Nights for Wednesday 30 April 2025
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What makes the New Zealand Super Fund one of the best in the world
10:30 PM.New Zealand is not the wealthiest country in the world. But it has one of the top-performing sovereign wealth funds anywhere. Chief economist for the NZ Super Fund, Mike Frith, joins Emile Donovan. Audio
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Stephen Stone acquitted after 25 years in prison
10:18 PM.The case was brought into the spotlight by the RNZ and Stuff podcast Gone Fishing back in 2018. Co-host Adam Dudding reflects on the impact it's had on the case's outcome. Read more Audio
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Can cookbooks really be plagiarised?
8:30 PM.Two Australian cookbook authors are in a dispute over claimed plagiarism of recipes for caramel slice and baklava. RNZ cookbook editor Kathy Paterson weighs in. 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 Can cookbooks really be plagiarised?
Two Australian cookbook authors are in a dispute over claimed plagiarism of recipes for caramel slice and baklava.
Nagi Maehashi, behind the popular food blog Recipe Tin Eats, says it appears influencer Brooke Bellamy's new cookbook Bake with Brooki contains uncannily similar ingredients, quantities, and instructions.
But how different can two recipes for the same meal be? Can anyone claim to be the inventor or owner of a recipe? Isn't food a universal language?
Cookbook editor and former cooking teacher Kathy Peterson joins Emile Donovan to weigh in.
Nagi Maehashi says the caramel slice recipe in Bake with Brooki (right) is similar to her own (left). Photo: RecipeTin Eats
8:45 The Reading
Tonight, Vivienne Aitken reads 'File This' by Katy Soljak.
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 review the week in media news, including John Campbell's Destiny Church documentary and coverage of the Pope's funeral.
10:17 Stephen Stone acquitted after 25 years in prison
Stephen Stone was convicted in 1999 for the murder of Dean Fuller Sandys, and the rape and murder of Leah Stephens. This morning, his retrial was cancelled.
The case was brought into the spotlight by the RNZ and Stuff podcast Gone Fishing back in 2018.
Since then, private investigator Tim McKinnel has been working to clear the convictions of the group involved: last year, Gail Maney, Colin Maney and Mark Henriksen had their convictions quashed.
Adam Dudding, co-host of the award-winning Gone Fishing, joins Emile Donovan to reflect on the path to acquittal.
Stephen Stone was convicted for the murders of Deane Fuller-Sandys and Leah Stephens. Photo: Supplied
10:30 What makes the New Zealand Super Fund one of the best in the world
New Zealand is not the wealthiest country in the world. But it has one of the top-performing sovereign wealth funds anywhere - in fact, for much of the past decade, it has been recognised as number one.
Emile Donovan sits down with Mike Frith, chief economist of the New Zealand Superannuation Fund.
11:07 Pocket Edition
This week on Pocket Edition, Maggie Tweedie shares new music from New Zealand chill wave collective Leisure and speaks to Zimbabwean Saxophonist Thabani Gapara about his special nomination for best jazz artist at the Aotearoa Music Awards.
