden
- Orbital by Samantha Harvey
- The Last Secret Agent by Pippa Latour and Jude Dobson
Bookshelf. Photo: 123RF
9:45 The Galápagos Postman: Hand delivering 50 letters around the globe
Since March this year Kiwi Jonny Beardmore - aka The Galápagos Postman - has been travelling the globe to hand deliver 50 letters to strangers around the world collected from the the ancient postbox on Isla Floreana in the Galapagos Islands.
He's also doing it all with just one single carry-on bag.
When he's not out delivering mail Jonny is based in London, but from now until the end of the year he will be out and about delivering letters in his homeland.
While delivering the letters he's raising money for motor neurone disease charities both here and in the UK.
He speaks to Maggie Tweedie about his adventure.
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10:17 Rescue effort continues in Vanuatu
The search for people trapped in rubble and landslides is continuing today as the New Zealand Defence Force arrives in Port Vila.
More than 300 aftershocks have been felt since the big quake on Tuesday.
For the latest on the recovery effort Maggie Tweedie speaks to RNZ Pacific's Koroi Hawkins.
10:30 The Kiwi musician taking Chinese social media by storm
Levi Patel is a singer-songwriter and sound engineer based in Auckland whose music has gone viral on Chinese social media.
He made a video for Chinese video platform Douyin about his visit to a small Chinese city, featuring photos he took and recalling some memories in basic Mandarin, set to his single 'Gravity'.
He woke up the next day to see the video going viral.
Maggie Tweedie speaks to him about the experience.
Levi Patel Photo: Supplied
10:45 Keeping young party-goers safe over summer
Well Summer has well and truly arrived which means tens of thousands of teenagers are itching to descend on holiday locations up and down the country.
While it's no doubt a time of excitement for those young people it's also a busy time for our emergency services and can be nerve racking for parents.
But Red Frogs a voluntary outfit who play a role in looking after young people in alcohol-fuelled environments, will be there making sure people have fun but keep safe.
Maggie Tweedie speaks to Shannon Thompson from Red Frogs who has some tips for what to talk about with teenagers before they head off for summer.
As summer approaches, thousands of teenagers are preparing to descend on holiday locations across the country for the festive and New Years period. Photo: Supplied
11:07 The Mixtape
On the Mixtape this week we have comedian, actor and writer Kura Forrester.
The Billy T Award winner has just finished a sell-out run of Camping - a hilariously risque play with friends Tom Sainsbury, Chris Parker and Brynley Stent.
As well as stand up comedy, Kura had a three-year stint on Shortland Street's playing the adored receptionist 'Desi' and starred in The Educators, Golden Boy, The Breaker Upperers and many other local productions.
