Nights for Friday 13 December 2024

8:10 The House

Tonight on our Parliament show - the House - a look at the new bills that began their life in Parliament - bills now open for public submissions.

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 Nights is putting on a playlist of music with a loose theme based off an even looser starting point.

Tonight, it's songs about summer.

Featuring:

Lovely Day by Bill Withers

At The River by Groove Armada - requested by Terry

The Boys of Summer by Don Henley

Bad Girls by Donna Summer

California Girls by The Beach Boys

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: A Balkan Christmas in Christchurch

Every Friday, we bring you some of the most interesting events and happenings coming up in Aotearoa this weekend.

Tonight, we're going to Christchurch where the Musica Balkanica Choir will be performing an evening of Christmas carols from Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine and beyond this Saturday night.

A Balkan Christmas is happening this Saturday from 5pm to 6.30pm at the Romanian Orthodox Church at 40 Phillips Street in Christchurch and it's free to all with a koha welcomed. 

9:20 Focus on Politics

In Focus on Politics, RNZ's political editor Jo Moir sits down with new Minister for Rail Winston Peters to discuss the future of the Interislander ferries and what next year will bring for the New Zealand First leader.

9:40 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin

Nights' resident screen critic reviews The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (2024), Christmas horror-comedy It's A Wonderful Knife (2023), and free streaming option British sci-fi Attack the Block (2011). 

10:17 Dunedin regains world's steepest street title

Dunedin's Baldwin Street has regained its long-held title of world's steepest street.

The title was taken away in 2019 by a village in the north of Wales called Harlech who claimed the title for their street Ffordd Pen Llech.

But not all was lost. Dunedin had a secret weapon in the form of surveyor Toby Stoff who smelt a rat and set out to prove Baldwin was steeper, and claim the title back for his home city

That quest was ultimately successful and now Toby's efforts have been marked with an official plaque at the very top of the street which was unveiled this week.

He joins 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's tracks:

• Same Place by The Olivia Tremor Control
• Sick!!! by Machine Girl
• Born Too Blue by Angel Olsen

11:07 Lost and Found

In this episode of Lost and found, Maggie Tweedie shares new musical offerings and revisits some of her old favourites including music from Steve Lacy Gillian Welch and Donny Hathaway.