Nights for Tuesday 3 March 2026
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Cop It Write - a killer handbook for crime writers
9:25 PM.Retired police detective now author, Angus McLean joins Emile Donovan. Read more Audio
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Shower Thoughts: Is it better to water your garden and plants in the morning or the evening?
8:40 PM.To help us dig into this gardening conundrum, journalist, author and all round gardening guru Lynda Hallinan joins Emile Donovan. Read more Audio
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The art and history of whistling
8:35 PM.Doctor Wendy Hargreaves from the University of Southern Queensland is a music researcher, has been looking into the history of whistling. Read more Audio
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Little Sisters of The Poor launches public appeal for expansion of elderly support
8:30 PM.Mother Superior, Sister Maureen, joins Emile Donovan to explain the work they do, and their plan to provide even more accommodation.. Read more Audio
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Has New Zealand responded correctly to the conflict in Iran?
8:10 PM.The former MP and Foreign Minister Phi Goff joins Emile Donovan to discuss the response by our Government to the strikes on Iran. Read more Audio
8:10 Has New Zealand responded correctly to the conflict in Iran?
The former MP and Foreign Minister Phil Goff has criticised the response by our Government to the strikes on Iran.
He says it has again failed to defend and uphold the rule of international law and oppose the US and Israel breaching the basic principle of the UN Charter.
Phil Goff joins Emile Donovan.
Photo: AFP/SUPPLIED
8:25 The House
Tonight on our Parliament show - The House – Phil Smith has some tips on getting your way at Parliament, with clips from submissions on the Arms Bill.
8:30 Little Sisters of The Poor launches public appeal for expansion of elderly support
The Little Sisters of the Poor in Dunedin have been running the Sacred Heart Home and Hospital in the suburb of Brockville for over one hundred years, under the mission of providing care for the elderly who can't afford it.
And the number of those who can't afford it is simply going up.
The nuns have financed a new, 12-unit housing complex to the tune of eight million dollars.
However they're now asking for help from the public to raise the extra one hundred and fifty thousand dollars to put the finishing touches on the development.
From Little Sisters of the Poor in Dunedin, their Mother Superior, Sister Maureen, joins Emile Donovan.
The Little Sisters of the Poor in Dunedin provide care for the elderly who can't afford it. Photo: The Little Sisters of the Poor
8:30 The art and history of whistling
In turns rude, mindful, and musical - whistling can communicate all sorts of things, and we human beings have been using the whistle for millennia.
Doctor Wendy Hargreaves from the University of Southern Queensland is a music researcher, has been looking into the history of whistling.
She joins Emile Donovan.
Whistling in Dixie 1942 Photo: wikipedia
8:40 Shower Thoughts: Is it better to water your garden and plants in the morning or the evening?
Have you ever been standing in the shower when suddenly the noise in your brain clears and, in its place, appears the perfect thought?
That is a shower thought and here on Nights we are on a mission to answer those unshakable questions lurking in the back of your mind.
Tonight’s question: Is it better to water your garden and plants in the morning or the evening?
Or does it not really matter, as long as you remember to water them before they turn to dust?
To help us dig into this gardening conundrum, journalist, author and all round gardening guru Lynda Hallinan joins Emile Donovan.
Lynda Hallinan Photo: Lynda Hallinan / Facebook
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.
For each question answered correctly, a quizzee gets their name put in the draw for the weekly prize: the coveted Nights mug.
9:25 Cop It Write - a killer handbook for crime writers
Have you ever wondered how police investigate a murder? How are detectives trained or what's it like to witness an autopsy? And what is a zoot suit?
A new book is providing the inside scoop to these questions and more.
Cop It Write is a handbook for crime writers and is the work of retired police detective now author, Angus McLean
He joins Emile Donovan.
Retired South Auckland detective Angus McLean writes action-based spy and post-apocalyptic thrillers. Photo: Atakohu Middleton
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
On The Detail - With LNG on the way, The Detail looks at two possible fuel alternatives that could deal to New Zealand's reliance on gas and coal
10:45 The Reading: Mr Allbones' Ferrets #2
A young man out poaching. A beautiful maiden in a mysterious house. A perilous journey to distant islands. All ingredients of a highly coloured Victorian romance are played out in the context of the great colonial experiment.
Tonight, episode two of Mr Allbones' Ferrets.
11:07 Worlds of Music
Trevor Reekie hosts a weekly music programme celebrating an eclectic mix of trans global music, fusion and folk roots.
Tonight, Bessie Banks, Nizar Rohana, Andrew Fagan and more.
