Nights for Friday 21 February 2025
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Out Lately with Finn Johansson
10:30 PM.Friday night regular Finn Johansson joins us with an array of eclectic music.
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Bug of the Year winner announced
10:17 PM.The Bug of the Year, New Zealand's most prestigious insect pageant, has announced its winner. Read more Audio
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Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
9:35 PM.Our weekly catchup with Nights' resident screen critic. Read more Audio
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This Weekend: Death, Ray; the strange story of Victor Penny
8:30 PM.A play based on the true story of Victor Penny is among the events happening across the country this weekend. 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 This Weekend: Death, Ray - the strange story of Victor Penny
Every Friday we check in with what weird and wonderful things Kiwis are getting up to this weekend.
And Wellington is putting together something very weird indeed, a play based off the true story of Victor Penny.
In 1935, Auckland man Victor Penny was spirited away to Somes Island by the New Zealand government to build a death ray, or so the story goes.
The play, Death Ray, is playing at Wellington Fringe at Bats Theatre with the last show being tomorrow night at 8:30pm.
Zachary Klein wrote the play joined Emile Donovan.
'Death, Ray' by Zachary Klein is playing at BATS Theatre in Wellington as part of Wellington Fringe in February 2025. Photo: Michael van Echten
8:35 Tenuous Connections
It's Friday night, so Nights is putting on a playlist of music with a loose theme based off an even looser starting point.
Tonight, it's songs about the afterlife.
Photo: 123rf
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.
9:20 Focus on Politics
Tonight, Giles Dexter looks at the findings and consequences of the Public Service Commission's inquiry into government agencies' data sharing safeguards.
9:35 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
It's time for our weekly catchup with Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin.
Tonight, Dan looks at strength and weakness of streaming services - and highlights a recent title on each.
Photo: AFP / Koen Van Weel
10:17 Bug of the Year winner announced
The Bug of the Year, New Zealand's most prestigious insect pageant, has announced its winner.
The Velvet Worm, or ngāokeoke, has taken out the crown by the narrowest of margins.
The velvet worm's campaign was managed by Otago Museum and collections technician On Lee Lau joins Emile Donovan.
Ngāokeoke Photo: @shaun
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, Finn Johansson has music from Melbourne-based singer-songwriter Sarah Mary Chadwick, Avant-garde death metal trio Pleasuredome (ft Dave Lombardo & Tomas Haake) and hip-hop group Pee Froiss.
11:07 Artist to Artist
Nick Bollinger takes a listen to some of the songs that songwriters have written about other songwriters and uncovers the stories behind them.
