Nights for Friday 23 February 2024
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Out Lately with Finn Johansson
10:30 PM.New music from West Virginia rock group Tucker Riggleman and the Cheap Dates, American rapper Tierra Whack, and Norwegian jazzy beats-maker Ol' Burger Beats. Read more Audio
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Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
9:30 PM.Nights' resident film critic, Dan Slevin, reviews Oscar nominee The Zone of Interest (2024) and new Ethan Coen lesbian crime comedy Drive Away Dolls (2024). Read more Audio
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This Weekend: Flood-devastated rugby club has grand re-opening
9:20 PM.A year after the Richmond Rovers RLSC was hit by the Auckland Anniversary Weekend floods, the refurbished club is holding a community day with kai and music. Read more Audio
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This Weekend: 3,000 rubber ducks for mental health
9:15 PM.Anyone can sponsor a duck for the race down Taranaki's Huatoki stream, with the money going to a local mental health charity. Read more Audio
7:10 Country Life
Country Life takes you down country roads to meet ordinary people achieving their dreams.
This week, Country Life takes you to New Zealand's longest running Highland Games. In the small town of Turakina, Scottish heritage is alive and kicking. People from all around gather for some fun tossing the caber and showing off their drumming and piping skills.
Also the team meets Rick Martin and Nairn Illingworth, who farm a drove of happy heritage pigs on their small farm in Marlborough's Onamalutu Valley.
Manawatū Scottish Pipe Band in competition Photo: RNZ/Sally Round
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.
8:30 Nights Music
Todd Zaner, filling in for Emile Donovan, plays some favourite tunes - and requests from the audience.
9:07 Nights Quiz
Do you know your stuff? Come on the air and be grilled by Todd Zaner 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: 3,000 inflatable ducks for mental health
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.
In Taranaki, 3,000 rubber ducks will be racing down the Huatoki Stream this Saturday. People and companies can sponsor a duck to race, with the money going to local mental health charity Taranaki Retreat.
Caroline Silk is the chief executive of Taranaki Retreat and the organiser of The Waimanako Duck Race and she joins Todd Zaner.
Over 3,000 rubber ducks and 'corporate swans' will race down Taranaki's Huatoki Stream on Saturday 24 February as a fundraiser for local mental health organisation Taranaki Retreat. Photo: Supplied
9:20 This Weekend: Flood-devastated rugby club has grand re-opening
Just over a year ago the Richmond Rovers Rugby League and Sports Club in Grey Lynn was devastated by the Auckland Anniversary Weekend floods.
After a year of blood, sweat and tears, the clubrooms are finally able to re-open, and the whole community are celebrating with an afternoon of sausage sizzles, music, and bouncy castles.
Richmond Rovers board member Andrew Grant joins Todd Zaner.
The Auckland Anniversary Weekend floods sent the grounds of Grey Lynn Park, home of the Richmond Rovers, underwater. Photo: Richmond Rovers RLSC Facebook
9:30 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
Nights' resident movie critic Dan Slevin joins Todd Zaner to review Oscar nominee The Zone of Interest (2024), new Ethan Coen lesbian crime comedy Drive Away Dolls (2024), animated oddball film Orion and the Dark streaming on Netflix, and classic TV comedy Freaks and Geeks (1999) streaming for free on TVNZ+.
10:17 Native American creatives tour Aotearoa on indigenous delegation
A delegation of Native American creatives have been touring Aotearoa this week meeting with Māori artists and designers like marketing executive Raymond Otene McKay and film producer Chelsea Winstanley.
It's part of the Toi Tukua tour, a partnership between Māori social impact group Tapuwae Roa, and US indigenous media platform Native Max.
Kelly Holmes and Dr Lee Francis are part of the delegation from America and they join Todd Zaner to reflect on their travels.
Kelly Holmes, of Mnicoujou Lakota from the Cheyenne River Reservation in South Dakota (second from left) and Dr Lee Francis of Laguna Pueblo (third from left) are touring across Aotearoa meeting Māori creatives. Photo: Tapuwae Roa Facebook
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, new music from West Virginia rock group Tucker Riggleman and the Cheap Dates, American rapper Tierra Whack, and Norwegian jazzy beats-maker Ol' Burger Beats.
11:07 Concert
Tonight, we continue a series showcasing a selection of performance highlights from WOMAD Taranaki 2023 featuring live recordings from International and local musicians captured by the RNZ Music team.
Including the haunting Arabic blues of Justin Adams & Mauro Durante performing on the Dell stage in New Plymouth.