Nights

8:10 Most successful season on record for Otago toroa

The toroa/royal northern albatross has seen a successful season this year.

A total of 38 chicks have fledged from Pukekura/Taiaroa Head colony - the most on record. 

In 1937, the coastal Otago colony was home to just one breeding pair; today, more than 80 pairs call the colony home.

The Department of Conservation's Coastal Otago albatross ranger, Sharyn Broni, joins Emile Donovan.

8:20 This Weekend: Bananagrams Bananza

Every Friday here on Nights, we like to take a look at what's happening around the country in the weekend ahead.

Tomorrow, a Bananagrams tournament is set to take place on Auckland Central's Elliott Street.

Run by The Open Fort for Auckland's Play Month, the tournament is part of Midtown Market happening across the CBD this weekend.

Emile is joined by Bhav Bhuthadia, creative producer with The Open Fort.

8:25 This Weekend: Celebrating 10 years of the Dunedin Tweed Ride

Dunedinites are being encouraged to don their finest tweeds and spring frocks for the 10th anniversary of Dunedin's Tweed Ride.

Kicking off at 10:30am, the ride will be approximately eight kilometres and utilise cycle paths where possible.

The ride will conclude at the Dunedin Gasworks Museum for snacks, hot drinks, vintage cycle displays and other treats.

Co-organiser of the Tweed Ride, Ruth Barton, joins Emile.

8:40 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin

Nights' resident screen critic joins Emile Donovan to review Black Phone 2 (2025), PIRAHNHA DD (2012) streaming for free on ThreeNow, and Kim's Video (2023) streaming on DocPlay.

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.

Featuring:

• Fables - Sundown
• Huia - Kākano, Seed
• Lianne La Havas - Disarray

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.

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10:17 The Detail

Tonight on The Detail - Charities in crisis: how government cuts and rising costs are stretching New Zealand's social safety net. 

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10:45 Focus on Politics

In Focus on Politics, political reporter Anneke Smith looks into the government's plans to soften its targets for methane emissions - and what the farming and scientific communities think it means for the country, and the planet.

11:07 RNZ Music: Postcards from Zimbabwe

On Postcards this week, Maggie Tweedie takes us to southern Africa for a musical journey through the roads of Zimbabwe with New Zealand-based Zimbabwean saxophonist Thabani Gapara.