Nights for Friday 6 June 2025
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Out Lately with Finn Johansson
9:25 PM.Featuring Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Drugdealer, and Clbrks & Kurt Terese Read more Audio
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Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
8:40 PM.Nights' resident screen critic joins Emile Donovan to review Ballerina (2025), Mountainhead (2025) streaming on Neon, and children's classic The Iron Giant (1999) streaming for free on ThreeNow. Read more Audio
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This Weekend: Mainland Big Band
8:20 PM.We're heading to Christchurch, and the Cashmere Club, where the Mainland Big Band will be performing. Read more Audio
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Life changes - and death changes, too
8:10 PM.With New Zealand's first water crematorium opening for business today, President of the Funeral Directors Association Andrew Malcolm joins Emile Donovan to discuss how our attitudes to going out in… Read more Audio
8:10 Life changes - and death changes, too
With New Zealand's first water crematorium opening for business today, President of the Funeral Directors Association Andrew Malcolm joins Emile Donovan to discuss how our attitudes to going out in style are changing.
Water Crematorium at Bell Lamb and Trotter Christchurch Funeral Services. Photo: Supplied
8:20 This Weekend: Mainland Big Band
We're heading to Christchurch, and the Cashmere Club, where the Mainland Big Band will be performing.
Photo: Mainland Big Band
8:40 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
Nights' resident screen critic joins Emile Donovan to review Ballerina (2025), Mountainhead (2025) streaming on Neon, and children's classic The Iron Giant (1999) streaming for free on ThreeNow.
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.
9:25 Out Lately with Finn Johansson
He's back, and no doubt ready to inform, educate and entertain us with an array of eclectic music.
Featuring:
- Boys with the Characteristics of Wolves by Unknown Mortal Orchestra
- Real Thing by Drugdealer ft Weyes Blood
- Pears by Clbrks & Kurt Terese
Photo: Finn Johansson
9:45 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.
10:17 The Detail: The science sector sounds the alarm
Researchers brace for an uncertain future and warn of lasting damage aftera funding shake-up. Amanda Gillies reports.
10:45 Focus on Politics
Lillian Hanly goes through the results of the latest RNZ Reid Research Poll, including a closer look at the pay equity changes and the sanctions faced by Te Pāti Māori MPs.
11:07 RNZ Music: WOMAD 2024
WOMAD 2024 features live recordings from a selection of International and local musicians captured by the RNZ Music team at WOMAD Taranaki.
Today's programme features one of the highlights from WOMAD 2024 Pakistani-American musician. Arooj Aftab. The grammy winner graced the Brooklands stage in Ngamotu, New Plymouth with her celebrated fusion of jazz, folk, and classical music.
