Nights for Friday 5 September 2025
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Out Lately with Finn Johansson
9:25 PM.Featuring new music from Varda, Blood Orange and Skepta & Fred Again... Read more Audio
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Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
8:40 PM.Nights' resident screen critic joins Emile Donovan to review comedy-thriller Fight or Flight (2024) in cinemas now, documentary My Mom Jayne (2025) streaming on Neon, and sci-fi Ad Astra (2019)… Read more Audio
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Silent movies, back with a bang
8:20 PM.Musicians David Selfe and Jeremy Fitzsimons are touring a series of Charlie Chaplin silent movies to towns and cities across the country over the next month, accompanied by a live score. Read more Audio
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The influence and legacy of Giorgio Armani
8:10 PM.Murray Crane of Crane Brothers has been designing New Zealand menswear for more than 25 years, with Armani a constant presence throughout his career. Read more Audio
8:10 The influence and legacy of Giorgio Armani
For over fifty years, Giorgio Armani shaped men's fashion, with his influence reaching far beyond the runway.
The Italian style icon passed away overnight New Zealand time, aged 91.
Murray Crane of Crane Brothers has been designing New Zealand menswear for more than 25 years, with Armani a constant presence throughout his career.
To talk more about how Armani changed menswear, Murray speaks to Emile Donovan.
Italian designer Giorgio Armani waves from the runway of the Emporio Armani fashion show during the Milan Fashion Week Womenswear Spring/Summer 2024 on September 21, 2023 in Milan. Photo: GABRIEL BOUYS
8:20 Silent movies, back with a bang
Musicians David Selfe and Jeremy Fitzsimons are touring a series of Charlie Chaplin silent movies to towns and cities across the country over the next month, accompanied by a live score.
They join Emile Donovan to discuss the enduring appeal of silent films.
Photo: Supplied
Photo: Supplied
8:40 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
Nights' resident screen critic joins Emile Donovan to review comedy-thriller Fight or Flight (2024) in cinemas now, documentary My Mom Jayne (2025) streaming on Neon, and sci-fi Ad Astra (2019) streaming for free on TVNZ+.
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:
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
Tonight on The Detail - Those who can afford it are getting thin by needle, but new weight loss drugs bring with them unanswered questions.
10:45 Focus on Politics
In Focus on Politics, political reporter Anneke Smith has a look at the coalition's carve out for the foreign buyers ban.
11:07 RNZ Music: Troy Kingi and the Auckland Philharmonic Orchestra
Travelling troubadour Troy Kingi and the Auckland Philharmonic Orchestra celebrated Matariki in 2023 with a special concert recorded live at the Auckland Hall in Tamaki Makaurau.
Performing symphonic renditions of his funkadelic album Shake That Skinny Ass All the Way to Zygertron, RNZ Music was there to capture the magic.
