Nights for Tuesday 30 January 2024

7:12 Micro Labels

From the RNZ Music team Tony Stamp meets the people behind some of New Zealand's music micro-labels, marketing and distributing music they love.

It's often done in their free time, for little, if any, profit, and sometimes wins international audiences.    

7:45 The Reading

Over the next couple of weeks some short stories in our series Page Numbers which was an annual celebration of new work from the graduate MA writers out of the International Institute of Modern Letters at VUW Wellington.

We begin with a piece by Clare Moleta adapted from the opening of her 2017 novel and is set on a climate-changed southern continent in a dystopian and fragile future. This is Safer written and read by Clare Moleta

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 The Documentary

From the BBC's Documentary programme this is Paris: Football's greatest talent factory

Some call it the 'City of Love' and others the 'City of Lights', but would a more accurate nickname for Paris be the 'City of Football'?

9:07 Nights Daily Quiz

Do you know your stuff? Come on the air and be grilled by Emile Donovan as he dons his quiz master 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 Shower Thoughts: Where does hospital art come from?

Have you ever been standing in the shower, when suddenly, the noise in your brain clears and in its place appears the perfect thought?

That's a Shower Thought, and here on Nights we're aiming to answer those unshakable questions lurking in the back of your mind.

Tonight we ask who decides on the artwork that gets hung in hospital waiting rooms and corridors up and down the country.

Helping us answer this is Barbara Brinsley, a retired theatre nurse of Dunedin Hospital, and the hospital's current aesthetics coordinator of the art advisory committee.

9:30 Taylor Swift vs AI Deepfakes

US politicians have called for new laws to criminalise the creation of deepfake images and Twitter has pledged to hire around 100 moderators after explicit deep faked photos of Taylor Swift were viewed millions of times online.

Deepfakes use artificial intelligence (AI) to make a video of someone by manipulating their face or body.

Senior consultant at thinktank Brainbox Allyn Robins speaks to Emile Donovan about the pitfalls of AI and how this could just be the tip of the iceberg in terms of deepfakes.

10:17 What 1924 thought 2024 would look like

The year is 1924 and the present day is still a century away.

So what kind of predictions were people making then about the way we would be living our lives?

Well they were a mixed bag really - some were very close, others a bit off the mark, while there are some predictions that still seem centuries away.

One man who has collated both the good and bad 2024 predictions from the year 1924 is researcher Paul Fairie who has found internet fame by delving into  the archives of newspapers from 50, 70 and 100 years ago.

A List of Predictions Made in 1924 About 2024

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— Paul Fairie (@paulisci) January 1, 2024

10:30 An Italian chef on the global olive oil shortage

Last year the price of olive oil hit a 26-year high globally

It's been a bit of a perfect storm really - incredibly dry summers in the Mediterranean, wildfires and droughts, climate change have meant much smaller yields for the world's biggest oil providers, driving prices up and up and up.

Joining us from Badalucco, Italy is Matteo D'Elia the head chef and owner of Umami restaurant.

10:45 New Zealand olive oil producers also feeling the pinch

Olive oil prices here in Aotearoa haven't escaped the global pressures.

The price of Olivani extra-virgin olive oil was $1.28 per 100ml in February 2022, it's today retailing at $1.90 per 100ml at Countdown

Harvest extra virgin olive oil was $1 per 100ml in 2022, now $1.85, also at Countdown.

To find out how our producers are coping we're joined by Colin and Nalini Baruch, olive oil producers from Martinborough.

11:07 Worlds of Music

Every Week on Worlds of Music Trevor Reekie presents an eclectic mix of trans global music, fusion and folk roots

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