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Nights for Wednesday 16 October 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 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: Soon

Simon enlists help, but his position is still far from secure in tonight's reading from 'Soon' by Charlotte Grimshaw.

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 How housing quality can be a key indicator of well-being

Every month, Nights links up with the good people at Stats NZ to share some facts and figures about life in New Zealand.

Tonight, we're taking a look housing quality and how it can be the key indicator of well-being.

Dr Rosemary Goodyear is a principal analyst at Stats NZ with a particular focus on housing and she joins Emile Donovan.

Photo: Rafael Ben-Ari/Chameleons Eye

9:30 Midweek Mediawatch

Colin Peacock is in the Wellington studio to recap the big media stories of the week, including media coverage of twelve months under coalition rule and the latest political poll to mark the anniversary, TVNZ news not on TV and a surge in numbers for RNZ's website.

Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and ACT leader David Seymour on 24 November, 2023.

Photo: RNZ

10:17 Is the Supreme Court overstepping its bounds?

Chair of New Zealand Initiative Roger Partridge joins Emile Donovan to discuss his report, "Who Makes the Law? Reining in the Supreme Court"

WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND - JUNE 12: A general view of the coat of arms at the Supreme Court on June 12, 2019 in Wellington, New Zealand. Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom is fighting extradition to the United States along with three of his former colleagues - Mathias Ortmann, Bram van der Kolk, and Finn Batat - over the file-sharing website Megaupload. The US Department of Justice has been trying to extradite the men since 2012 on charges of conspiracy, racketeering, and money laundering. An NZ district court permitted the extradition in 2015, leading the defendants to lodge unsuccessful appeals at the High Court and Court of Appeal, prior to this week's Supreme Court appeal. The FBI claims Mr. Dotcom's Megaupload site earned millions of dollars by facilitating illegal file-sharing, however, Dotcom and his co-defendants argue the site simply provided a place for users to store and share...

Photo: Getty Images / Hagen Hopkins

10:30 Fifty-nine of NZ's most iconic treks and how to tramp them

Hannah-Rose Watt is a dedicated tramper based in Christchurch.

Her new book is called Wild Walks Aotearoa: A Guide to Tramping in New Zealand and is on shelves now.

A composite image showing Hannah-Rose on the left, and the cover of Wild Walks Aotearoa on the right. Hannah-Rose is leaning on a stick, carrying a hiking pack, with her legs covered in mud, smiling, standing in the bush. The book cover shows a tramper standing on a hillside gazing at a snowy mountain in the distance.

In Wild Walks Aotearoa, Hannah-Rose Watt covers 59 different tramps across New Zealand, including difficulty, wow factor, and her own experiences on the trail. Photo: Supplied

10:45 An astronomer's tips for seeing the rare comet in our skies this week

A rare comet is set to grace our skies this week, however it appears sightings by some stargazers across the motu are premature.

The comet has been visible in the western skies of the country earlier this week, but not by the human eye.

So what have stargazers been seeing in our skies - and when can we expected to be able to get a glimpse of the comet?

Stardome astronomer Josh Aoraki joins Emile Donovan.

Astronomy educator Josh Aoraki stands to the right a Stardome telescope.

Photo: Supplied

11:07 Pocket Edition: Lost and Found 

Maggie Tweedie plays Lost and Found, introducing you to her favourite musical discoveries and a few old favourites.

An eclectic collection to widen your musical palate from American Soul, Liquid Drum and Bass to Punjabi Hip Hop.