Nights for Friday 8 March 2024
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Out Lately with Finn Johansson
10:30 PM.Featuring a new mega-collaboration hip-hop track, a brooding new album from multi-instrumentalist Linda Smith, and the first release from indie four-piece band Warpaint in two years. Read more Audio
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American lawmakers move to ban TikTok with new bill
10:18 PM.The bill focuses on threats posed by foreign-owned companies, and would force the Chinese owner of TikTok, ByteDance, to either divest itself of the popular app or face prohibition in the U.S. Read more Audio
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Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
9:35 PM.Nights' resident film critic, Dan Slevin, reviews a recent performance from 89-year-old legendary actor Michael Caine in The Great Escaper (2023) and Netflix-syndicated Australian thriller Secret… Read more Audio
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This Weekend: Swannanoa Country Fair
9:15 PM.The popular fair will be bringing in thousands of people and hundreds of stalls all to fundraise for Te Koromiko Swannanoa School. Read more Audio
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 Tenuous Connections
For International Women's Day, we're playing some of the best women guitarists out there.
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: Swannanoa Country Fair
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 Canterbury this Sunday, the Swannanoa Country Fair will be bringing in thousands of people and hundreds of stalls all to fundraise for Te Koromiko Swannanoa School.
Regan Finch is one of the organisers and he joins Emile Donovan.
Photo: Swannanoa Country Fair
9:20 Focus on Politics
In Focus on Politics, RNZ's political reporter Anneke Smith looks at the Coalition's 100 day plan.
Winston Peters, Christopher Luxon and David Seymour at the formal signing ceremony. Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone
9:35 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
Nights' resident film critic reviews a recent performance from 89-year-old legendary actor Michael Caine in The Great Escaper (2023), Netflix-syndicated Australian thriller Secret City (2016), and sociolinguistic sci-fi blockbuster Arrival (2016) streaming on TVNZ+.
10:17 American lawmakers move to ban TikTok with new bill
A new bill to ban entertainment app TikTok in the United States is making its way through the halls of power in Washington.
The bill focuses on threats posed by foreign-owned companies, and would force the Chinese owner of TikTok, ByteDance, to either divest itself of the popular app or face prohibition in the U.S.
Several attempts have been made to ban the app in the last few years, but they've all been stalled or faced legal action.
To explain this latest move, futurist and chief executive of Gorilla Technology Paul Spain joins Emile Donovan.
Photo: CFOTO / NurPhoto via AFP
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, a new mega-collaboration hip-hop track, a brooding new album from multi-instrumentalist Linda Smith, and the first release from indie four-piece band Warpaint in two years.
11:07 Concert
This evening 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.
This week revisit the soulful rhythms and breath-taking blues of soul singer Deva Mahal.