Nights for Friday 1 November 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 it's songs that have been sampled.

Featuring:

Are You My Woman? by The Chi-Lites

Pastime Paradise by Stevie Wonder

Take Yo' Praise by Camille Yarbrough

One Way Glass by Manfred Mann

The Edge by David McCallum

Footsteps in the Dark by The Isley Brothers

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: The Gisborne CBD Spring Clean

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're heading to Gisborne - not for a wine or music festival - but for some spring cleaning!

9:30 Focus on Politics

In Focus on Politics this week, RNZ Political Reporter Russell Palmer sits down with Building and Construction Minister Chris Penk to nail down some details and his thinking around the government's self-certification scheme aimed at getting homes built faster.

9:45 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin

Nights resident film and television critic Dan Slevin is back for another week and tonight he's casting his eye on the quintessential monster movie franchise Godzilla, which turns 70 years old this week.

10:17 New Zealand's first football derby set to kick off

It's finally here and 20,000 football fans can't wait.

After months of back and forth good natured trash talking from fans on both sides, New Zealand's two professional football teams face off in their first match tomorrow afternoon in Wellington.

Joining RNZ Nights presenter and football fan Emile Donovan are Dale Warburton from the Yellow Fever and Aucland FC supporter Blair Warner

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 new tracks from Tyler, The Creator, Dialup Ghost and Luke Wyland.

11:06 RNZ's Maggie Tweedie on the importance of student radio

Aotera New Zealand Student Radio Network's Mighty Aotearoa Alternative Awards 2024 are being held tomorrow night in Ōtautahi, Christchurch.

The annual awards acknowledge the broadcasters and musicians who champion our independent, alternative music industry

So we thought we better get a student radio alumni on the show and we have none other that RNZ's Maggie Tweedie to tell us why student radio rocks!

11:15 The History of Student Radio

A four-part journey through 50 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.

 From the humble home-made AM transmitters, illegally manned by tech-nerds on islands around Auckland for limited weeks of the university term, campus radio stations rapidly evolved into a beacon for music-lovers, on-air talkers and people who never finished their degrees. 

We talk to some of the characters who set the template for student radio in New Zealand, breaking rules, records, and radio transmitters.