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Nights for Monday 30 June 2025

8:10 Wegovy makes its NZ debut

From tomorrow, Tuesday 1 July, New Zealanders will be able to access weight-loss drug Wegovy by prescription in their local pharmacies.

Professor of Public Health Grant Scofield joins Emile Donovan to discuss the effectiveness of weight-loss drugs and whether the funding settings are right - with a month of Wegovy estimated to cost $450 to $600 per month.

Semaglutide weight loss drug, conceptual illustration.

Weight loss medication Wegovy will be available in New Zealand from July. Photo: THOM LEACH / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRA / TLE / Science Photo Library via AFP

8:20 Sports with Jamie Wall

RNZ sports whiz Jamie Wall joins Emile Donovan to debrief the week in sport.

8:40 Hitting the pie trail

For the month of July, North Canterbury is celebrating all things flaky, steamy and meaty: The Made North Canterbury Pie Trail will direct pie-lovers to over 20 local artisans.

Kelly Lynch, of Enterprise North Canterbury, joins Emile Donovan to opine pies.

A person holds a pie up in front of a beach.

Photo: Made North Canterbury

8:45 BBC World Service with Pete Ross

BBC World Service journalist Pete Ross joins Emile Donovan to take a look at some of the events making headlines internationally, including the BRICS summit taking place in Brazil, a forthcoming Polish Supreme Court ruling on the validity of its presidential election, and a smoking ban comes into effect in France.

young woman smoking

Photo: Unsplash / fotografierende

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 Ghosts in the machine: Fighting the presence of AI on Spotify

Paul Bender is a three-time Grammy nominated bassist. When he's not performing with Australian jazz-funk band Hiatus Koiyote, he releases music through his side project, The Sweet Enoughs. 

One day, songs started being released under The Sweet Enoughs' profile. They were not good songs - but more importantly, they weren't Paul's songs.

Through exploiting a distribution loop, AI-generated songs were being uploaded against artists' will, and it remains foggy who's behind the ghost songs.

Paul joins Emile Donovan.

‘Dust on the Wind’ has been listened to more than 1.2 million times.

‘Dust on the Wind’ has been listened to more than 1.2 million times. Photo: Fernando Gutierrez-Juarez / dpa-Zentralbild / dpa Picture-Alliance via AFP

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: Regaining trust in a world of disinformation

Rather than shrug helplessly over a lack of trust in journalism, two New Zealand journalists are rolling up their sleeves to tackle the issue.

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10:45 The Reading

Tonight, the first part of the Alexander Dumas classic The Three Musketeers, adapted for radio by New Zealand playwright Stuart Hoar.

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 show there's reggae from Horace Andy, soul courtesy of Irma Thomas and Otis Redding, blues from Johnny Jenkins plus a cut from Gillian Welch's classic album Revival.