Nights for Monday 20 October 2025
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World News from the BBC
9:50 PM.Pete Ross looks at some of the events making international headlines. Read more Audio
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The science of earworms
9:25 PM.Why do some songs get stuck in our heads so easily? Read more Audio
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Small Histories of New Zealand with Emma Kay
8:20 PM.Tonight she's chatting about letters to the editor sent by dogs. Read more Audio
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Rubbish collection plan causes a stink
8:15 PM.Some residents are not happy at a rubbish collection trial being proposed in parts of Auckland Read more Audio
8:15 Rubbish collection plan causes a stink
A rubbish collection trial being proposed in parts of Auckland where instead of the rubbish truck coming to collect your bins weekly, they'll only come fortnightly.
Council says it's designed to decrease the amount of rubbish being produced at a household level and save and a little on your rates bill.
Residents say it's just going to increase illegal dumping, not to mention, make the streets smell like a refuse station.
Consultation on the proposal is open now.
Joining me to discuss is environmental scientist and waste reduction expert Jeff Seadon joins Emile Donovan to discuss the pros and cons.
Photo: Supplied / Auckland Council
8:25 Small Histories of New Zealand with Emma Kay
Every Monday, we take a moment to look into the past with our resident historian Emma Kay.
Emma runs Small Histories of New Zealand, where she digs up curious stories, funny articles, and lost treasures from our past and shares them on social media.
Tonight she's chatting about letters to the editor sent by dogs!
Emma Kay runs Small Histories of New Zealand. Photo: Small Histories of New Zealand.
8:35 Sports with Jamie Wall
RNZ sports journalist Jamie Wall joins Emile Donovan to recap the weekend in sport.
Tonight, it's an all-South Island NPC final, in football there's an unfortunate record for our Antipodean cousin, and the difficulties FIFA has in finding opponents for Israel to play.
Ngane Punivai of Canterbury scores a try during the NPC Semi Final Rugby match - Canterbury V Hawkes Bay at the Apollo Projects Stadium. Photo: Photosport
8:50 World News from the BBC
W cross to our friends at the BBC World Service to take a look at some of the events making international headlines.
Tonight, Pete Ross covers Gaza, where the ceasefire is under pressure following airstrikes by the Israeli military in the south of the territory yesterday, Venezuela's growing diplomatic row with the US, and a pair of John Lennon's glasses, are among several interesting items up for sale at a rock auction taking place in London later this week.
Buses carrying Palestinians released from Israeli prisons under a Gaza ceasefire and hostage exchange deal with Palestinian factions, arrive outside the Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on 13 October, 2025. Photo: OMAR AL-QATTAA / 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 The science of earworms
More than 90 percent of the population experience earworms, and researchers are beginning to understand how they work, why they happen, what they tell us about the brain, and even how to get rid of them - if you want to
Professor Emery Schubert is based at the Empirical Musicology Laboratory at the University of New South Wales and he joins Emile Donovan.
Photo: 123RF
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
Tonight on The Detail - Our second biggest city is experiencing the type of revival that should make the rest of New Zealand envious.
Photo: 123rf
10:45 The Reading: 'The Dwarf Who Moved'
We begin a new book in the reading tonight.
It's 'The Dwarf Who Moved' a legal memoir written and read by Sir Peter Williams QC.
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 birthday tunes for rock 'n' roll pioneers Chuck Berry and Wanda Jackson, classic soul courtesy of Otis Redding and Candi Staton, blues from Model T Slim, plus new music from Wellington songwriter Tom Far.
