Nights for Wednesday 11 June 2025
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Fred Award-winner Angella Dravid
9:24 PM.Angella Dravid took home the Fred Award for best show at the 2025 New Zealand Comedy Festival. Read more Audio
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Men: Schedule a 'Wednesday Waffle' for your friends
8:20 PM.It's Men's Health Week and the man behind the Wednesday Waffle video explains how a simple way to keep in touch with your mates could also save lives. Read more Audio
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North Island's loss, Christchurch's gain?
8:10 PM.According to the latest census figures, more people moved south than north in the period between 2018 and 2023 - a reversal of traditional migration patterns.
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8:10 North Island's loss, Christchurch's gain?
According to the latest census figures, more people moved from north to south than the other way around in the period between 2018 and 2023 - and most of them landed in Canterbury.
Most northerners would agree that the South is indeed a beautiful place, but isn't it colder? Quieter? A nice place to visit, sure, but to live? Is the shiny new Christchurch the city of the future?
Alex Casey, senior writer at The Spinoff, is a former Aucklander who made the move to Ōtautahi Christchurch about two and a half years ago and is now an unofficial ambassador for our largest southern city.
She joins Emile Donovan.
The opening of the new Court Theatre in Christchurch. Photo: Supplied / Court Theatre
8:20 Men: Schedule a 'Wednesday Waffle' for your friends
Research shows that men sometimes struggle to form strong and active friendships in adulthood.
Australian Zachary Perez's method of keeping up with his dear but dispersed male friends is to have everyone send in short videos of themselves 'waffling' about what's going on in their lives. It could be light - a favourite album they've been listening to - or serious - engagements, babies born, or tough times.
The 'Wednesday Waffle' has attracted a lot of interest online. He joins Emile Donovan for Men's Health Week to explain.
Photo: Unsplash / Chris Liverani
8:30 Midweek Mediawatch
Colin Peacock/Hayden Donnell joins Emile Donovan to debrief the week in media news.
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 Fred Award-winner Angella Dravid
Angella Dravid took home the Fred Award for best show at the 2025 New Zealand Comedy Festival.
She joins Emile Donovan to share how jealousy was the inspiration for her award-winning show I'm Happy For You, how she navigated being open about her time in prison as a 19-year old, and whether a magician (or comedian) should reveal their tricks.
Comedian Angella Dravid is the winner of the 2025 Fred Award. Photo: Jinki Cambronero
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: America's foreign student fiasco
NZ Universities are being urged to seize the day when it comes to America's turmoil over foreign students. Alexia Russell reports.
10:45 The Reading
Glenn Colquhoun returns to read more from his essay 'Jumping Ship', drawing on the time he spent living in a small Maori community in the Bay of Islands where he met an old woman he called Aunty Rongo.
11:07 Pocket Edition
This week on Pocket Edition - Maggie Tweedie interviews Indiana soul outfit Durand Jones and the Indications and shares fresh music for your playlist.
