Nights

8:10 Live from England: Day 1 of Women's Rugby World Cup

The Women's Rugby World Cup kicks off Friday night (UK time) in England, with our reigning champs the Black Ferns' first game coming up Monday morning.

RNZ's Jamie Tahana is in York covering the excitement.

8:20 This Weekend: Art as Food down in Invercargill

Every Friday we like to check in with people who are cooking up something a little different for the weekend ahead.

Tonight we're heading right down to the bottom of the Mainland, to Invercargill, where an art exhibition with a twist has just opened.

It's called The Potluck. A group of Southland artists have come together, working across all sorts of mediums, to capture the colour, creativity and nostalgia of the classic Kiwi potluck.

One of those artists is photographer and videographer Jenna-lee Shave. She chats to Mark Leishman.

8:30 This Weekend: Word Salad in Timaru

Today is National Poetry Day!

All across the country, the pubs, galleries and libraries have been filled with poets and poetry lovers celebrating the art form.

We're heading down to Timaru, where the Timaru Booksellers are putting on their annual Word Salad open mic poetry night at the Aigantighe Art Gallery to mark the occasion.

MC and bookseller Jess Young chats to Mark Leishman.

8:40 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin

Nights' resident screen critic joins Mark Leishman to review the new film Eddington by Ari Aster, Gut Instinct which was produced, written, directed and edited by Auckland filmmaker Doug Dillaman and the television drama Hell or High Water.

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:

• Idiot In The Park by Nourished By Time 
• Saintly by Michaela Tempers
• Stray Dog by Deki Alem

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 - New Zealand's first-ever conviction for attempted espionage has been handed down, but the solider at the centre of the case was less James Bond and "maybe more like a bumbling wannabe-spy".

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10:45 Focus on Politics

The coalition is under pressure from the cost-of-living crisis, with job losses, soaring food prices and a construction slowdown hitting hard.

This week brought some policy changes and a Reserve Bank rate cut. On Focus on Politics, RNZ acting political editor Craig McCulloch looks at whether that relief will be enough to break the government's winter of discontent. 

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.

Tonight's programme features the Baltic traditions of Estonian folk musician Mari Kalkum who brings her entrancing soundscapes to the Dell stage at WOMAD 2024 in Ngamotu, New Plymouth.