Nights for Friday 8 August 2025
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Out Lately with Finn Johansson
9:25 PM.He's back, and no doubt ready to inform, educate and entertain us with an array of eclectic music including tracks from Satin Sheets, jackaltheblackal and Dale Kerrigan. Read more Audio
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Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
8:40 PM.Nights' resident screen critic joins Emile to review Riviera Revenge (in cinemas), The Friend (in cinemas) and The Pickup (Prime Video). Read more Audio
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The Quiz Appendix: Women's words and men's words
8:30 PM.Nights producer Bonnie Harrison revisits the week in quizzes, and looks at why some words are better known to some people than others. Read more Audio
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What makes a great building?
8:10 PM.Craig is director of Moller Architects which has been in practice since 1969 and has designed the likes of the Sky Tower and ASB Waterfront Theatre in Auckland. He tells Emile what he thinks makes a… Read more Audio
8:10 What makes a great building?
Each year, the New Zealand Architecture Awards recognise the top projects from across the motu.
This year, the finalists include 61 projects across 12 categories with all shortlisted projects visited by a jury, headed by Craig Moller.
Craig is director of Moller Architects which has been in practice since 1969 and has designed the likes of the Sky Tower and ASB Waterfront Theatre in Auckland. He tells Emile what he thinks makes a great building.
Sky Tower. Auckland CBD Photo: RNZ / Diego Opatowski
8:20 Quiz Appendix
On a Friday, the Quizmaster temporarily takes off his Quizmaster hat to reflect on the week that has been in quizzes.
Nights producer Bonnie Harrison is here for the quiz appendix.
8:40 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
Nights' resident screen critic joins Emile to review Riviera Revenge (in cinemas), The Friend (in cinemas) and The Pickup (Prime Video).
Photo: supplied
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 Out Lately with Finn Johansson
He's back, and no doubt ready to inform, educate and entertain us with an array of eclectic music including tracks from Satin Sheets, jackaltheblackal and Dale Kerrigan
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
Today on The Detail, with starvation reaching a crisis point in Gaza and an impetus to pressure Israel to pull back, New Zealand's reactions to the conflict remain muted
A picture taken from Jabalia city inside the Gaza Strip shows the Indonesian hospital in Beit Lahia amid destroyed buildings, in the north of the Gaza Strip, on 28 June, 2025. Photo: AFP/ Bashar Taleb
10:45 Focus on Politics
In Focus on Politics, the government's long-expected rework of NCEA morphed into a full replacement - at least, that's how the prime minister sold it. Teachers and students alike are uncertain about the details and worried about the short timeframes, and some think 'scrap' may just mean 'rework'. RNZ Education Correspondent John Gerritsen examines the changes.
11:07 RNZ Music: Tio live at WOMAD 2024
WOMAD 2024 features live recordings from a selection of International and local musicians captured by the RNZ Music team at WOMAD Taranaki.
Today's programme features Vanuatu singer songwriter Tio performing on the Dell stage.
Photo: Womad
