Nights for Monday 29 January 2024
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BBC World
10:45 PM.Just before 11pm we will be crossing over to our friends at the BBC to take a look at some of the events making headlines internationally Tonight we're joined by Rob Hugh-Jones. Audio
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Sports with Bryan Waddle
10:30 PM.Big wins in test cricket, the Phoenix's continued success in the A League table, and Lydia Ko's second-place finish at the LPGA Tour. Read more Audio
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Regional public holidays: Do we need them?
10:17 PM.While Aucklanders rub their extra day off in other centres' faces, Lewis Holden reckons provincial holidays should be written off altogether. Read more Audio
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The 26-year old breaking new ground on gut health
9:30 PM.Peter Tremain is developing a probe-style device which can be sent into the gut through our mouths to measure electrical signals. Read more Audio
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Whakataukī of the week: 'Everyone's got their own place'
9:15 PM.Hospitality operator and te reo Maōri advocate Anton Matthews says his favourite whakataukī is about valuing people who work in the public eye just as much as those who work behind the scenes. Read more Audio
7:12 Stuff The British Stole
Throughout its reign, the British Empire stole a lot of stuff.
Today the Empire's loot sits in museums, galleries, private collections and burial sites with polite plaques. But its history is often messier than the plaques suggest. .... this is series 3 of Stuff the British Stole.
Today: deep in the cellars of one of England's grandest country homes, covered in dirt and cobwebs, lay dozens of bottles of ancient rum.
7:45 The Reading
The final winning story from the 2023 Nine to Noon short story competition.
A "father and son story", Some Other Richard by Andrea Pollard told by Jim Moriarty.
A man in his fifties volunteers to drive the hearse with his father's body to Auckland. During the journey the son reflects on who his father was and his relationship with him, and comes to understand that he and his father are more alike than he had previously thought.
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.
Photo: RNZ / Jarred Bishop, Michel Tuffery and Jeff McEwan
8:30 Science in Action
In this episode of Science in Action, accelerated evolution and how it could help create new substances to be used in medicine, chemistry and more.
New evidence of a massive volcano that erupted beneath the sea near Santorini around 500,000 years ago....and how the Gibraltar Strait has altered over time.
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 Anton Matthews
Anton Matthews is the director of Hustle Group which runs a bunch of restaurants and catering companies in Ōtautahi Christchurch. He's also a big advocate for people learning te reo Māori and just giving it a shot, also running online course Normalising Te Reo Māori.
He shares a favourite whakataukī, or traditional Māori aphorism, with Emile Donovan.
Photo: Supplied / Fush
9:30 The 26-year old breaking new ground on gut health
Peter Tremain is a PhD student at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute where he is doing ground-breaking research into diagnosing gut problems.
His study has taken him global - he's the recent recipient of two scholarships and three travel grants to places like Japan, Chicago and later this year Chile.
Microbial environment inside the human gut. Photo: Courtesy of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
10:17 Regional public holidays: Do we need them?
For those living in Aotearoa's biggest city, today was a public holiday: marking the occasion when former Governor-General, William Hobson, first landed in the far North... hundreds of kilometres from Auckland.
If you don't live in Auckland, don't worry, there are 11 other officially-recognised regional holidays to get through in a calendar year.
Emile Donovan talks to Lewis Holden, chair of the New Zealand republican movement, who thinks provincial holidays suck and we should abolish them!
10.30 Sports Chat with Bryan Waddle
After an eventful weekend in the world of sports we're joined by veteran sports broadcaster Bryan Waddle who is diving into the big wins in test cricket, the Phoenix continuing to top the A League table and Lydia Ko coming so close to securing a place alongside the legends of women's golf.
The West Indies celebrate after they beat Australia in the second test in Brisbane. Photo: AAP / www.photosport.nz
10.45 BBC World
Just before 11pm we will be crossing over to our friends at the BBC to take a look at some of the events making headlines internationally
Tonight we're joined by Rob Hugh-Jones.
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 Mark has classic soul from James Brown, birthday tunes for Lucinda Williams and Bobby 'Blue' Bland plus a reggae smash courtesy of Desmond Dekker.