Nights

8:10 Helen Clark on Gaza peace agreement

US President Donald Trump and Qatar today announced that Israel and Hamas have signed off on the first phase of the US-proposed Gaza deal, allowing for the release of all Israeli hostages.

Former New Zealand Prime Minister and Administrator of the United Nations Development Programmme, Helen Clark joins Emile Donovan.

8:25 The House

Tonight Louis Collins looks at the committee stage of the Response to Abuse in State Care Amendment Bill. 

8:30 Talking semicolons with Julia de Bres

It's our monthly chat with Nights' resident sociolinguist, associate professor Julia de Bres from Massey University.

Tonight she's on a punctuation buzz, and talking semicolons.

8:45 Meet New Zealand's longest-serving councillor

Voting in the local body elections closes this weekend.

New Zealand's longest-serving councillor is on the ballot for what he says will be his last time.

Trevor Maxwell has been a Rotorua councillor for forty-six years and joins Emile Donovan.

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 Poet Serie Barford on new poetry collection and facing death

'Biological bombs on short fuses, lymph nodes dancing a cancerous fandango.'

That's a line from a new book by performance poet and short fiction writer, Serie Barford.

Of Sāmoan-Palagi descent, her work has been in publication since the 80s.

Serie is currently receiving hospice care for her cancer, and she says her new book, Standing on my Shadow, may be her last.

She joins Emile Donovan.

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 - Amid celebrations that their youngest MP made the cover of Time, ructions threaten to blow Māori politics apart.

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10:45 The Reading: 'Dona Antonia' 

Rochelle Dewdney reads Sandra Arnold's story 'Dona Antonia'  - a tale of cross-cultural misapprehensions.

11:07 The Mixtape: Stefaan Van Leuven 

Tony Stamp is joined by NZ-based Belgian musician Stefaan Van Leuven, picking some favourite songs on The Mixtape.