Nights for Friday 30 January 2026
8:10 Are trading card thefts being taken seriously enough?
Trading cards might sound like child games - but some are worth more than a house. One Pokémon card sold for nearly nine million dollars.
And where there's money, there's crime. Just over a week ago, a shopkeeper was stabbed during a trading card theft in Newmarket.
So what makes a bit of cardboard so valuable?
Long-time collector and co-founder of The Pokémon Clan, Peter Johnson speaks to Susana Lei'ataua.
Peter Johnson has been collecting Pokémon cards since 1996. Photo: Supplied
8:25 The Weekend: Latin Festival
Time to highlight a weekend event - and we're heading to Christchurch!
Tomorrow you can feel the beat of salsa and cumbia, and smell fresh empanadas and arepas.
The Latin Cultural Fest is bringing together music, dance, food and crafts from the Caribbean through the Andes to the southern cone.
One of the organisers, Daniel Toledo joins us.
The Latin Cultural Fest is bringing together music, dance, food and crafts from the Caribbean through the Andes to Christchurch. Photo:
8:35 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
Nights' resident screen critic, Dan Slevin, is back for the first edition of Short-Cuts for 2026!
Tonight he’s taking a look at It Was Just an Accident (Panahi, 2025), last year’s Palme d’Or winner and two-time Oscar nominee; The Mastermind (Reichardt, 2025), a 1970s art heist gone wrong starring Josh O’Connor; and Ponies (Fogel/Iserson, 2026), a lighthearted Cold War thriller with Emilia Clarke and Haley Lu Richardson.
9:05 Nights Quiz
Do you know your stuff? Come on the air and be grilled by Susana Lei'ataua as she dons her 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.
It's Finn Johansson.
Tonight he’s spinning Seen And Not Seen by Bilal from Naive Melodies; Beautiful People by Jill Scott; and Salcita Dos by The Electric Sheep from Jazz from the Underground Nightclubs of Aotearoa Vol. 12.
Finn Johansson Photo: Supplied
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
This morning on The Detail - The real treasure hidden in the wrecks of some 2500 ships buried along New Zealand's coasts isn't jewels or gold bars - but the stories of the people who were on board
10:45 The Reading
Tonight's reading is a short story by Tim Heath with the intriguing title - K.M. in the F.S, read by the late Fergus Dick.
A man is excited after hearing his favourite Katherine Mansfield story on the radio. An insatiable desire to get his own copy of the story sends him to the local second hand book-shop.
11:07 The Mixtape
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 this week's show Mark mixes things up with music from Che Fu, Shirley Bassey, Groove Armada, Prince and Grace Jones along with the late and great Sly & Robbie.
All that and more tonight on The Logg Cabin.
Photo: RNZ
