Nights for Thursday 24 April 2025

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 This Weekend: The world of competitive guinea pig showing

On Saturday the Garden City Cavy Club in Christchurch will host its Anzac Guinea Pig Show.

One of the judges is Debbie Lowrie, who joins Emile to share what makes a champion guinea pig.

8.45 The Reading

A portrait of a family at their bach, told from five different points of view. The location connects them but the perspectives are very different.

Tonight, the third part of Carl Nixon's story series 'Shingle Beach' told by Donagh Rees. 

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.

9:25 What is gesture? Nights expert Dr Julia de Bres explains

Gestures - we use and see them every day.

But what exactly are they and why do they play such a crucial part in human communication

Our resident science expert, Dr Julia de Bres, sociolinguist and senior lecturer at Massey University has been giving this some thought and joins us.

9:40 Shortcuts with Dan Slevin

Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin joins us for some Anzac weekend viewing suggestions. 

Tonight, he reviews The Accountant 2 (O'Connor, 2025, In Cinemas) the sequel to the successful 2016 action movie which stars Ben Affleck as a neurodiverse mob accountant with a tendency to use violent methods to solve otherwise intractable problem, Pets (Howard, 2025, Disney+). a documentary about companion animals and their humans, directed by Bryce Dallas Howard and Fantastic Mr. Fox (Anderson, 2009, TVNZ+). the stop-motion animated adaptation of the beloved Roald Dahl children's story featuring stellar voice work from George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Bill Murray and Owen Wilson.

10:17 Jock Phillips on War Memorials

Jock Phillips is one of New Zealand’s leading historians. He was previously the country’s Chief Historian, and then General Editor of Te Ara, the Encyclopedia of New Zealand.

Jock began working on war memorials in the 1980s and has been fascinated by the subject ever since.

On the eve of Anzac Day, he joins Emile Donovan.

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 shares:

Garnet from Lawrence Goodwin - Soft Eternity by Lawrence Goodwin

https://rhizomorphrecords.bandcamp.com/track/garnet

Eternities II
by Your 33 Black Angels

https://y33ba.bandcamp.com/album/eternities-ii

Infinititty.

from BERRY'S (2025) by Pumice

https://stabbiesetc.bandcamp.com/track/infinititty-2

Emile's choice:  Lissom by Limbo

11:07 The Mix Tape with Trevor Reekie

After a long career in music Adam Holt has announced his retirement from his last position as MD of Universal Music Group NZ.

he joins Trevor Reekie to share some of his favourite songs.