Nights

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 Tenuous Connections

It's Friday Night so it's time to put on a playlist of music with a loose theme based off an even looser starting point.

Tonight, it's songs about historical events.

Featuring:

Sunday Bloody Sunday by U2

Enola Gay by OMD

Choreomania by Florence and the Machine

Biko by Joan Baez

Glad I'm Not a Kennedy by Shona Laing

Amerigo by Patti Smith

The Colour of the Earth by PJ Harvey

John Bryce by Don McGlashan - requested by Josie

Honourable mentions:

Waterloo by Abba - requested by Ian

The Dog Dosing Strip at Dunsandel by Ash Burton & The Nightcaps - requested by Janie

Pompeii by Bastille - requested by Anonymous

Danza Tarantella by Rossini - requested by Anonymous

Candles in the Wind by Elton John - requested by Anonymous

The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot - requested by B Lee

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 This Weekend: International Men's Day

Tonight we're heading to Nelson to speak to the local men's group facilitator and event coordinator Hardy Bachert about the group's open day on Saturday.

9.30 Focus on Politics

In Focus of Politics, our political reporter Anneke Smith takes a look at what the Crown did - and didn't - deliver for survivors of abuse in care.

9:45 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin

Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin joins Emile Donovan to review the new Gladiator II film, Australian indie film Time Addicts, Naga which is set in Saudi Arabia and the classic British animated adaptation of Watership Down. 

10:17 Mike Tyson v Jake Paul set to be 'Trainwreck' TV 

One of the greatest boxers to ever set foot in the ring will is returning to the sport to take on a man who became famous for making YouTube videos.

The Mike Tyson v Jake Paul fight, which is set to start around 3pm Saturday New Zealand time, is the talk of the entertainment and sporting world.

With Tyson taking away $20 million, and Paul pocketing $40 million it's set to be one of the highest-earning matches in history and will be available to anyone with a Netflix subscription. 

Dean Lonergan is a former New Zealand boxing promoter -- he reckons whoever wins, it's going to be "trainwreck TV".

He speaks to Emile Donovan.

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, he's got music from Dogo du Togo, Weirs and Magic Tuber Stringband and skymning 

11:07 A History of Student Radio

A four-part journey through 45 years of student radio - the stars and bands who got their breaks, the politics, the music, the piracy and the 'No. 8 wire', sink or swim mentality.

In Part Three, Student radio's value is skyrocketing in the 90s as mainstream advertisers clamber for the youth dollar. Refusing to sell out, the stations continue to push the freshest musical trends with content so edgy it sometimes borders on 'too cool for school'.