Nights for Monday 15 September 2025
8:15 Police radio in the spotlight
Police have criticised media outlet Stuff.co.nz for publishing audio from police radio during the fatal engagement with fugitive Tom Phillips, and said they are investigating a potential breach of the Radiocommunications Act.
To discuss the use of police radio and how media are allowed or expected to use it, former New Zealand Police crisis negotiator Lance Burdett joins Emile Donovan.
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8:30 Sports with Jamie Wall
RNZ sports whiz Jamie Wall joins Emile Donovan to discuss an enormous weekend in sport: the All Blacks' historic loss to the Springboks, the Black Ferns surge to the semi-finals of the Women's Rugby World Cup (and public disquiet at the media's lack of coverage), and runner Geordie Beamish's highly dramatic qualification for the 3,000 metre steeplechase at the World Athletics Championship.
George Beamish gets a rival's shoe on his face after falling in at a heat of the men's 3000m steeplechase at the Athletics World Championships in Tokyo, 13 September, 2025 Photo: Photosport
8:45 BBC World Service Lookahead with Rob Hugh-Jones
BBC World Service reporter Rob Hugh-Jones drops by to take a look at events making international headlines, including US President Donald Trump's state visit to the UK, military exercises in Europe and Asia coming this week, and a spinoff song contest 'Intervision' running in Moscow.
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 Could citizen juries protect our democracy?
Max Rashbrooke from Institute for Democratic and Economic Analysis joins Emile Donovan to discuss a tool for political engagement and decision-making, which he thinks we should steal from the Aussies: citizen juries.
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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
With local body elections less than a month away, The Detail looks at what's at stake. Amanda Gillies reports.
10:45 The Reading
The concluding episode of 'The Devil and the Corner Grocer' by Margaret Mahy, dramatised by Margaret Burnett.
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 blues from BB And The Bullets and Billy Gibbons, reggae courtesy of Linton Kwesi Johnson, R'n'B from Dinah Washington and Louis Jordan plus all time classics from Tom Waits and Ronnie Lane.
