Nights for Wednesday 2 July 2025
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Life after guilt: How wrongful conviction affects the brain
9:25 PM.Faye Skelton is an associate professor in forensic cognition and miscarriages of justice at Edinburgh Napier University. She has been interviewing men who have lived through being wrongfully… Read more Audio
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Multi-million-dollar MethaneSAT 'likely not recoverable'
8:20 PM.Professor Richard Easther from the University of Auckland joins Emile Donovan to reflect on the news that New Zealand's methane-tracking satellite, launched in March 2024, has lost contact with the… Read more Audio
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How common are data breaches?
8:10 PM.After Qantas' customer data was breached, cybersecurity analyst Adam Boileau joins Emile Donovan to discuss how common cyberattacks like this are and how worried Qantas customers should be. Read more Audio
8:10 How common are data breaches?
Australian airline Qantas has warned that a significant amount of customer data has been breached in a recent cyber attack.
Cybersecurity analyst Adam Boileau joins Emile Donovan to discuss how common data breaches like this are and how worried Qantas customers should be.
Photo: 123rf
8:20 Multi-million-dollar MethaneSAT 'likely not recoverable'
Professor Richard Easther from the University of Auckland joins Emile Donovan to reflect on the news that New Zealand's methane-tracking satellite, launched in March 2024, has lost contact with the ground.
A model of the MethaneSAT satellite that will be taken over eventually by the University of Auckland's mission control centre. Photo: MethaneSAT/EDF
8:30 Midweek Mediawatch
Hayden Donnell joins Emile Donovan to debrief the week in media news.
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 Life after guilt: How wrongful conviction affects the brain
How would you react if the world told you that you were a murderer, and threw you in prison for a crime you didn't commit?
Faye Skelton is an associate professor in forensic cognition and miscarriages of justice at Edinburgh Napier University. She has been interviewing men who have lived through being wrongfully convicted.
She 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: Kainga Ora cuts new developments as the housing crisis escalates
After a rebuild was cancelled, the former tenants of a social housing development in Auckland have seemingly 'disappeared'. Sharon Brettkelly reports.
10:45 The Reading
Tonight, part three of The Three Musketeers, adapted for radio by New Zealand playwright Stuart Hoar.
11:07 RNZ Music: Sound Advice
Maggie Tweedie and Tony Stamp shine the light on the world of music supervision and those whose job it is to choose the music for your favourite films and tv shows.
This week Maggie talks to Jemma Burns who has been behind many iconic musical choices for television shows from Summer Heights High, Boy Swallows Universe, Heartbreak High, to Top of the Lake.
