Nights for Thursday 24 July 2025
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The role of lobbying in NZ's new medical school
9:25 PM.Political commentator and Integrity Institute director Bryce Edwards says it is not a health policy, but a political decision made without due process. He speaks to Emile. Read more Audio
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UK correspondent Christian Smith
8:45 PM.Christian Smith joins Emile Donovan to discuss protests against President Volodymyr Zelensky in Ukraine over anti-corruption changes, and French President Macron and his wife Brigitte who are suing… Read more Audio
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Myth Takes: The Aeneid
8:30 PM.Classics educator and enthusiast Ben Jackson joins Emile Donovan to celebrate that lesser-known epic poem, The Aeneid, by the Roman poet Virgil. Read more Audio
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Te Papa named NZ's best tourist attraction, again
8:20 PM.The national museum saw over one million visitors in the past financial year, and its high rating on Tripadvisor has seen it take out the number one spot for the second year running. Read more Audio
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Grand Final preview and a look at the future of netball
8:10 PM.RNZ sports reporter Bridget Tunnicliffe has reported on four Netball World Cups and two Commonwealth Games. She previews the Grand Final and looks at some changes to the sport here and overseas. Read more Audio
8:10 Grand Final preview and a look at the future of netball
The ANZ Premiership Grand Final takes place on Sunday between The Northern Mystics and Tactix in Auckland.
If they win, The Mystics, who have home advantage, will become the first team to claim a hat-trick and four titles in total. A Tactix win would be a first for the mainland club.
RNZ sports reporter Bridget Tunnicliffe has reported on four Netball World Cups and two Commonwealth Games. She previews the Grand Final and looks at some changes to the sport here and overseas.
Amelia Walmsley of the Pulse (left) and Jane Watson of the Tactix tussle for the ball. Photo: © Photosport Ltd 2025 www.photosport.nz
8:20 Te Papa in top 1% of worldwide attractions
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa in Wellington has been announced as the number one tourist attraction in New Zealand for the second year running by Trip Advisor - in the first year since fees were introduced for overseas visitors.
Kate Camp, Head of Marketing and Communications at Te Papa, speaks to Emile.
Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone
8:25 The House
On tonight's episode, Louis Collins chats with a visiting member of the European Parliament.
Christopher Luxon in the House for the Crown apology for abuse in State care. Photo: VNP / Phil Smith
8:30 Myth Takes: The Aeneid
Our monthly trip to the ancient world, with classics educator and enthusiast, Ben Jackson.
Tonight, he's looking at the lesser known epic poem, The Aeneid.
A statue depiction of Oceanus and his horse-drawn chariot at Rome's Trevi Fountain, 2019. Photo: Unsplash / Rafelia Kurniawan
8:45 UK correspondent Christian Smith
Christian Smith joins Emile Donovan to discuss protests against President Volodymyr Zelensky in Ukraine over anti-corruption changes, and French President Macron and his wife Brigitte who are suing rightwing influencer Candace Owens.
Photo: Ludovic Marin / POOL / AFP
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.
Text 2101 or email nights@rnz.co.nz to get involved.
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9:25 What's behind the decision to establish a new medical school at the University of Waikato?
Political commentator and Integrity Institute director Bryce Edwards says it is not a health policy, but a political decision made without due process. He speaks to Emile.
An artist’s impression of the new Division of Health Precinct at the University of Waikato, which will be home to the New Zealand Graduate School of Medicine. Photo: Supplied
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.
10:17 The Detail
Today on The Detail, over international deep sea mining are being thrashed out at a meeting in Jamaica, but the process has so far taken over a decade and we don't even have a draft set of rules.
Photo: Newsroom
10:45 The Reading
The concluding half of our Vincent O'Sullivan story Fainting and the Fat Man read by David McPhail.
Photo: Unsplash / Lilly Rum
11:07 The Mixtape
Tonight's Mixtape features Chris Faiumu, better known as DJ Mu, the founder of Fat Freddy's Drop. who died last week. Yadana Saw caught up with Mu back in 2016 for a deep dive into his bag of records.
Photo: Sarah Hunter
