Nights for Friday 2 August 2024

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 we feature songs about food! 

Send in your picks to nights@rnz.co.nz.

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: Kaibosh Food Rescue Workshop

Every Friday, we bring you some of the most interesting events and happenings coming up in Aotearoa this weekend - from the community fairs to the massive concerts.

Tonight we heading to the Capital where Kaibosh Food Rescue is hosting a cooking workshop with a difference. 

On Sunday the food rescue charity is hosting a daytime Disco Soup, bringing people together to  help chop, peel, stir and simmer large pots of soup while a DJ spins some vinyl.

Kaibosh CEO Susie Robertson joins Emile Donovan.

9:30 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin

Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin is in with some suggested weekend viewing including:

The Edge of the Blade aka Une affaire d'honneur (Perez, 2023).  (In cinemas) Comedy-drama series Julia (Goldfarb, 2022-2023) (Neon) and The Chills: The Triumph and Tragedy of Martin Phillipps (Parnell, 2019). (Available free this weekend on Māori+)
 

10:17 Inside New Zealand's only leech farm 

After finding out on the programme last week that New Zealand has native leeches, we were keen to find out more.

And we had several very helpful texters say: 'Hey, there's actually a farm that breeds leeches in New Zealand, for medical purposes, no less! They were featured on Country Life a few years ago.'

Maria Lupton, who co-owns and operates a Waikato leech farm with her husband Robert 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, All Night by Ginger Root, Taipo by Kommi and Jupiter Vol 4 by Sameer Gupta.

 

11:07 Musical Chairs: Martin Phillipps

Martin Phillips, founder and frontman of illustrious Dunedin band the Chills and one this country's foremost songwriters and musicians, died unexpectedly last Sunday aged 61.

An early proponent of the "Dunedin Sound" The Chills are recognized as one of Aotearoa's finest guitar bands thanks in large to Phillipps' peerless song-writing which produced classics such as 'Pink Frost', 'I Love My Leather Jacket and 'Heavenly Pop Hit.'

There have been international highs well documented personal lows in his life of which he touched on in his first Musical Chairs appearance back in 1998. 

Over twenty years later, with several albums and documentary film about his musical achievements and health scares Martin Phillipps' reflected on his life in music with Yadana Saw in 2021.