Nights for Tuesday 12 August 2025

8:10 Palestine: The road to statehood

New Zealand has indicated it will consider officially recognising a Palestinian state, following announcements from Australia, Canada, France, and the United Kingdom.

Foreign Minister Winston Peters announced the government will make a formal decision on Palestinian statehood in September.

Doctor Martin Kear is with the University of Sydney's Department of Government and International Relations, and the author of the book Hamas and Palestine: The Contested Road to Statehood. He joins Emile Donovan to discuss increasing calls for a two-state solution in the Middle East and the significance of Palestinian statehood as a global development.

8:25 The House

Tonight on The House, Phil Smith considers the debate on Palestine. Who spoke, who didn't and what they said and didn't say instead.

8:30 Te Papa's colossal squid turns one hundred

Te Papa's colossal squid turns one hundred this year. Weighing in at five hundred kilograms, and four point two metres tall, it is the largest squid ever caught.

Emile is joined by Te Papa curator and resident squid expert Kerry Walton to mull over the milestone.

8:45 Shower Thoughts: How do we name drugs?

What's in a name? Specifically, the name of a drug?

Tonight on Shower Thoughts, Emile is joined by Dr Krishan Thiru, Medical Director for Pfizer Australia and New Zealand, to delve into the details.

9:15 The art of real estate photography

A good photo makes all the difference to a property listing. So what's the secret to good real estate photography?

Leon Thomason, photographer and the director of Auckland property photography agency BuildVision, will tell you that it's all in the details.

He joins Emile Donovan in-studio to chew it over.

9:35 Minnie Deans, 130 years later

130 years ago today, Minnie Dean became the first (and only) woman to be executed for murder in New Zealand.

Found guilty by the Supreme Court in Invercargill in 1895 for the murder of one-year-old Dorothy Carter, Dean was hanged just two months later.

But what does New Zealand think now? Was Minnie Dean really guilty? Did she deserve the fate she got?

Emile Donovan consults the experts: he is joined by Grant Morris, a legal historian at Victoria University of Wellington, to explore these questions and more.

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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10:18 The Detail

Today on The Detail - a lesson in the big NCEA reset. The Detail puts an RNZ education specialist to the test on the major education system overhaul.

10:45 The Reading

Yvonne Martin reads Paula Morris's 'The City God' from her 2008 collection Forbidden Cities.

11:07 Worlds of Music

Trevor Reekie hosts a weekly music programme celebrating an eclectic mix of trans global music, fusion and folk roots.