Nights for Wednesday 7 February 2024
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Henry Cooke, Kiwi in London
10:45 PM.New Zealand writer Henry Cooke touches base with Nights on the Waitangi Day pub crawl and the upcoming UK general election. Read more Audio
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Napier's Art Deco Festival struts back to its former glory
10:30 PM.After years of cancellations due to Covid and Cyclone Gabrielle, the festival is back and more fashionable than ever. Read more Audio
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Link between internet trolling and psychopathic tendencies
10:18 PM.New research from the University of Queensland suggests online anonymity gives 'keyboard warriors' the opportunity to exhibit sadistic behaviour. Read more Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch
9:30 PM.Hayden Donnell joins Emile Donovan in-studio to discuss the prime minister's Waitangi Day speech snafu, political point-scoring over police numbers, and how media talk about the housing market. Read more Audio
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Agony Aunt Courtney Dawson
9:15 PM.One listener asks: My partner and I are travelling for a friend's lavish European wedding, but I've been left off the guest list. What do I do? Read more Audio
7:15 At The Movies
Simon Morris reminds us that opinions are very rarely unanimous and this week is no exception. Three movies that are likely to divide opinion include a celebrity biopic, a spy thriller with more than its fair share of twists, and a Korean coming of age story.
7:40 The Reading
In the reading today we have another short story from 'Page Numbers' - the collection of writing from IIML 2018.
A homeless man called the writer Lynne Robertson's daughter 'brace face,' on her way home from school. As a result, Lynne started to think about teeth and how they are an accurate indicator of socioeconomic status.
Today's story is 'I Love You Darling Loretta' by Lynne Robertson read by Carrie Green
8:15 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.
Photo: RNZ / Jarred Bishop, Michel Tuffery and Jeff McEwan
8:30 Crowd Science
Now from the BBC, the CrowdScience team answer more listener questions. Tonight.- Why do we daydream?
Have you ever been through a romantic break up, unable to shift the ex from your thoughts? You are, obviously, not alone…where better to get an explaination, than CrowdScience.
9:07 Nights Quiz
Do you know your stuff? Come on the air and be grilled by Emile Donovan as he dons his quiz master 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.
The quiz is themed - find out more about tonight's theme on Nights' Facebook page.
9:15 Nights Agony Aunt Courtney Dawson
Nights very own Agony Aunt comedian Courtney Dawson is here to help you solve those problems that have been nagging at the back of your mind.
Tonight she's responding to a listener's query on what to do when your partner is invited to a wedding but you've been left off the RSVP.
Courtney Dawson is a comedian based in Tāmaki Mākaurau. Photo: Supplied
9:30 Midweek Mediawatch
Hayden Donnell is in studio and chatting to Emile Donovan about the what's been happening in the media world.
10:17 Internet trolls and psychopathic tendencies
Anyone who has spent time on the internet will know how infuriating trolls can be.
New research out of Australia has found that the anonymity the internet provides trolls enables them to express their "true selves" - along the spectrum of psychopathic behaviour.
Emile Donovan speaks to the study's lead researcher Lewis Nitschinsk.
Photo: The Wireless/Luke McPake
10.30 Art Deco celebrations ready to make a comeback
After a three year hiatus, Napier's Art Deco Festival is back to its former glory.
After the pandemic cancelled the 2021 event and reduced the capacity and size of the 2022 festival, 2023 was supposed to be a return to normal - until Cyclone Gabrielle hit.
Now to help people get into the 1920s spirit, the festival has appointed Kiwi actress Antonia Prebble as Chief Costume Officer. She talks to Emile Donovan.
Kiwi actress Antonia Prebble is playing a starring role in this year’s Art Deco Festival in Napier which is set to return in full after three years. Photo: Michael Schultz
10.45 Waitangi in London
Emile Donovan talks to former Stuff political reporter Henry Cooke about Waitangi celebrations in the UK's capital and when that long awaited election might happen
Photo: Unsplash / Josh Olalde
11:07 Pocket Edition
In Pocket Edition this week Maggie Tweedie introduces us to fresh music from Scotland, Denmark, California and Aotearoa. We meet Ed Le Brocq, Australian broadcaster and classical music champion who shares his stories on the road teaching music to children in Afghanistan.