Nights for Monday 4 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 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.

Featuring:

I Don't Want to Go to Chelsea by Elvis Costello - requested by Tim

Cold Little Heart by Michael Kiwanuka - requested by Jan

E Ipo by Prince Tui Teka - requested by Elena

Linger by The Cranberries - requested by Sarah

8:45 The Reading

Tonight, 'Doing Time' by Liz Breslin, read by Loren Taylor.

Stacey and Lou who met at yoga retreat some six years back now have a daughter and relationship issues. Lou re-visits the Dharma Kharma Centre becomes a follower of the new Leader and wants to invest their limited funds in the place. Stacey is dead set against the idea and aghast when she discovers that the new leader is the crooked brother of a school friend. 

9:05 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 Whakataukī of the Week with Airana Ngarewa

Emile Donovan is joined by writer, kickboxing champion, teacher and Pātea boy Airana Ngarewa.

Born and raised in the south Taranaki, Airana's debut novel The Bone Tree, a story of two brothers born and raised in the shadow of Taranaki maunga, quickly became a bestseller and was praised by critics for it' raw and authentic portrayal of a Māori family living in rural New Zealand.

He's just published a new book, a short story collection called Pātea Boys, which is written in two halves, one in English, the other translated in te reo Māori.

He shares a whakataukī close to his heart.

9:30 The scientists who make TV and movie come to life

When characters in TV and movies put their spaceship into warp speed, moonwalk across a foreign planet, or scrawl some equations on a blackboard, that is the work of a science consultant behind the scenes making things look and sound as accurate as possible.

Erin Macdonald has a PhD in astrophysics, and for the past five years Erin has been the official science consultant for the Star Trek universe.

She's even earned the epithet "the Julia Child of science".

She joins Emile Donovan to share how she got into science consulting, and where she draws the line between making fiction entertaining, and making it grounded in scientific reality.

10:17 Some New Zealand university students "functionally illiterate"

It's nearing the end of the school year, and many students will be excitedly thinking about heading off to university next year.

But at least one lecturer awaits their arrival with trepidation.

University of Canterbury lecturer Mike Grimshaw says students are turning up to university unable to think for themselves. 

The associate professor of sociology says many also struggle with reading and writing describing them as "functionally illiterate".

He joins Emile Donovan to discuss.

10:30 Sports with Jamie Wall

RNZ sports journalist Jamie Wall joins Emile Donovan to recap some historic sporting moments that took place over the weekend, including New Zealand's cricketing performance in India, and the landmark football derby in Wellington.

10:45 BBC World Lookahead with Pete Ross

BBC World reporter Pete Ross joins Emile Donovan to take a look at some of the events making headlines internationally, including crucial polls on the cusp of the US Presidential election, the coinciding elections in island nation Pilau, and an alliance developing between North Korea and Russia in the war in Ukraine.

11:07 Nashville Babylon

Every week on Nashville Babylon Mark Rogers presents the very best in country, soul and rock 'n' roll.

On this week's show there's reggae from the Heptones, classic soul courtesy of Al Green, blues from Elmore James and Big Joe Turner plus a classic Cole Porter tune covered by Ella Fitzgerald.