Nights for Friday 13 June 2025
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Out Lately with Finn Johansson
9:25 PM.Featuring new music from Mokomokai, High Altar, and vegetabke.machine.animal. Read more Audio
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Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
8:40 PM.Nights' resident screen critic joins Mark Leishman to review match-making rom-com Materialists (2025), documentary Bono: Stories of Surrender (2025) streaming on Apple TV+, and free streaming… Read more Audio
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This Weekend: New Zealand Latte Art Championships
8:20 PM.Event organiser, and New Zealand's first barista champion, Emma Barkland Webster joins Mark Leishman. Read more Audio
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Inclusive Performance Academy goes viral
8:10 PM.The creative arts programme for young people living with disabilities is the brainchild of Fiona McKenzie, with her son Jasper helping bring the vision to life behind the scenes. They join Mark… Read more Audio
8:10 Inclusive Performance Academy goes viral
In Christchurch, the Inclusive Performance Academy has been giving people with disabilities the creative tools to tell their own stories on stage.
A recent performance uploaded to TikTok has captured the hearts of millions around the world, and even caught the attention of some very influential names in the entertainment industry.
One video, a performance of 'Summer Nights' from the musical Grease, has racked up over five million views.
The creative arts programme for young people living with disabilities is the brainchild of Fiona McKenzie, with her son Jasper helping bring the vision to life behind the scenes.
They both join Mark Leishman.
Photo: Inclusive Performance Academy
8:20 This Weekend: New Zealand Latte Art Championships
Tonight we're heading to Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, where the New Zealand Latte Art Championships are taking place tomorrow at The Sapphire Room in Ponsonby.
Event organiser, and New Zealand's first barista champion, Emma Barkland Webster joins Mark Leishman.
Photo: New Zealand Latte Art Championships
8:40 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
Nights' resident screen critic joins Mark Leishman to review match-making rom-com Materialists (2025), documentary Bono: Stories of Surrender (2025) streaming on Apple TV+, and free streaming platform fawesome.tv.
Photo: Materialists
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:
- HONE SNOW by Mokomokai ft Lukan Raisey
- angles of incidence by High Altar
- The Physics of the Swing by vegetable.machine.animal
Photo: Finn Johansson
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: In its 57th year Fieldays is still a hit for farmers across the country
At Fieldays, exhibitors from around the country - and the world - come to show off the latest farming innovations. Sharon Brettkelly reports.
10:45 Focus on Politics
Lillian Hanly takes a closer look at government commissioned reports into the fight against organised crime, and the explosion in meth use over the past year.
11:07 RNZ Music: Morcheeba
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 Morcheeba, who were the talk of the festival, known for their unique blend of trip-hop, rock, and soul, characterized by soothing melodies and the ethereal vocals of lead singer Skye Edwards.
