Nights for Monday 8 April 2024
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BBC World Lookahead with Pete Ross
10:45 PM.BBC reporter Pete Ross joins Emile Donovan to take a look at some of the events making headlines internationally, including the Israel-Gaza conflict entering its seventh month, a climate change case… Read more Audio
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Sports with Bryan Waddle
10:35 PM.Nights' sports correspondent Bryan Waddle recaps the Black Sevens' double gold at the Hong Kong Sevens, the White Ferns' revealing performance in their series against England, and the Phoenix's tough… Read more Audio
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The gift of life: New Zealand's bone marrow registry
10:18 PM.Diagnosed with a rare cancer, UK neonatal doctor Nick Embleton's chances of survival were slim. But a bone marrow transplant from a donor in Germany saved his life. Read more Audio
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Mongol Derby: Kiwi woman attempting world's toughest horse race
9:55 PM.The Derby involves riding over 1,000km along Genghis Khan's historic postal system in rugged terrain - all on semi-wild Mongolian horses. Read more Audio
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How colour was understood in pre-colonial New Zealand
9:30 PM.We recognise 11 base colours in New Zealand today. But prior to the arrival of European settlers, te reo Māori described the world using five categories of colour: black, white, red, yellow, and… Read more Audio
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Whakataukī of the Week with Mihingarangi Forbes
9:15 PM.The award-winning host of documentary series NZ Wars picks a whakatauakī that relates to the new series: 'be firm, o trembling hearts, be firm'. Read more Audio
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.
8:30 Jukebox
Emile Donovan plays your requests - as long as you've got a compelling reason, or a good story with it.
Send in your requests to nights@rnz.co.nz or text 2101.
8:45 The Reading
Tonight, episode four of 'The Swing Around' written by Barbara Anderson and read by Miranda Harcourt.
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.
The quiz is themed - find out more about tonight's theme on Nights' Facebook page.
9:15 Whakataukī of the Week with Mihingarangi Forbes
Every Monday, to set the tone for the week, Nights gets someone to share a whakataukī - a piece of wisdom from te ao Māori.
This week, Emile Donovan is joined by broadcasting legend Mihingarangi Forbes, host of RNZ's Mata and award-winning documentary series NZ Wars.
NZ Wars: Stories of Tauranga Moana comes out 29 April.
"Kia u te manawarere"
"Be firm, o trembling hearts, be firm"
Mihingarangi Forbes at -Ō-Rākau Photo: GSTV
9:30 How colour was understood in pre-colonial New Zealand
New Zealand children grow up learning the colours of the rainbow.
As well as black and white, grey and brown, everything around them can be easily categorised by those rainbow colours: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple and pink.
But prior to the arrival of European settlers, te reo Māori described the world using five categories of colour: black, white, red, yellow, and green.
Professor Neil Dodgson, the Dean of the Faculty of Graduate Research at Victoria University of Wellington, says as the land was colonised, traditional ideas around colour were pushed aside, meaning how colour is perceived today may be very different to how it was perceived 500 years ago or longer.
He joins Emile Donovan.
Photo: flickr/HomeSpot HQ
9:50 Mongol Derby: Kiwi woman attempting world's toughest horse race
Brydie Black is an endurance horse rider based in Auckland's Henderson Valley, and come July, she'll be flying to Asia to complete the Mongol Derby.
The Derby involves riding over 1,000km along Genghis Khan's historic postal system in rugged terrain - all on semi-wild Mongolian horses.
She's holding a fundraiser auction to support the trip, with a dinner for six with heavyweight boxer Joseph Parker at Auckland's Baduzzi restaurant up for grabs.
She joins Emile Donovan.
Brydie Black is an endurance horse rider, and started riding when she was eight years old. Photo: Supplied
10:17 The gift of life: New Zealand's bone marrow registry
Nick Embleton was a doctor working in Newcastle's neonatal intensive care unit in the UK when he started to feel unwell.
Diagnosed with a rare cancer, Nick's chances of survival were slim.
But a bone marrow transplant from a donor in Germany saved his life.
He's in New Zealand visiting with the University of Auckland, and he says it's vital to get more viable donors on New Zealand's bone marrow registry.
He joins Emile Donovan.
10:30 Sports with Bryan Waddle
Nights' sports correspondent Bryan Waddle recaps the Black Sevens' double gold at the Hong Kong Sevens, the White Ferns' revealing performance in their series against England, and the Phoenix's tough run home in the A League.
New Zealand men’s and women’s team celebrate after winning their cup final matches at the Hong Kong Sevens. Photo: photosport
10:45 BBC World Lookahead with Pete Ross
BBC reporter Pete Ross joins Emile Donovan to take a look at some of the events making headlines internationally, including the Israel-Gaza conflict entering its seventh month, a climate change case escalating to one of Europe's top courts, and a trilateral summit between the leaders of the US, Japan and the Philippines.
Photo: YASSER QUDIHE
11:07 Nashville Babylon
Every week on Nashville Babylon Mark Rogers presents the very best in country, soul and rock 'n' roll.
On this week's Nashville Babylon there's blues from Elmore James, Americana classics courtesy of Giant Sand, the Handsome Family and Calexico plus new tracks from Curtis Baker and Junior Dell.