Nights for Friday 14 February 2025
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Out Lately with Finn Johansson
10:30 PM.He's back, and no doubt ready to inform, educate and entertain us with an array of eclectic music. Tonight, Finn has tracks from The Boojums, Bickle and Love Enemy to help us usher in the weekend. Audio
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Why are fewer of us getting married?
10:18 PM.Last year there were 20,383 marriages registered in New Zealand, down from 23,043 a decade prior. We're also marrying later with forty-seven per cent of newlyweds being aged between 30 to 39. Tiare… Read more Audio
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Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
9:35 PM.Dan Slevin reviews Captain America: Brave New World, Silo Season 2 on Apple TV+, and a Valentine's oldie Moonstruck starring Cher and Nicolas Cage. 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.
Photo: RNZ / Jarred Bishop, Michel Tuffery and Jeff McEwan
8:30 Tenuous Connections
It's Friday night, so Nights is putting on a playlist of music with a loose theme based off an even looser starting point.
Tonight, it's songs about mythical creatures.
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.
Text us on 2101 to have a go.
9:20 Focus on Politics
RNZ Political Reporter Russell Palmer speaks to David Seymour and Mike Munro about coalition dynamics.
David Seymour giving his state of the nation speech. Photo: RNZ / Marika Khabazi
9:35 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
It's time for our weekly catchup with Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin.
This week, resident screen critic Dan Slevin reviews Captain America: Brave New World, which is in cinemas now; the second season of the post-apocalyptic Silo Season 2 on Apple TV+, and a Valentines oldie Moonstruck starring Cher and Nicolas Cage.
Photo: Walt Disney Studio
10:18 Why are fewer of us getting married?
Last year there were 20,383 marriages registered in New Zealand, down from 23,043 a decade prior.
We're also marrying later with forty-seven per cent of newlyweds being aged between 30 to 39.
Tiare Tolks is the managing partner and relationship expert for Compatico, a matchmaking service for over-30s.
She also has a background as a psychologist and relationship therapist and speaks to Emile about.
Photo: 123rf.com
10:30 Out Lately with Finn Johansson
He's back, and no doubt ready to inform, educate and entertain us with an array of eclectic music.
Tonight, Finn has tracks from The Boojums, Bickle and Love Enemy to help us usher in the weekend.
Finn Johansson Photo: Finnsoft Games
11:07 Lost and Found
Elliott Childs plays us some of the music of the Pacific Northwest.
Photo: 123RF
