Nights

8:10 What should teachers be getting paid?

There has been a lot of debate around how much teachers are paid.

Public Service Minister Judith Collins had to backtrack claims a high school teacher with a decade of experience was paid nearly $150,000 a year, when allowances and extra responsibilities are factored in.

The union says the average salary of a senior teacher is around $100,000 a year, and only a small number of deputy principals made what the minister was claiming.

So is it a fair wage, or should the best teachers be earning more?

Albany Senior High School principal Claire Amos joins Emile Donovan to discuss.

Teachers strike outside Parliament on Wednesday. Photo: JOHN GERRITSEN / RNZ

8:25 The House

Tonight on our Parliament show, Phil Smith looks at today's members' day and an extraordinary record of recent opposition success in members' bills. 

8:30 Midweek Mediawatch

Colin Peacock joins Emile Donovan to debrief on the week in media news.

Tonight, he's talking about the reaction to the scathing external review into RNZ's declining audience, the media's coverage of the Covid inquiry no-shows and an interesting ruling by the Media Council.

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 Is our cervical cancer vaccine rate at risk from Covid scepticism?

A new study from the UK shows HPV vaccine uptake plummeting, partly due to a lack of confidence in public health.

New Zealand has used the HPV vaccine as a preventive to cervical and other cancers for nearly 20 years, with a recent study showing the vaccine cuts the risk of developing cervical cancer by up to two thirds.

Is our cervical cancer rate in jeopardy due to a fractured faith in vaccinations?

Emile Donovan speaks to Professor Bev Lawton ONZM, the founder and director of the National Centre for Women's Health Research Aotearoa, and the 2025 New Zealander of the Year.

A woman receives an HPV vaccination Photo: SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

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

On The Detail - A growing list of roll-backs of Māori language and culture beg the question: is the Government pushing New Zealand towards an identity crisis?

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10:45 The Reading: 'The Thrill of Falling'

More of our reading of Witi Ihimaera's 'The Thrill of Falling'.

Little-Tu leaves Tologa Bay for Wellington with his family, despite koro's protests that he won't be able to continue training him up to carry the mantle of his namesake, Tupaea.
 
Here's Matu Ngaropo with part three.

11:07 Pocket Edition

In Artist To Artist Nick Bollinger takes a listen to some of the songs that songwriters have written about other songwriters, and uncovers the stories behind them.