Nights

Why is heartbreak so painful? Dr Freddy van der Veen, Associate Professor of Psychology at Erasmus University in Rotterdam, has some answers.

Imagine opening a chest - a storage box in this case - and discovering treasure. That's exactly what's happened in the village of Upper Broughton, Nottinghamshire, England. Vilagers have uncovered 16th Century secrets contained in a chest hidden for hundreds of years. And the contents of the chest also have a New Zealand connection. Rosemary Russell, co-chair of Upper Broughton History Group, talks to Mark Leishman about the discovery.

Former Superintendent of the Mt John Observatory above Lake Tekapo in the Mackenzie Country, Alan Gilmore joins Nights for his regular astronomy chat. Tonight, he's talking about black holes orbiting each other, solar activity which has been making a splash down here on earth and how the images coming back from the James Webb Space Telescope continues to surprise.

A pub crawl of a slightly different kind is proving to be quite popular in Whanganui. History buffs who have been lucky enough to secure a spot will be taken around the city's historic pubs and hotels. Whanganui District Council heritage adviser Scott Flutey explains why people in Whanganui are so interested in their pubs of years past.

This week Colin Peacock talks to Mark Leishman while Australia's Matildas play England's Lionesses in Sydney and break TV viewing records. Also: election fever building in the media here; a frenzy over fruit and vegetables; public media funding changes - and overwrought claims of collusion over the reporting of racial issues.

Yesterday marked ten thousand days left to successfully make New Zealand free of possums, rats, and stoats by the end of 2050. Clever new traps using Artificial Intelligence can instantly tell a kea from a possum are being added to New Zealand's bold campaign to be predator-free. Nights is joined by project lead Dr Helen Blackie.

Pain - it's one of the most important and basic subjective experiences a person can have. But what is pain, why do we experience it, and why is it so hard to measure? Elia Valentini is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Essex, and he joins Nights to talk about his research into understanding and measuring pain.

It's part of the human condition, and there's no running away from it... we're all ageing, but some of us might feel we're ageing at a more accelerated rate than others. Why do some people appear to be more resilient to ageing, while others seem to be much older than their years? Regius Professor, Rose Anne Kenny, author of ''Age Proof'' and Head of the ageing research programme at Trinity College Dublin talks to Mark Leishman on Nights.

The famous windmill which featured in the 1968 film, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, is up for sale for the first time in 36 years. It can be yours, for a cool £9 million (NZ$ 19 million).

Bad sideline behaviour and the abuse of both referees and players continues to be a massive problem around New Zealand But a new initiative led by Central Bay of Plenty junior which encourages good behaviour using lollipops and Sideline Sheriffs is already paying dividends. Nights is joined by the association's referee co-ordinator Rees Ureata and junior rugby secretary Nita Asaeli.