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Nights for Friday 18 July 2025

8:10 Survey reveals dubious behaviour at open homes

Have you ever been to an open home and been tempted to peek behind a bathroom cabinet or linger over the owner's family photos?  if you have... you're not alone.

A new Trade Me survey has revealed some rather interesting house hunter behaviours.

It found 72 percent have looked inside wardrobes, 58 percent tested the water pressure and 39 percent admitted to looking inside bathroom cabinets.

Barfoot and Thompson real estate agent and former broadcaster Rawdown Christie joins Emile Donovan.

A for sale sign in Hobsonville Point

Photo: RNZ/Calvin Samuel

8:20 This Weekend: The New Zealand Walk of Fame

Every Friday we like to take a look at some of the good stuff you lot are cooking up for the weekend ahead.

Tomorrow on the Hibiscus Coast, New Zealand's Walk of Fame is celebrating fifteen years with a night of live music on the Orewa Boulevard.

New Zealand has its very own star-studded walk of fame, featuring legendary musicians and actors like Ray Colombus, David Hartnell, Dinah Lee, and Dragon.

Gary Brown is the founder of New Zealand's Walk of Fame and joins Emile Donovan.

Gary Brown is the founder of New Zealand's Walk of Fame

Gary Brown is the founder of New Zealand's Walk of Fame Photo: NZ Walk of Fame

8:30 The Quiz Appendix: 

RNZ Nights Producers turn the tables on the quizmaster and takes a closer look at some of this week's quiz questions.

8:40 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin

Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin joins Emile Donovan to review the dark comedy Friendship (in cinemas), the hypnotic documentary about building materials, Architecton (DocPlay) and the retelling of the Dickens classic, The Personal History of David Copperfield (Māori+)

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:

  • Awning - Moth & Fly
  • Clipse - E.B.I.T.D.A.
  • Geese - Taxes 
Finn Johansson

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.

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10:17 The Detail

Tonight on The Detail - When it comes to damage from serious weather events, the days of big pay-outs to property owners are coming to an end.

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Signifigant damage to the tiny sea side settlement of Fox River. A vechile sits on the yard full of wood debris.

Signifigant damage to the tiny sea side settlement of Fox River. A vechile sits on the yard full of wood debris. Photo: RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King

10:45 Focus on Politics

ACT launched its annual rally with a nod to coalition unity - but its leader David Seymour quickly stirred discord with a fiery letter to the United Nations.

In Focus on Politics this week, RNZ acting political editor Craig McCulloch examines the three-way coalition dynamic. 

Focus on Politics: Composite of David Seymour, Christopher Luxon, Winston Peters, and the Beehive.

Photo: RNZ

11:07 Baaba Maal at WOMAD 

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 pioneering Senegalese musician Baaba Maal performing his unique blend of traditional African rhythms and modern western influences live on the Bowl Stage in Ngamotu, New Plymouth.