Episodios

  • Why do men think it's masculine to sit in silence on long-haul flights?

    Why do men think it's masculine to sit in silence on long-haul flights?
    Jul 9 2024
    An online trend shows men - it's almost exclusively men - spending the entirety of a long-haul flight not using any entertainment or distractions outside of the journey map. Why?
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    7 m
  • New literacy standards are coming, but what about conversational literacy?

    New literacy standards are coming, but what about conversational literacy?
    Jul 9 2024
    Soon children aged three to six in the Nelson region will be given the chance to take part in a pilot programme which covers the skills involved in talking, using words and conversing with others.
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    15 m
  • The implications of the Siouxsie Wiles employment case

    The implications of the Siouxsie Wiles employment case
    Jul 9 2024
    Employment lawyer Barbara Buckett explains why the Employment Court judge ruled that the University of Auckland had breached its contractual obligations to Siouxsie Wiles by not protecting her from harassment and threats.
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    16 m
  • Politics by Night with Thomas Coughlan

    Politics by Night with Thomas Coughlan
    Jul 9 2024
    NZ Herald deputy political editor Thomas Coughlan joins Emile Donovan to cover the latest on the Darleen Tana saga and the government's plans to flood the housing market.
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    18 m
  • Shower Thoughts: Why are our voices different?

    Shower Thoughts: Why are our voices different?
    Jul 9 2024
    Nights is joined by Sasha Calhoun, an associate professor at Victoria University of Wellington's School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies to explain how humans came to sound so different from one another.
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    17 m
  • BBC World Lookahead with Jonathan Frewin

    BBC World Lookahead with Jonathan Frewin
    Jul 8 2024
    BBC World's Jonathan Frewin joins Emile Donovan to take a look at what the UK can expect from the new Labour government, the fallout from the surprise results of the French elections and Hollywood actor Alec Baldwin set to stand trial over the fatal shooting on the set of his film Rust.
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    12 m
  • Sports with Jamie Wall

    Sports with Jamie Wall
    Jul 8 2024
    RNZ sports journalist Jamie Wall debriefs the All Blacks and their first test under coach Scott Robinson and the rise of New Zealand's newest sporting star Lulu Sun.
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    17 m
  • David Farrar on his glimpse of the Ukraine-Russian war

    David Farrar on his glimpse of the Ukraine-Russian war
    Jul 8 2024
    Over 860 days into the conflict, blogger, pollster and RNZ regular David Farrar has recently returned from visiting Ukraine and he speaks to Emile Donovan about his experience of a country still very much at war.
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    10 m