Nights for Monday 5 May 2025
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BBC World Lookahead with Jonathan Frewin
10:45 PM.We cross over to our friends at the BBC to take a look at some of the events making headlines internationally, including the Pope selection process underway, a crucial vote in the German Parliament… Read more Audio
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Changes coming for how content is classified
10:18 PM.New Zealand's Chief Censor, Caroline Flora, says the self-rating system is working well, and that rating content is more important than ever. Read more Audio
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Who's most at risk of iron deficiency?
9:35 PM.Professor of human nutrition Michael Zimmermann from the University of Oxford joins Emile Donovan to demystify the world's most common micronutrient deficiency, affecting up to one in four people… Read more Audio
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Whakataukī of the Week with Dame Hinewehi Mohi
9:25 PM.For New Zealand Music Month, Emile Donovan speaks to legendary musician and producer Dame Hinewehi Mohi. Read more Audio
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Can you get married without breaking the bank?
8:30 PM.One wedding planner has said the average cost of getting hitched in New Zealand is $87,000. But Fallon Broadley says in her experience, it's closer to $40,000, and there are secrets to cutting costs.
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8:15 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.
8:30 Can you get married without breaking the bank?
In the podium of life expenses, there's a retirement fund, there's a deposit on a house, and there's your wedding.
One wedding planner has said the average cost of getting hitched in New Zealand is $87,000.
For a second opinion and some tips for making savings, Emile Donovan calls up Fallon Broadley, the creative director of The Little Hire Company in Christchurch, which services weddings across the South Island.
Tom and Fallon Broadley run The Little Hire Company in Christchurch, servicing weddings across the South Island. Photo: The Little Hire Company
8:45 The Reading: Someone's Wife
Tonight we bring you a new reading.
The book is Someone's Wife by Linda Burgess, which is a collection of personal essays that, in the author's words, is a "memoir of sorts".
The essays capture snapshots in time, vignettes taken from throughout the author's life, which paint a portrait of many aspects of life in New Zealand over the last half century.
Part one of Someone's Wife, written and read by Linda Burgess…
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 Whakataukī of the Week with Dame Hinewehi Mohi
Every Monday on Nights, we invite a guest to share a whakataukī - a Māori proverb - that's meaningful to them.
Tonight, we're chatting to Dame Hinewehi Mohi (Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāi Tūhoe).
Hinewehi is a renowned musician and producer whose inimitable contributions to the Aotearoa music industry earned her a place in the NZ Music Hall of Fame in 2024.
In 2021, she was appointed Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2021 for her services to Māori, music and television in the Queen's Birthday Honours List.
She also co-founded the Raukatauri Music Therapy Centre, with her husband George, which provides music therapy to both children and adults across Aotearoa.
Dame Hinewehi Mohi Photo: Jane Ussher
9:35 Who's most at risk of iron deficiency?
In mild cases, it causes tiredness, but at its most serious levels, iron deficiency and anemia can cause life-altering disabilities.
Professor of human nutrition Michael Zimmermann from the University of Oxford joins Emile Donovan to demystify the world's most common micronutrient deficiency, affecting up to one in four people globally.
Photo: pixabay
10:17 Changes coming for how content is classified
As we consume more and more of our content online, how that material is classified or rated has also had to change with the times.
Since 2021, some content providers have been able to self-rate their material according to guidelines set by the Classification Office, and the government is now considering expanding this to include other forms of media.
New Zealand's Chief Censor, Caroline Flora, says the self-rating system is working well, and that rating content is more important than ever.
She joins Emile Donovan.
Caroline Flora, Chief Censor Photo: SUPPLIED/Rebecca McMillan Photography
10:30 Sports with Jamie Wall
RNZ sports reporter Jamie Wall joins Emile in the studio to talk about the big sports stories from the weekend.
10:45 BBC World Lookahead with Jonathan Frewin
We cross over to our friends at the BBC to take a look at some of the events making headlines internationally
Tonight we're speaking to Jonathan Frewin about the Conclave about to get under in Rome to select a new Pope, a crucial vote in the German Parliament, the possibility of a ceasefire in Russia's war against Ukraine and the jury selection starts for the trial of American rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs.
11:07 Nashville Babylon
Every week on Nashville Babylon Mark Rogers presents the very best in country, soul and rock 'n' roll.
On this week's Nashville Babylon there's classic soul from Betty LaVette, reggae from the Wailers, live recordings courtesy of Bruce Springsteen and Tom Petty, new music from Florist, plus an all-time classic courtesy of Chris Knox.
