Nights for Friday 28 November 2025
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Out Lately with Finn Johansson
9:25 PM.He's back, and no doubt ready to inform, educate and entertain us with an array of eclectic music. Read more Audio
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Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
8:40 PM.Our Nights' resident screen critic joins Emile Donovan for some weekend reviews and recommendations, Read more Audio
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Whamageddon is almost upon us
8:30 PM.We look at the background and rules of this viral Christmas game. Read more Audio
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This Weekend: HIIT for Hope
8:20 PM.Tonight we're heading to Rolleston near Christchurch for HIIT for Hope. Read more Audio
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Celebrating fifty years of Wellington's Circa Theatre
8:10 PM.Gavin Rutherford has performed in over fifty Circa shows as an actor, director, and Circa council member and joins Emile Donovan. Read more Audio
8:10 Celebrating fifty years of Wellington's Circa Theatre
Wellington's Circa Theatre is celebrating fifty years of lighting up the capital in 2026.
The venue at 1 Taranaki Street has just launched its programme for next year, more than forty shows on the calendar already.
Gavin Rutherford has performed in over fifty Circa shows himself. as an actor, director, and Circa council member.
He joins Emile Donovan.
Photo: circa theatre
8:20 This Weekend: HIIT for Hope
Every Friday here on Nights, we like to take a look at what's happening around the country in the weekend ahead
Tonight we're heading to Rolleston near Christchurch where thousands of fitness enthusiast are going to gather and attempt to break the world record for the largest high-intensity interval training
Jared Rogers is the organiser of HIIT for Hope and he joins Emile Donovan
The event will attempt to break the world record for the largest high-intensity interval training. Photo: HIIT for Hope
8:30 Whamageddon is upon us
Around the globe the annual game of Whamageddon is about to kick off.
The aim of the game is to avoid hearing the festive favourite, Last Christmas by Wham until December 25th.
We look at the background and rules of this viral trend.
George Michael in the video for 'Last Christmas'. Photo: YouTube/Wham
8:40 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
Nights' resident screen critic joins Emile Donovan for some weekend reviews and recommendations,
Tonight, Dead of Winter (in cinemas) Train Dreams (Netflix) and Tangata Pai (ThreeNow)
Photo: supplied
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:
- Falling From and Further by Hannah Frances
- Red Sunset by Bic Runga
- Green by Max Jaffe
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 - We've failed to reach our smokefree obligations, but has New Zealand done well enough to relax efforts?
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10:45 Focus on Politics
A weekly insight into the political issues that matter from RNZ's gallery team.
Tonight, presented by political reporter Russell Palmer.
11:07 RNZ Music: The Logg Cabin
Every week on The Logg Cabin Mark William's (aka (MC Slave from Fat Freddy's Drop) explores the finest music from across the soul spectrum… from Funk, Reggae, Hip Hop, House and everything in between, The Logg Cabin delivers music for the mind, body and soul.
On the Logg Cabin this week Mark checks out the long awaited return of Hip Hop pioneers De la Soul, takes in a new remix of local soul man Louis Baker, reminisces with Royksopp indulges in a guilty pleasure from Paul Simon and Talking Heads.
