Nights for Wednesday 8 May 2024
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You're it! The Outback town where adults play a month-long game of tag
10:45 PM.In the heart of the of Queensland Outback lies the small town of Longreach, adults are running around hiding from each other - for weeks at a time. Read more Audio
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Sex on screen: Why is Hollywood shying away from sex and nudity?
10:30 PM.Aside from a few notable exceptions, the depiction of love making on film has dramatically declined in the past 20 years. Read more Audio
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What is structured literacy and why is the government talking about it?
10:18 PM.Education minister Erica Stanford has announced that New Zealand schools will be pivoting to teaching structured literacy. Dr Nina Hood joins Nights to explain the approach. Read more Audio
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Myth Takes: The birth of Rome
9:15 PM.Classics enthusiast and educator Ben Jackson is back to celebrate Rome's birthday, allegedly founded on 21 April, 753 BCE, by brothers Romulus and Remus. Read more Audio
8:10 The House
Today on our Parliament programme - The House - members of the public get some last-minute advice into the government about its budget plans.
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 Nights Jukebox
Emile Donovan plays your requests - as long as you've got a compelling reason, or a good story to go with it.
Send in your requests to nights@rnz.co.nz or text 2101.
9:07 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 Myth Takes: The Birth of Rome
Classics enthusiast and educator Ben Jackson is back and tonight we're celebrating a birthday - Rome's birthday.
Rome was allegedly founded on 21 April, 753 BCE, by brothers Romulus and Remus.
According to Roman mythology Rome was allegedly founded on the twenty-first of April, 753 BCE, by brothers Romulus and Remus. Photo: Creative Commons
9:30 Midweek Mediawatch
Hayden Donnell is live in studio to chat with Emile Donovan about what's been happening in the media this week, including Samantha Hayes' solo headlining role in the new Stuff-owned 6pm show, SkyNews' competitor bulletin launches, and union disputes continue at TVNZ.
10:17 What is structured literacy and why is the government talking about it?
Primary and secondary school students' ability to read and write has been steadily declining for at least 15 years now.
Education minister Erica Stanford has announced that New Zealand schools will be pivoting to teaching structured literacy.
To find out what structured literacy means, and whether it will work, Nights is joined by founder of The Education Hub, Dr Nina Hood.
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10:30 Sex on Screen: Why is Hollywood shying away from sex and nudity?
One of the most talked about films at the moment is Luca Guadagnino's steamy tennis epic Challengers.
But while full of double entendre and extremely suggestive scenes the movie almost eschews sex entirely.
And as it turns out, aside from a few notable exceptions, the depiction of love making on film has dramatically declined in the past 20 years.
RNZ's very own Tony Stamp has written about the trend and talks to Emile Donovan about what might be driving it.
Photo: 123rf
10:45 You're it! The Outback town where they play a month long game of tag
In the heart of the of Queensland Outback lies the small town of Longreach.
For a couple of years now, a group of friends in the town have been playing an annual month-long game of tag.
Adults running around hiding from each other, either trying to avoid being tagged or chasing others to pass on the dreaded title of being 'it'.
One of these enthusiastic tag players is ABC producer Nicole Bond who talks to Emile Donovan about why it's proven to be such a hit.
Photo: lev dolgachov
11:07 Pocket Edition
On this week's episode of Pocket Edition we hear new music from Jamie XX, Warpaint and Georgia Gets By. Brooke Fraser lifts the lid on a special one night show she has planned with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra in June.