Nights

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.

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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.

8:45 The Reading: The Dwarf Who Moved

It's time for the penultimate episode from our autobiographical series - ' The Dwarf Who Moved' written and told by Sir Peter Williams.

And today his themes are the inhumanity of much of prison life and the tragic case of William Annear.

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 Robert Sullivan

Every Monday, to set the tone for the rest of the week, Nights features a guest who shares a whakataukī - a Māori proverb - that's meaningful to them.

Robert Sullivan is a poet and an associate professor in creative writing at Massey University who has just published his latest book of poems, Hopūrangi: Songcatcher with Auckland University Press.

He joins Emile Donovan.

9:30 Jodi Salinsky: Being open about animal testing in Aotearoa 

Approximately 300,000 animals are used for research across Aotearoa every year, to help develop medicines, improve agricultural practices, and increase our knowledge of the natural world.

But what does animal testing actually look like in New Zealand, and how is it controlled?

Jodi Salinsky is the University of Auckland's animal welfare officer. She's recently returned from the UK where she attended the 10th Openness in Animal Research conference.

She joins Emile Donovan.

10:17 City deals: Are they worth it?

Wellington and Auckland are working towards deals with the government to help fund major infrastructure upgrades, while other cities line up to make deals to fund and manage their own affairs.  

University of Auckland human geography associate professor Tom Baker talks to Emile Donovan about the positives and the potential pitfalls of these types of arrangements.

10:30 Sports with Bryan Waddle

It's time to talk sport with cricket broadcasting legend Bryan Waddle.

Bryan has his eye on the latest changes to the rugby laws, one of our greatest Olympians looks to finally have a challenger in the form of her teammate, and a Kiwi equestrian adds another title to her already full cabinet.

10:45 BBC World Lookahead

Every Monday night we check in with our friends at the BBC to take a look at some of the events making headlines internationally.

Tonight we're speaking to Jonathan Frewin who talks to Emile Donovan about a new law in Ukraine, the overhaul of the European Union's migration rules and the UN Security Council's meeting on the situation in Yemen

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 show there's blues courtesy of Little Walter, ska from Derrick Morgan plus classic soul from Stevie Wonder and Dinah Washington.