Nights for Tuesday 22 July 2025 Nights

The campaign to 'stop killing games'

business games

9:25 PM.It's becoming more common for studios to withdraw a movie you've paid to download, or stop supporting a game you've bought online. Campaigner Ross Scott joins Emile Donovan to explain. Read more Audio
Shower Thoughts: Could you tunnel through the centre of the earth?

science space

8:40 PM.Dr Alfredo Carpineti, astrophysicist and senior staff writer at IFL Science, shares all the ways you would die if you dug a tunnel from New Zealand to Spain. Read more Audio
The best way to run your heat pump

life and society energy

8:30 PM.Running 24/7 or one short blast? Dr Gareth Gretton, a Lead Advisor at the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority joins Emile to settle the (relatively) age-old question. Read more Audio
Sky TV buys Three's network

media national

8:10 PM.Co-editor of Newsroom.co.nz and former head of 3 News Mark Jennings talks to Emile about what this will mean for our media landscape. Read more Audio

8:10 Sky TV buys Three's network

In another $1 media deal, Sky TV announced today that it is buying Discovery New Zealand, which operates TV channel Three.

Co-editor of Newsroom.co.nz and former head of 3 News Mark Jennings talks to Emile about what this will mean for our media landscape.

Photo: Supplied / Richard Parsonson

8:20 The House

Tonight, coverage of the Ministerial Statement on Gaza by Foreign Minister Winston Peters.

Louis Collins reports from Parliament.

8:30 Running 24/7 or one short blast: The best way to run your heat pump

Dr Gareth Gretton, Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority Photo: SUPPLIED/EECA

Two thirds of New Zealand households have a heat pump but how many of you agree on how best to use it?

Should you leave it on low all the time? Or is a short sharp blast the best way to go?

Dr Gareth Gretton, a Lead Advisor at EECA, the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority joins Emile to settle the (relatively) age-old question.

Hand holding remote control directed on the air conditioner

Photo: 123RF

8:40 Shower Thoughts: Could you tunnel through the centre of the earth?

Alfredo looks into the camera. He is wearing a black turtleneck.

Dr Alfredo Carpineti is a senior writer and space correspondent for IFL Science. Photo: Supplied

This is where we find experts to answer those curious questions that come to you amidst the steam and soap suds of the shower.

Tonight: if you tunneled right under your feet through to the other side of the planet, how long would it take? How would gravity work? And could you ever possibly survive the journey?

Dr Alfredo Carpineti, astrophysicist and senior staff writer at IFL Science, talks to Emile about what would happen if you actually tried to tunnel through the centre of the earth.

Planet Earth with detailed exaggerated relief at night lit by the lights of cities. New Zealand. 3D rendering. Elements of this image furnished by NASA

Photo: 123rf.com

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 campaign to 'stop killing games'

If you buy a book or a vinyl record, you can use and enjoy it indefinitely or at least for as long as it physically lasts, but that's not always the case with digital media.

In fact, it's becoming more common for large studios to either pull a movie you've downloaded or stop supporting a game you've bought online. Even owning a physical copy of a video game no longer guarantees you'll be able to play it.

Ross Scott from the group Stop Killing Games explains to Emile how they have started pushing back against this model of ownership, where online requirements and server shutdowns can render a game completely unplayable.

Person's hand on the arrow keys of a PlayStation controller.

PlayStation controller. Photo: Unsplash / yuhaimedia

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.

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