Nights for Tuesday 7 October 2025
8:10 Better times ahead or is stagflation here to stay?
It's OCR announcement day tomorrow -- and if it's anything like the last seven announcement days, we should be seeing yet another basis point cut to our official cash rate.
Loosening interest rates up to hopefully get the economy flowing again.
But in the background of all this is a chorus of voices saying 'too little, too late, Reserve Bank we are in the trenches out here, and you're the one who dug it'.
Is the pain going to ease? Liam Dann is the business editor at large at the New Zealand Herald and he joins Emile Donovan
Photo: RNZ
8:20 The House
This week on The House, Louis Collins looks at the third Ministerial Statement on the Middle East this year.
8:40 A new type of gambler
Online gambling sites are increasing in popularity. They’ve made it much easier to gamble, but with far fewer protections. And they’re especially popular with young men.
To make matters worse, some of these young people are even using social media to promote the sites, which is illegal here in New Zealand.
Sam Smith-Soppet is a journalist the the University of Otago student magazine Critic Te Arohi and he has been investigating the promoting of these gambling sites by students.
The government says NZers spent $381 million on offshore gambling sites in 18 months. Photo: 123rf
8:40 Shower Thoughts: How do we know what dinosaurs looked like?
Every Tuesday, we find experts to answer curious questions about the world and how it works.
Tonight: have you ever wondered how we know what colour dinosaurs were?
James Crampton is a Professor of Paleontology and Stratigraphy at Victoria University and joins Nights to explain.
Photo: 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.
9:25 What shapes our political leanings?
Are we borne into left wing or right wing ideology, and can these views change over time?
Or are our political attitudes molded by our genes or by our environment and experience?
To delve into this more, Auckland University's School of Psychology Associate Professor Danny Osborne speaks to Emile Donovan.
Photo: EUGENE TANNER
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
The Detail - The much anticipated government announcement of a solution to soaring power prices has fallen well short of fundamental reform
10:45 The Reading: 'Garibaldi Did Not Sleep Here'
We continue with 'Garibaldi Did Not Sleep Here' written and read by Paul Horan.
11:07 Worlds of Music
Trevor Reekie hosts a weekly music programme celebrating an eclectic mix of trans global music, fusion and folk roots.
