Nights

With the Doc Edge Festival in full swing, we talk to the Petr Horký director of a documentary that follows Swedish power-manager Bo Inge Andersson, a former soldier, brought in to save the dying Lada factory in the Russian city of Tolyatti that has been losing billions of rubles every year for over four decades.

Supertonic is a 56 strong Wellington based choir...we managed to squeeze a dozen of them into the Nights studio tonight for a sofa session.

Methodist lay-preacher John Thornley shares his travel stories with Bryan Crump.

Michael Smith, a retired Lawyer from Nelson has written a history of Britain From Stonehenge to Brexit - The Making of Britain. He talks to us about why he wrote the book and his passion for British history.

This week's sportscaster is our man in Palmerston North - Peter Lammp who was at the Rugby Jamboree in Palmerston North over the weekend.

We talk to Jayne Rattray, one of the organisers of the Tranz Alpine Scooter Rally an endurance ride, coast to coast, Christchurch to Hokitika, a journey of over 250kms to raise funds for the New Zealand Cancer Society.

Fergus Barrowman is back with a selection of the best jazz tunes for your Thursday evening.

It's the third Wednesday of Kiwi Music Month, which means time for another Sofa Session here on Nights. This week the Kiwi Muso sitting on the Sofa of your imagination is singer, and guitarist, slide guitarist, Thomas Oliver.

Former University of Canterbury Mt John Observatory superintendent Alan Gilmore raises our gaze to the stars.

Dana Johansen discusses equal pay for the Football Ferns and NZ Cricket beginning to invest more in the White Ferns women's programme; the Auckland Warriors; and her thoughts of the first netballer to be sent off during a provincial game.