Nights for Monday 22 January 2024
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BBC World lookahead
10:45 PM.The BBC's Rich Preston joins Nights with a wrap of the news making headlines around the world, including the New Hampshire primaries in the unfolding US presidential election, prime minister Narendra… Read more Audio
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Sports with Jamie Wall
10:35 PM.Jamie Wall joins Emile Donovan to reflect on the Black Caps' all-star ratings on free-to-air television and Joseph Parker's forthcoming heavyweight match in Saudi Arabia. Read more Audio
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Summer bugs with Morgane Merien
9:30 PM.Why do flies want to get inside our houses so bad? Why do mosquitoes bite some people and not others? And why oh why is New Zealand home to so many creepy crawlies? Read more Audio
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Whakataukī of the Week with Dr Hinemoa Elder
9:15 PM.Why can New Zealanders recall more lines from Shakespeare or Shel Silverstein than whakataukī - Māori proverbs? Read more Audio
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The spoof website that tricked hundreds of would-be murderers
12:00 PM.When Bob Innes bought the web domain 'Hire A Hitman' for his IT support business in 2005, he didn't expect emails from people looking to murder their friends and family. Read more Audio
7:12 Stuff the British Stole
From the ABC and CBC Podcasts this is Stuff the British Stole season 3.
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.
Episode 2 will play at the same time next Monday night
7:35 The Reading
Another winning story from the 2023 Nine to Noon short story competition . . . All Things Considered by Tim Saunders told by Alex Greig
A wounded NZ fighter lies in a crowded ward in a makeshift hospital as the Ukrainian/Russian war rages outside.
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 / Jeff McEwan
8:30 Science in Action from the BBC
In this episode of Science in Action presented by Roland Pease, African swine fever has now reached Southeast Asia, the World Mosquito Program breeds infected mosquitoes, and mouse organoids have been grown in the lab.
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 Hinemoa Elder
Dr Hinemoa Elder (Ngāti Kuri, Te Rarawa, Te Aupōuri and Ngapūhi) is the author of a book of whakataukī called Aroha Photo: Supplied
Each Monday on Nights, we will bring you a Whakataukī of the Week.
For our first whakataukī, Dr Hinemona Elder will be joining Nights to explain what whakataukī are and how these pieces of wisdom can be incorporated into our lives and shared with others.
9:30 Summer bugs with Morgane Merien
In the height of summer a whole range of bugs are making noise, biting us, or wanting to come inside our homes.
To give us the buzz, Nights talks to Canterbury Museum science communicator and bug enthusiast Dr Morgane Merien.
Photo: 123RF
10:17 California 'hitman' Bob Innes
When Bob Innes found the perfect website name for his IT business, he snapped it up.
Little did he know he would eventually be responsible for saving dozens of lives and preventing multiple murders.
That's because Bob owns the website RentAHitman.com - he bought it in 2005 without an intention of actually attracting people seeking killers for hire.
Photo: 123rf
10.30 Sports with Jamie Wall
RNZ sports reporter Jamie Wall joins Emile Donovan to debrief the week in sport.
Will Young of the Black Caps during the 5th T20 cricket match. Photo: Photosport
10.45 BBC World
BBC reporter Rich Preston takes us through the New Hampshire primaries in the unfolding US election, a controversial temple-opening in India, and a major court case out of South Korea that could impact tech giant Samsung.
Trump supporters cheer at his caucus night event in Des Moines, Iowa. Photo: Getty via AFP
11:07 Nashville Babylon
On this week's Nashville Babylon there's classic soul from Aaron Neville, blues courtesy of Big Maybelle, a reggae smash from KC While plus a track from Leonard Cohen's Live In London album.
