Nights for Friday 10 October 2025

8:10 Napier launches dog-friendly status with 'pawrade' 

Napier is launching a new initiative this weekend to become an official dog-friendly city.

To celebrate, Napier's first-ever Pawrade is being held on Sunday, a fun event for four-legged friends and their humans. 

Pip Thompson is General Manager of Napier City Business Inc and joins Mark Leishman.

8:20 This Weekend: National Bookshop Day 

Every Friday here on Nights, we like to take a look at what's happening around the country in the weekend ahead.

Tonight, we mark Aotearoa New Zealand Bookshop Day being held, an event to celebrate the joy of reading

Gareth and Louise Ward run independent bookshop Wardini Books, with stores in Havelock North and Napier.

Louise joins Mark Leishman.

8:40 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin

Nights' resident screen critic joins Mark Leishman to review the new thriller from Oscar-winner Katheryn Bigelow A House of Dynamite (In Cinemas and Netflix), The debut feature as a director from movie star Scarlett Johansson, Eleanor the Great (In Cinemas) and the series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (​Free Streaming TVNZ+) .

9:05 Nights Quiz

Do you know your stuff? Come on the air and be grilled by Mark Leishman 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:

• Pop-Lock Magus from Raceways of my Heart: Baby Zionov
• Hey Lady from the album Modern Nightname: Alex Fernet
• Sally, When the Wine Runs Out: Role Model 
• Ancestros Futeros

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.

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10:17 The Detail

Tonight on The Detail - Inside New Zealand's kinship care movement, and what's needed to repair the cracks. 

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10:45 Focus on Politics

In Focus on Politics, political reporter Lillian Hanly asks if Te Pāti Māori's reset achieved what it set out too. 

11:07 RNZ Music: Postcards from Athens

Music producer and composer Vasili Vrakas joins Maggie Tweedie for a journey of music through his hometown of Athens    

Here speaks to Maggie about his early life growing up in the ancient city exploring the streets with eclectic music from discos, and electronica, to classical and avant-garde