Nights for Wednesday 28 May 2025
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New Zealand unlocks commercial catnip market
10:45 PM.Muttley's Estate manufactures and sells gourmet pet wine for anxious cats and dogs. There's lighter beverage Champawgne, and deeper blends like Purrno Noir. Read more Audio
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Are headlights getting brighter?
10:30 PM.It's a combination of headlight bulbs changing, car heights rising, and automation technology taking away driver discretion. AA principal policy advisor Terry Collins joins Emile Donovan to explain. Read more Audio
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For the love of leaks
10:18 PM.Editor of Politik.co.nz Richard Harman joins Emile Donovan to talk about receiving leaks, how journalists can use them, and what leaks say about the government agencies they originate from. Read more Audio
8:15 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.
8:30 Auckland study finds singing to babies improves their mood
Dr Sam Lehr from the University of Auckland's Music Lab joins Emile Donovan to explain the findings of the first randomised controlled trial to show that singing at home improves infant happiness.
8:45 The Reading
Denise O'Connell reads part three of 'School Story' by Barbara Anderson.
9:07 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.
9:35 Midweek Mediawatch
Colin Peacock joins Emile Donovan to debrief the week in media news, including Ryan Bridge's new breakfast television offering Herald Now, updates on the NZME board shake-up, and a bad audience survey result for RNZ National.
10:17 For the love of leaks
Public Service Commissioner Brian Roche issued a memo to government staff warning against leaks of sensitive information - a memo that was subsequently leaked to RNZ.
Editor of Politik.co.nz Richard Harman joins Emile Donovan to talk about receiving leaks, how journalists can use them, and what leaks say about the government agencies they originate from.
Photo: Reece Baker/RNZ
10:30 Are headlights getting brighter?
We asked, and you told us an emphatic 'yes': car headlights are getting brighter.
It's a combination of headlight bulbs changing, car heights rising, and automation technology taking away driver discretion.
AA principal policy advisor Terry Collins joins Emile Donovan to explain.
(File photo). Photo: 123rf
10:45 New Zealand unlocks commercial catnip market
A New Zealand business is capitalising on the growing luxury pet accessory market with the country's first commercial catnip crop.
Muttley's Estate manufactures and sells gourmet pet wine for anxious cats and dogs. There's lighter beverage Champawgne, and deeper blends like Purrno Noir.
The beverages are zero alcohol and made from catnip grown in Auckland.
Globally, the luxury pet product market is worth $8.1 billion, with most of the buyers located in the US.
Director John Roberts joins Emile Donovan.
There are a number of varietals with cats preferring the lighter taste of whites such as the Champawgne, Prosecatt while the deeper blends such as the Purrno Noir and Pawt are popular with dogs. Photo: Supplied
11:07 Pocket Edition
This week on Pocket Edition, Maggie Tweedie introduces new music and interviews London-based New Zealander Arjuna Oakes. Voom performs live, debuting their first new record in 19 years.
