A venture that links fish heads and frames that were previously going to waste, with people who want them, is looking to expand.

Terror-Fi, New Zealand's only genre film-fest, is back for its eighth year, bringing sci-fi, horror, and thriller films from across the world to our local silver screens.

It's been two years since Wayne Brown and Tory Whanau were elected to lead their respective cities. What are their chances of reelection in 2025?

Pete Elderkin ran grunge club nights in the 1990s, blasting the Smashing Pumpkins, Cocteau Twins, Iggy Pop, and Pulp, among many other alternative music heroes.

A Z instead of an S, napkin instead of serviette, and a total disregard for the letter U. Sociolinguist Julia de Bres breaks down some of our most loathed Americanisms used in New Zealand parlance.

Cat Macnaughtan's game Getting Lost has sold hundreds of thousands of copies both here in New Zealand and internationally.

A study into the psychology of rock climbers has found they tend to be more conscientious, internally motivated and not driven by ego.

The XL Bully cat is a curiosity - one UK breeder says his affectionate kitties are selling for four thousand pounds each.

Emile Donovan is joined in the Auckland studio by Mediawatch's Hayden Donnell to discuss the big media stories of the week, including the fallout from RNZ's decision to scrap an episode of Anika Moa's podcast featuring former Labour MP Kiri Allan, the lack of excitement around the America's Cup and the story about Health NZ spending $9200 on canapes.

Hank Snell runs InterAct Festival in Auckland, which gives disabled artists and performers the opportunity to express their talents.

Jonathan Campion is the author of Getting Out: The Ukrainian Cricket Team's Last Stand on the Front Lines of War.

RecipeTin Eats is the brainchild of Australian food blogger Nagi Maehashi. The food blog gets half a billion hits a year, and features over 1500 recipes.

General practice owners in New Zealand say the Government should start funding our primary health care properly - rather than supporting the use of physician associates to plug gaps.

Thomas Coughlan looks at the fallout from Andrew Bayly calling a worker a loser and the Local Government minister Simeon Brown's decision appoint a crown observer to Wellington City Council.

Dr Oli Gasser from the Malaghan Institute of Medical Research joins Emile Donovan to explain why humans experience gluten intolerance when we've been living off bread for thousands of years.

BBC World reporter Rob Hugh-Jones joins Emile Donovan to take a look at some of the events making headlines internationally, including the latest on the conflict in the Middle East, the US election, and Japan's upcoming general election.

Veteran sports broadcaster Bryan Waddle joins Emile Donovan to recap what has been called New Zealand's best sporting weekend ever, including the Black Caps history-defying win over India and the White Ferns T20 victory, our newly-returned America's Cup, and the Silver Fern's expert win over Australia.

One of the world's most popular genetic sequencing companies, 23andMe, is on the brink of bankruptcy. It holds the genetic data of more than 15 million customers - including New Zealanders.

Emile Donovan dials up actor and comedian Tom Sainsbury, who is staging an overnight camping trip on the Q Theatre stage ahead of his show, Camping.

Dr David King, senior lecturer in general practice at the University of Queensland, joins Emile Donovan to demystify the nose, why it runs, and what the colour of your mucus can actually tell you.

Emile Donovan is joined by TikTok star and kai Māori champion Raukura Huata (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu, Te Arawa), who shares a Māori proverb close to her heart.

Finn Johansson joins Emile Donovan to share an array of eclectic music.

Neil Horton from the World Conkers Championships joins Emile Donovan to discuss claims of cheating by King Conker.

Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin joins Emile Donovan for his weekend picks.

We head to Invercargill where the Southern Mustang Club is hosting the 45th annual national Mustang convention

Co-artistic director of Australian dance first nations outfit Marrugeku, Dalisa Pigram joins Emile Donovan to talk about their New Zealand shows.

Kim Paton is the director of Objectspace and joins Emile Donovan.

Emile Donovan speaks to Otago University law professor Andrew Geddis after the Green's voted to kick former MP Darleen Tana out of Parliament.

RNZ's digital entertainment journalist Jogai Bhatt joins Emile Donovan.

Bee Dawson speaks to Emile Donovan about her new book Where the Nor'wester Blows.

CEO Aidan Bartlett speaks to Emile Donovan about the move into Australia

A rare comet is set to grace our skies this week, Stardome astronomer Josh Aoraki joins Emile Donovan for some tips on when and where to see it.

Hannah-Rose Watt is a dedicated tramper based in Christchurch. Her new book is called Wild Walks Aotearoa: A Guide to Tramping in New Zealand and is on shelves now. She joins Emile Donovan

Chair of New Zealand Initiative Roger Partridge joins Emile Donovan to discuss his report, "Who Makes the Law? Reining in the Supreme Court"

Dr Rosemary Goodyear is a principal analyst at Stats NZ with a particular focus on housing and she joins Emile Donovan.

Tracy Rosenthal is the co-author of a new book, Abolish Rent: How Tenants Can End The Housing Crisis.

Mike Twist is believed to be New Zealand's oldest performing professional juggler, has an unofficial world record for the most juggling performances in a week and has worked all over the world, including for the world-famous Cirque du Soleil.

Dr Andy Asquith, formerly of Massey University, now with the Institute for Public Policy and Governance at the University of Technology Sydney joins Emile Donovan.

Newsroom.co.nz's political editor Laura Walters joins Emile Donovan to talk about the big political stories of the week.

With his work spanning many different genres, disciplines and regional styles, Jonathan Crayford is considered one of New Zealand's foremost jazz pianists. He joins Emile Donovan.

BBC World's Jonathan Frewin joins Emile Donovan to take a look at some of the events making headlines internationally including the latest developments out of Israel's offensive against Hezbollah in Lebanon, what a new Watergate reporter Bob Woodward's new book reveals about Donald Trump since losing office and what we can expect from the European Union leaders summit later this week.

Richard Irvine joins Emile Donovan to discuss Team New Zealand dominating the early stages of the Americas Cup, why their opponent lost his temper at a kiwi commentator and Auckland readying itself for the return of professional football this weekend. 

Consumer NZ has been crunching the numbers and research writer Belinda Castles speaks to Emile Donovan about what they've found. 

The body-mass index is used to estimate your health and risk of heart disease. But the model, created close to 200 years ago by a Belgian statistician, is not a perfect diagnostic tool.

In 2021, a largely-unknown company was given $500,000 by the Ministry of Culture and Heritage. Three years later, there are still more questions than answers about Narrative Muse. 

One of New Zealand's finest poets has died at the age of 90. Adcock, who lived in England, was a highly regarded poet and editor awarded an OBE for her contribution to New Zealand literature. Emile Donovan speaks to editor and publisher at Te Herenga Waka University Press Fergus Barrowman about Adocock's legacy and influence.

Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin joins Emile Donovan to chat about Irma Vep a television show from show acclaimed French director Olivier Assayas, A Mistake the first feature film in 16 years from New Zealand director Christine Jeffs and a new streaming service containing all the documentary television made by the late John Pilger from 1970 to 2019.

It's one of the few ways victims of crime are captured as a group in New Zealand, even reaching victims who never reported a crime to police.

Millions in Florida are facing the full force of Hurricane Milton as it continues to tear its way through the state. 

Today, divided Wellington councillors voted nine to seven against the sale of its 34% stake in Wellington Airport after months of controversy.

Kathleen Jamie is a poet and non-fiction writer who has just completed her time as The Makar or National Poet for Scotland. She's now in Dunedin on a writing fellowship.

David Squire, the choir's musical director, joins Emile to preview the celebrations. 

Emile Donovan chats to RNZ Concert's Clarissa Dunn about some of her favourite picks by women composers.

New Zealander Tom Neale spent a total of 16 years living alone on a remote atoll in the Cook Islands. The newly republished edition of his book includes his daughter Stella's side of the story.

A recent poll of social service providers suggests those numbers are even higher.

Homer is famous for his Iliad and Odyssey - but was Homer one person, or many people? Or was she a woman? Or did Homer ever really exist at all?

Emeritus Professor Gisela Kaplan from the University of New England is an expert in animal behaviour, and also literally wrote the book on Australian magpies.

Alex Scott is an illustrator and editor who spent nine years as a cartoonist at the New Zealand Listener. Her new graphic novel, Episodes, is inspired by days spent in front of the TV as a kid.

Coastal science Professor Chris Battershill, who helped lead the Rena cleanup and recovery, says speed will be of the essence as salvage crews attempt to stop fuel leaking from the sunken naval ship.

Emile Donovan chats to interest.co.nz reporter Dan Brunskill to talk about what made it onto the Government's fast track list, what we can expect from the Reserve Back at tomorrow's official cash rate announcement and another looming electricity shortage.

Music101's Charlotte Ryan beams in from the St James Theatre in Wellington for an update on the country's biggest night in songwriting.

Former prime minister and former administrator of the United Nations Development Programme Helen Clark joins Emile Donovan to explain.

The BBC's Rob Hugh-Jones joins Emile to look at international headlines - including events in the Middle East, the upcoming Nobel Peace Prize announcement, and the impending US elections which are less than one month away. 

Mike Seawright, executive director and founder of New Zealand aid group ReliefAid, shares the difficulties of getting food, water and medical supplies into Gaza one year into the war in the Middle East.

A Montana man has been fined $20,000 USD and sent to jail for six months after cloning a giant Kyrgystani sheep and selling its offspring to be used for trophy hunting. 

Dr Peter Keegan (Waikato-Maniapoto, Ngāti Porou) has self-published a book, Ko te Torotoro i te Whenua o Īnia, which explores his travels to India over the past 30 years.

Tonight, Finn's bringing tracks from Spring Silver, Laura Marling and Hanai Rani. 

Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin joins Emile Donovan to feature Lord of the Rings animated film The War for the Rohirrim (2024), Blade Runner: Black Lotus, and Apple TV+ black comedy television show Sunny (2024).

Cheese masterclasses, tastings and discussions will be wheeling their way over to Clos Henri vineyard in Marlborough this weekend for the fourth annual New Zealand Cheese Festival.

For nine years now, these small, painted wooden cabinets have been popping up on street corners where people can borrow and donate books for others for free.

Police in New Zealand have asked Australia to waive diplomatic immunity for the partner of a diplomat who was arrested then released without charge following the All Blacks match against the Wallabies in Wellington on Saturday night.

ORO MĀIA, which translates to 'Still I Rise', is being performed at the Wellington Opera House as part of Wellington's Jazz Festival later this month

Every month on Nights, Dan unpacks some of life's big issues: love, death, happiness, or whether it's morally right to keep a pet goldfish. Tonight, prisons.

In Australia, online dating platforms have six months to become compliant with a voluntary code which will be reviewed in 2026 to determine whether it should become mandatory.

Sacha Coward has run LGBTQ+ focused tours for museums, cemeteries, archives, and cities around the world. Now, his new book profiles queer icons from mythology.

Increased demand for services, a strained funding environment and a cost-of-living crisis impacting those working on the front line are some of the findings from Community Networks Aotearoa's 2024 State of the Sector report.

Nights' resident Agony Aunt Courtney Dawson is back for her monthly visit to answer listeners' problems.

RNZ Nights listener Thomas Stazyk is skilled at the art of model ship building, and spends many hours on his hobby, while listening to the radio of course. He is taking a break to tell Todd Zaner about his work.

Richa Chandra is a self-taught, now pro, full-time Bollywood dancer, choreographer, and teacher boasting over 300,000 YouTube subscribers. She says she's seen the Bollywood dance form explode in recent years.

In radiation therapy, cancer patients often get tattoos marked on their body to help guide radiation beams. But these tattoos are permanent, and can cost thousands to remove.

Wellingtonians are being asked to check their check their homes' eaves and attics to ensure there are no feathery squatters like kākā this breeding season. 

The deputy political editor of the New Zealand Herald looks at the government's renewed focus on infrastructure, the fallout from the decision to pause the new hospital build in Dunedin and Prime Minister Christopher Luxon's profit from selling his Wellington apartment.

Todd Zaner chats to Nigel Russell a certified trichologist with over forty years of experience in the hairdressing industry.

Including the latest from the Middle East where Israel continues to target Hezbollah, Mexico's first female president is set to be inaugurated and another changing of the guard at NATO as new Secretary General Mark Rutte takes over the military alliance.

Tonight, the Black Ferns latest loss, this time to Ireland, the Silver Ferns and their less-than-ideal start to the series with England, and exciting times for women's basketball in New Zealand.

The only thing standing between the tech mogul and extradition is a judicial review, after an extradition order was signed by Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith in August.

Maureen Cohen is a planetary and atmospheric scientist at The Open University and says aliens are likely to have evolved in vastly different conditions than humans, which means we struggle to imagine what life elsewhere in the universe might look like.

Tuhingaia Manihera was crowned best senior English speaker at this year's Ngā Manu Kōrero national high school speech competition. She's the first winner from Whangārei in 34 years.

He's back, and ready to inform, educate and entertain us with an array of eclectic music.

New Zealand author Catherine Chidgey joins Emile Donovan to talk about her new book, he Book of Guilt.

Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin joins Emile Donovan with some weekend picks. 

Puppeteers from all around New Zealand are gathering for the Wellington Puppetry Festival. 

The National Library's Director Content Services, Mark Crookston joins Emile Donovan to talk about the adding of the New Zealand Listener to the archive site Papers Past.

A bequest to the Auckland Bioengineering Institute from Julie and Carlo Fiorentino is helping those living with cerebal palasy.

Pete Hodgson joins Emile Donovan to discuss the Government's announcement about the new Dunedin Hospital.

Loughlan joins Emile Donovan from Portland, Oregon to talk about Subtle Dances, which is being performed in Auckland next month as part of the Tempo Dance Festival.

Disinformation, it's everywhere.  Climate change, puberty blockers, vaccines.  What to do?  Nights resident socio-linguist Dr Julia de Bres joins Emile Donovan.

We meet Vince Burke, the proprietor of the Birdlings Flat Gemstone & Fossil Museum at Birdlings Flat.

Pam Peters is Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at Macquarie University and joins Emile Donovan to discuss mondegreens and malapropisms.

Julia Jones is an independent advisor in the ag industry, and she joins Emile Donovan.

Claire Concannon from Our Changing World joins Nights to chat about some interesting stories in the science and science-adjacent worlds.

Hamish joins Emile Donovan to discuss the Dunedin City Council's Kerbside Collections App

Kirsten Tilleman is a PhD student at the Faculty of Engineering, Waipapa Taumata Rau/University of Auckland - and joins Emile Donovan.

Senior Lecturer at the University of Canterbury and sociologist, Jarrod Gilbert joins Emile Donovan to discuss the tenure of Andrew Coster and who might be a good fit as a replacement.

Interest.co.nz reporter Dan Brunskill talks to Emile Donovan about some of the major stories happening in politics this week.

Professor Catherine Watson from the University of Auckland joins Emile Donovan to help us answer this aural query

BBC World's Jonathan Frewin joins Emile Donovan to look at the events making headlines internationally.

Sport broadcasting veteran and Nights regular correspondent Bryan Waddle is back with the action from the sporting world over the weekend.

Sara Chatwin is a Registered Psychologist with Mindworks and she joins Emile Donovan to discuss the why there was so much interest in this trial.

Workforce strategy and flexible work specialist Gillian Brookes discusses the Public Service Minister directive to department bosses to tighten up on working-from-home arrangements.  

Dr Lisa Matisoo-Smith joins Emile Donovan to help explain new research and what it tells us about the story of Rapa Nui and its people.

The Kava bowl, dubbed "The G-Bowl", offers a detachable five-litre hand spun metal bowl resting on a wooden frame. 

Nights' movie critic Dan Slevin returns to talk about Iris and the Men, Sugar, and Downey's Dream Cars.

Every Friday, we bring you some of the most interesting events and happenings coming up in Aotearoa this weekend - from the community fairs to the massive concerts. 

The most controversial legal battle in UK football is set to begin. Manchester City and Premiere League will begin an independent hearing next week. Litigation editor at NZ Lawyer, Christian Smith speaks to Emile about the impact it could have.

Hawkes Bay Airport has got itself a flash new fire truck, and after weeks of deliberation in a competition to christen it with a name, the people have spoken. A panel of judges whittled down the 1500 entries to a shortlist of five, and the public vote landed on Judy Drench. Maretta Seumanutafa is the author of the name, and she speaks to Emile.

The economy is still in the doldrums according to the latest GDP figures, falling by 0.2 percent in the three months to June. This fall didn't come as a surprise to economists, who predicted a backwards move for the second quarter of the year. But just how tough are businesses and consumers doing it right now? And how long will the tough times last? Economist Shamubeel Eaqub speaks to Emile.

Former All Black Josh Kronfeld had his first claim to fame on the rugby field, but now he's taken up a new mission: getting men to open up about their health. 

Leslie Adkin was a geologist, ethnographer and father living in Levin whose legacy of self-taught photography left an incredible record of family life in Aotearoa.

While New Zealand's te reo Māori revitalisation movement has more than forty years under its belt, Canada is just getting started - and with over seventy indigenous languages, and precious few fluent speakers, the road ahead is long and unchartered.

Deakin University terrorism expert Greg Barton joins Emile Donovan to discuss the coordinated detonation of electronic pagers earlier today, which has killed nine people and injured thousands, and which reports claim were placed by Israel's Mossad spy agency.

Over 16,000 New Zealanders will celebrate their birthday on 27 September, the most common birthday in the country.

RNZ executive editor of specialist news Jeremy Rees has been following the Booker, and joins Emile Donovan.

Emile Donovan talks to Sabreena Merchant, staff writer for The Athletic about the influence Caitlin Clark has been having on the popularity of the WNBA.

NZ Herald investigative reporter Jared Savage has for years been exploring the country's growing underbelly of organised crime and violent gangs, and joins Emile Donovan.

Deputy Political Editor at the New Zealand Herald Thomas Coughlan joins Emile Donovan to talk about the big political stories of the week.

Lloyd Smith is one of New Zealand's best known and successful dog trialists, and now a highly respected sheep-dog trainer. He joins Emike Donovan to answer tonight's Shower Thought.

Tonight, the latest of the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, why Iran will be in the headlines in the coming week, and two big cases to be heard this week by India's Supreme Court.

What do we need to see from All Blacks head into the Bledisloe Cup series?

RNZ senior in-depth investigative reporter Anusha Bradley, joins Emile Donovan to discuss the case.

Emile Donovan talks to the man behind the voice, Gavin Shoebridge.

We talk all things native earthworms with Lincoln University's Professor Nicholas Dickinson.

Australia-based Nicolla Hemi-Morehouse, better known to thousands of young fans as Miss Nicky Says, shares her favourite whakataukī or Māori proverb.

He's back, and no doubt ready to inform, educate and entertain us with an array of eclectic music.

Emile Donovan speaks with organisers Sophia Kwon, Billy Blamires and Nina Bailey.

The name's Slevin, Dan Slevin. Nights' resident screen critic is here to talk about British Spy Dramas.

MC Amy Grace Laura joins Emile Donovan.

We talk to the owner of a flamboyant bath in a Porirua home.

Andrew Patrick Nelson is an historian of American cinema and culture. He's also the chief curator of the Museum of the West in Arizona. 

Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Otago Andrew Geddis joins Emile Donovan.

Elliot Brown from Clackers Clinic joins Emile in the studio.

Auckland Stardome's resident astronomer and astrophotographer Josh Aoraki joins Emile Donovan to discuss International Observe the Moon Night.

If you are keen for a late-night dinner in our largest city, new research confirms you may left going hungry.

Nick Golledge is professor of glaciology at Victoria University of Wellington and author of the book Feedback looking at the history of the earth through constant, incremental change.

Callaghan Innovation Chief Executive Stefan Korn joins Emile Donovan to discuss the new AI tool for business.

Classics educator and enthusiast Ben Jackson joins us for his monthly Nights chat.

Historian and writer Paul Ham has traced how our definition and understanding of the human soul has changed over thousands of years.

Dr Priyanka Dhopade is a senior lecturer in mechanical engineering at the University of Auckland and joins Emile Donovan.

Peter Field is head of the school of humanities at Canterbury University and joins Emile Donovan to discuss the upcoming US presidential debate.

Nights film critic Dan Slevin joins Emile Donovan to discuss the career of revered actor James Earl Jones, who has died at the age of 93.

Claire Tyler is a partner at Rainey Collins lawyers in Wellington specialising in property law and joins Emile Donovan.

A look at the events making headlines internationally.

Richard Irvine.joins Emile Donovan to discuss the big stories in sport.

Rob Campbell speaks to Emile Donovan about the high number of non-disclosure agreements being used at Health NZ / Te Whatu Ora.

Dr Sebastian Furness is a fellow at the School of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Queensland and joins Emile Donovan.

Ngāti Hine music producer Mokotron shares his favourite Māori proverb.

Finn joins Emile Donovan to educate and entertain us with an array of eclectic music.

John Scott is the chairperson of Farmstrong Scotland, and joins Emile Donovan.

Dan Slevin is in for his Friday night screen reviews.

Ana Taufa is the Hakatere Multicultural Council's coordinator and joins Emile Donovan.

Julia Jones is an independent advisor in ag industry and joins Emile Donovan to talk about the social media trend extolling the virtues of raw milk.

Carmen Hoffback is a microbiologist at the University of Auckland specialising in the gut microbiome of the mighty tuatara. She joins Emile Donovan.

Associate professor Stephen Epstein, the Director of the Asian Languages and Cultures Programme at Victoria University, joins Emile Donovan to discuss the Prime Minister's visit to South Korea.

Emile Donovan talks to Rutene about all things Billy ahead of his new show Be Like Billy.

Senior lecturer in philosophy at the University of Waikato Dan Weijers joins Emile Donovan to explore the concept of the 'experience machine.'

Sarah Hillary spent 40 years at Auckland Art Gallery, including 25 as principal conservator. She shares some of the highlights of her career with Nights.

Otago University international relations professor Robert Patman joins Emile Donovan.

Comedian Courtney Dawson is back and ready to answer your quandaries, your palavers and your misgivings.

Chris Schulz is a senior investigative writer at Consumer NZ and joins Emile Donovan to talk about 'dynamic pricing'

Rebekah Holmes joins Emile Donovan to talk about how to live a simpler, tidier life.

Julia McLean tells Emile Donovan why riders need added legal protection.

Interest.co.nz reporter Dan Brunskill joins Emile Donovan to talk infrastructure, roads and taxes.

Kathryn Taylor is a stock photographer based in Canterbury and joins Emile Donovan to demystify the stock photo industry.

BBC World's Pete Ross joins Emile Donovan to look at the events making headlines internationally.

is the rugby championship South Africa's to lose? Shaun Johnson ends the Warriors season on winning note, a tough challenge for the Black Caps and Team New Zealand boat mishap at the Americas Cup.

Was yesterday, the first day of September, the first day of spring? Or does spring start on September 23?

Professor Perminder Sachdev is world-leading expert and joins Emile Donovan.to talk about the growing number of supercentenarians and the factors which contribute to aging successfully.

The Maori langauge and education consultant shares his favourite whakataukī with Emile Donovan.

Tonight, Los Angeles indie-alt artist Mk.gee, a new single from Ngāti Hine artist MOKOTRON inspired by the death of Queen Elizabeth II, and a peek at Wormest Regards: A Worm Records compilation.

When she spoke to Nights back in April, Britt Austin and her team, the All Blaxe, were just days away from a trip to the World Axe Throwing Championship in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Britt returned ranked 33rd-equal in the world.

Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin joins Mark Leishman to discuss Midas Man (2024) in cinemas, prestige television classic Mad Men, and family stop-motion animation pick The Boxtrolls (2014).

Turning the Chinese gooseberry into the kiwifruit was one of New Zealand's most successful rebrands in its history. This weekend, the kiwifruit capital of Te Puke is gearing up to celebrate the milestone anniversary.

RNZ Pacific's Susana Suisuiki joins Mark Leishman to share the winners of tonight's 20th annual Pacific Music Awards live from the Due Drop events centre in Manukau.

Greta, Hamilton City Council's reading buddy dog, and Muddi an ex-avalanche dog, have been crowned this year's Top Dog with a Job and Top Office Dog, respectively, in the Frog Recruitment Top Dog competition.

Self-described 'cool nerd' Dr Joel Rindelaub is an ice-hockey player, turned chemist, turned comedian, bringing his one-man show to Auckland's Q Theatre this weekend.

Over 40,000 images from the waylaid Fairfax Archives are up for auction, featuring over 2,500 individual players from the last hundred years.

Wellington musicians Cam and Sam have travelled up and down the country with their tribute act, Elton John vs. Billy Joel, clocking over 7000 kilometres in 2023.

Talking about generations involves making sweeping generalisations about huge numbers of people - some estimate there are 80 million millennials in the USA alone, says sociolinguist Dr Julia de Bres.

Karamdeep Sahota literally wrote the book on the shows: Get on the Rollercoaster: Oasis in New Zealand, March 1998.

Professor Nicholas Pearce, from Aberystwyth University in Wales, joins Mark Leishman.

Russell Clark from Licensed Renovations joins Mark Leishman.

Mark Leishman catches up with host of RNZ's Our Changing World  to hear about her recent adventure to the Australian synchotron.

End of Life Doula Alliance Aotearoa chair, Treza Gallogly joins Emile Donovan.

Matt Macdonald lectures in ethics His PhD looks at misinformation, and the right to be told the truth. He's back in the country for a few weeks, and he joins Emile Donovan.

Duncan Grieve from The Spinoff joins Emile Donovan to discuss the findings of the New Zealand on Air "Where are the Audiences?"  survey.

Deputy Political Editor at the New Zealand Herald Thomas Coughlan joins Emile Donovan to talk about the big political stories of the week.

Professor Craig Rodger is from the Space Physics Group at the University of Otago and joins Emile Donovan.

BBC World's Pete Ross joins Emile Donovan to look at the events making headlines internationally, including the WHO's declaration of a global emergency over the spread of a new strain of mpox, the latest polling from the US elections, and the Paralympic Games are set to kick off this week.

Nights' sports correspondent Bryan Waddle joins Emile Donovan to discuss Lydia Ko's shining month, the All Blacks' coaching strife, new rules for rugby's National Provincial Championship, and the America's Cup.

While Telegram supporters label Durov a 'free-speech hero', his app has caused concern about the spread misinformation, extremism and illicit activity, like drug sales and child pornography.

In 2013, researchers discovered that the humble dung beetle was using the Milky Way as a navigational guide to roll its signature balls of dung. Now, engineers in Australia have been taking notes.

Haupai Puha is a darts superstar. Ranked number one in the country, he's the first New Zealander to qualify for the world professional darts circuit.

He's back, and no doubt ready to inform, educate and entertain us with an array of eclectic music.

Writer, editor and critic Catherine Taylor joins Emile Donovan to reflect on the work and legacy of the acclaimed author.

Nights' resident screen critic is back with three tips for your weekend viewing pleasure.

Amelia Dunbar is one half of comedy duo and joins Emile Donovan to talk about their shows this weekend.

Running clubs across the world are reporting increasing numbers of people joining, as many singles ditch the on-line options for finding a partner.

 Associate Professor John Hopkins, from the Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia joins Emile Donovan to explain how they will work.

Sports journalist Jamie Wall joins Nights to discuss Leon MacDonald's call to quit the role.

Emile Donovan talks to the screenwriter behind New Zealand feature film We Were Dangerous from her home in London.

Why do we feel the pressure to stay happy and positive - and is the wellness industry to blame?

Head of nursing at AUT, Dr Jan Dewar, joins Emile Donovan.

Ardi joins Emile Donovan to talk about growing up in Tehran in the 1970s, and his new exhibition.

Associate Professor Claire Matthews, Acting Head of School of Accounting at Massey University joins Emile Donovan to discuss the report.

Tonight, a great Sunday scoop and why it was more than a good bit of breaking news, Stuff's CEO heads across the Tasman, while Paddy Gower gets a job.

Stats NZ's Mark Darbyshire joins Emile Donovan.

She joins Nights from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

What exactly is a semiconductor? Why is Taiwan such a huge player in this market? And are semiconductors emerging as a new frontier of geopolitical tension? 

Annalie Longo, the Women's Development Manager for New Zealand Football, talks to Emile Donovan.

Restoration of the iconic Christ Church Cathedral is to be stopped due to a funding shortfall. Bishop of Christchurch, Dr Peter Carrell joins Emile Donovan.

Dr Farhana Pinu joins Emile Donovan to explain.

We join our friends at the BBC to take a look at some of the events making headlines internationally 

Otago Daily Times' sports reporter Kayla Hodge joins Nights to discuss the sports stories making the news.

After a woman died at a Disney World resort, Disney is arguing it can't be taken to court - because of the terms and conditions of the woman's Disney+ account.

Doctor Avi Vajpeyi is part of a number of international scientific collaborations on the signs and signals from space.

Tonight, we're hearing from Whetū Fala, the filmmaker behind Taki Rua Theatre: Breaking Barriers.

He's back, and ready to inform, educate and entertain us with an array of eclectic music.  

The Coro Club in Whitianga have just been voted Best Airport Cafe in New Zealand. 

Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin joins Emile Donovan for his weekend picks.

We find out about the NZ Darts Masters in Hamilton.

How often you need buses to run, what route the buses should take to get to their destination while reaching the most people? Pete Moth joins Emile Donovan to answer these questions and more.

TeMatera Smith joins Emile Donovan to talk about what makes it so successful

Professor Simon Malpas joins Emile Donovan to talk about the game changing innovation.

David Correos joins Emile Donovan to talk about his new comedy show.

Last month would have been Fran Barclay's ten-year wedding anniversary, but instead he used the occasion to celebrate the subsequent divorce,

Bethany Rogers is an ice-swimmer, based in Queenstown and has just been chosen to represent the country at the world ice swimming champs in Italy in January.  

Artist Sean Beldon joins Emile Donovan to talk about his new exhibition.  

Two young New Zealanders talk to Emile Donovan about why they are leaving New Zealand.

Classics enthusiast and educator Ben Jackson joins us for our monthly chat.

Senior Lecturer in Law and Co-Director New Zealand Centre for Public Law, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington, Marnie Lloydd joins Emile Donovan.

Alec Foster from BioTechNZ’s Executive Council joins Emile Donovan to discuss the development.

Deputy Political Editor at the New Zealand Herald Thomas Coughlan joins Emile Donovan to talk about the big political stories of the week.

Head of Massey University's vet school, Professor Jon Huxley joins Emile Donovan to explain.

BBC World producer and journalist Pete Ross joins Emile Donovan to take a look at some of the events making headlines internationally.

Bryan Waddle chats to Emile Donovan about the big topics in the world of sport, including a look back at a golden Olympics for New Zealand.

The biggest kids movie in the world right now is a Spongebob movie that was soundtracked by our very own Tami Neilson, who joins Emile Donovan.

Co-author and Te Papa's botany Curator Leon Perrie talks about the new fern and lycophytes identification guide book.

Kommi Tamati is a recording and performance collaborator, writer, poet, and also lecturer in Māori and Indigenous Studies and Te Reo Māori.

Tonight, new tracks from Berlin electronic outfit Oraculu, Grammy Award-winning rapper Killer Mike, Melbourne-based psychedelic Afro-disco duo Wrong Way Up, and lo-fi Wellington artist Alison O'Reilly.

RNZ sports reporter Felicity Reid calls in from Paris to update on New Zealand's Olympic performance.

What started as a bit of healthy rivalry between brothers has catapulted 18-year-old Levi Stout to the position of three-time New Zealand Disc Golf tour winner.

Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin joins Emile Donovan to feature Bookworm (2024), Cirque du Soleil: Without a Net (2022) screening on Prime Video tracking the famous performing arts company's devastation through the Covid-19 pandemic, and a special feline feature for International Cat Day.

Tonight, Nights calls into Feilding, where the United Fire Brigades' Association Drivers Challenge is taking place - a test of firefighters' essential driving skills.

Woof! Bar co-founder and director Josh Thomas took home the title of Bartender of the Year at the Otago Hospitality Awards. He joins Emile Donovan to dish on his time in hospitality.

Jules Moore's garden was made of more than 4,000 plants, a waterfall, caves, and a "cosmic portal".

It's another day of action in Paris, with Kiwis in action at the kayak course, on the climbing wall, in the shot-put and on the golf course.

Thoughtful and skillfully written song lyrics can elevate a good song into a great song. But what about terrible lyrics? Can they do the reverse and totally ruin a song?

Dan Weijers is a senior lecturer in philosophy at the University of Waikato. In keeping with the Olympics spirit, he explores nationalism and if it's possible to love your country too much.

It's another day of action in Paris, with Kiwis in action in the high jump, kayaking and golf and RNZ reporter Felicity Reid will have all the latest news and results for us.

What has changed in New Zealand society, that the once-affordable 'quarter acre dream' is now so far away for such a sizeable part of the population?

Tuari Potiki, the chair of the NZ Drug Foundation and the first Māori chairperson of New Zealand Needle Exchange, reflects on musician Martin Phillipps' legacy.

Nights' resident Agony Aunt Courtney Dawson is back for her monthly visit to answer listeners' problems.

The first ever scan of the modern barcode was on a 10-pack of chewing gum in a grocery store in Troy, Ohio. Fast forward fifty years, and more than 10 billion barcodes are scanned every day around the world. 

After a 7.8 earthquake hit Kaikoura in 2016, Darran Kerei-Keepa (Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Kuri) worked with archaeologists on the delicate process of rescuing artefacts and koiwi from the coastal slips.

Heated tobacco products have been in the spotlight recently after the government cut their excise in half to make them more attractive as an alternative to smoking. But how do they work?

New York Times bestselling children's author Graci Kim thinks that adults should be picking up more 'middle grade' books - aimed at ages 8 to 14. She tells Nights why.

Interest.co.nz reporter Dan Brunskill talks to Emile Dovovan about some of the major stories happening in politics this week, including the potential sale of KiwiBank, and the Ministry for Regulations.

Roelf Schreuder is the production director at New Zealand Gourmet and he joins Emile Donovan to explain.

BBC World reporter Rob Hugh-Jones joins Emile Donovan to take a look at some of the events making headlines internationally, including protests in the UK, Democratic nominee Kamala Harris' likely picks for a running mate in the US Presidential elections, and a groundbreaking infrastructure project in Cambodia.

RNZ sports reporter Jamie Wall joins Emile Donovan for the latest on the Olympics, plus the shock retirement of NRL legend Shaun Johnson.

Young people with dyscalculia have challenges acquiring arithmetic skills, even with a supportive home and school environment. It affects six percent of the population.

Earlier this year, a cryonics company in Australia froze its first client at a facility in rural New South Wales. But as Professor Gary Bryant explains, cryobiology might not bring anyone back.

A born and bred Chatham Islander, from the largest island, Rēkohu, musician Ajay Peni can trace his hokopapa back to indigenous Moriori who first settled these islands.

Finn joins us to share an array of eclectic music.

Maria Lupton, who co-owns and operates a Waikato leech farm with her husband Robert speaks to Emile Donovan.

Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin is in with some suggested weekend viewing.

Kaibosh CEO Susie Robertson tells Emile Donovan about a cooking workshop with a difference. 

Details of what could be a breakthrough preventative drug for HIV were unveiled at the AIDS 2024 summit in Munich last month. Paul Sax is a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and recently returned from the summit.

Josh Metcalfe is one of the founding members of Bull Rush, and he joins Emile Donovan.

There is a critical shortage of accountants, auditors and finance professionals Charlotte Evett is the GM for New Zealand Regions at Chartered Accountants ANZ and she joins Emile Donovan.

Aucklander Tanya Barlow makes works of art, except her canvas is about two centimetres long. She joins Emile Donovan.

Our resident socio-linguist Dr Julia de Bres, who also helps run the pun-based Facebook group called 'Expect the Punexpected' joins Emile Donovan.

We cross live to Paris to speak to RNZ sports reporter Felicity Reid about all the Kiwis in action on day 6 of the 2024 Olympic Games.

Julian Haworth is one of a group of residents who fought billionaire Peter Thiel's proposed Central Otago bunker - and won.

Twenty-eight of the world's leading malaria researchers are calling for urgent action to avoid the deaths of millions. Thailand's Dr Mehul Dhorda speaks to Emile Donovan.

Claire Concannon from RNZ podcast Our Changing World joins Nights to chat about some interesting stories in the science and science-adjacent worlds.

Pastry chef Roberto Linguanotto is said to have whipped up the iconic layered coffee dessert in the 1970s in the Italian city of Treviso.

Reuben Woods has advised on some of New Zealand's biggest transactions - everything from Foodstuffs, to billion-dollar tech company deals, to TVNZ getting free cricket on the airwaves.

In Sydenham Cemetery in Christchurch, up to one thousand patients from Sunnyside Hospital are thought to have their remains in unmarked graves.

RNZ sports reporter Barry Guy joins Emile Donovan from the streets of Paris with some predictions for NZ's first medal, with some chances coming up overnight.

Stuff senior political reporter Anna Whyte joins Emile Donovan to discuss internal ructions in the Green Party.

Is there something in the air - or is it all in our heads? Chief scientist at Plant & Food Research Richard Newcomb sticks his nose into it on Nights.

BBC World reporter Pete Ross joins Emile Donovan to look at some of the events making headlines internationally, including the path ahead for Kamala Harris to take the Democratic nomination in the United States presidential election, the European Union's diplomatic visit to Vietnam, a police ban on protests in Kenya, and Venice's attempts to clamp down on over-tourism.

Otago Daily Times' sports reporter Kayla Hodge joins Nights to debrief all things Olympics, including Erika Fairweather's valiant fourth-place effort in the 400 metre final, the Black Ferns' promising start where the men's team faltered, and the continued fallout from Canada's Dronegate.

Do you suffer from anxiety when the WiFi goes down, or stuggle to pry your eyes away from your phone during a movie? New research has looked into who in New Zealand is 'disconnecting', and what their motivations are. 

Teahupo'o off the south coast of Tahiti Iti is this year's Olympic surfing venue and is one of the biggest tests of skill and courage in the surf community. What makes it one-of-a-kind?

Tōnui Collab is a charitable trust for the advancement of bilingual STEMM education in Tairāwhiti. Director Shannon O'Connor joins Emile Donovan to share a whakataukī close to her heart.

He's back, and no doubt ready to inform, educate and entertain us with an array of eclectic music. Tonight, a new acoustic track from indie artist Nilüfer Yanya, 'Guns Buried In The Front Yard' by Montreal hardcore group Truck Violence, and Manchester drum and bass project OneDa.

A new show sets a performer on a bike tied to the theatre's lights, and if they stop peddling, that's curtain. It's being called 'performance essay meets spin class'. 'A Short History of Asian New Zealand Theatre' is written and directed by Auckland playwright Nathan Joe. He joins Emile Donovan.

A series of what are being described as co-ordinated sabotage attacks has caused chaos with the French rail system ahead of the opening ceremony in the early hours of tomorrow morning, New Zealand time. RNZ's reporter Barry Guy is in Paris and talks to Emile Donovan.

Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin is in with some essential viewing, including five picks for the New Zealand International Film Festival, a limited edition boxset of Martin Scorsese's Films of Faith, and the Vanguard Film collection streaming on YouTube.

This Saturday in Christchurch, Christchurch ice hockey team The Kraken will play the internationally touring Moose team from Canada. It's a historic friendly match - the first one to be played at the venue in 18 years.

NZ Esports CEO Jonathan Jansen says Kiwi athletes are ready to take on the Olympic Esports Games in 2025.

Like the rest of the Europe, and in western nations, heights in the Netherlands have increased dramatically over the past 200 years. But for some reason, the Dutch just grow higher.

Globally, at least one in five people have hearing issues, which is expected to get worse with a growing number of young people suffering some sort of hearing loss.

Old Black Cloud traverses New Zealand's lonely colonial frontier, the different cures and institutions created for depression, and the way mental health was understood in the pre-colonial South Pacific.

The list was voted on by readers, with New Zealand authors featuring more prominently than ever, including Ockham award-winning novelist Emily Perkins and Fungi by Liv Sisson.

Trademark attorney Rebecca Jones explains the latest food to be denied trademark protection.

In his videos Tom shares the history and stories behind some of the world's rarest and most sought-after books.

Wellington Regional Hospital's anaesthesia department is using dried scoby as replica human tissue for training purposes.

Geoffrey Yew started Fan Tong takeout in November 2023, and from Wednesday to Sunday every week, you can find him taking customers' orders as well as running the kitchen.

Writer Tony Stamp has been investigating the orgins and influx of self-appointed diet experts for David Farrier's Webworm.

Joumana Medlej joins Emile to talk about historical techniques for foraged plants, berries, and other earthly materials.

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has announced he will make a formal public apology on behalf of the government to those who experienced abuse in state care. But what will the apology do? Professor Andrew Geddis joins Emile.

Joe Biden made a very tough political decision this week. We're joined by someone who made a similar decision, former Labour Party leader Andrew Little

Telecommunications expert Paul Brislen joins Nights to explain.

Sports broadcasting veteran Bryan Waddle is back to chat sport.

Would you be comfortable with an artificial intelligence software listening in to your doctor's appointment?

When living things are pushed to their extremes, it's either adapt or die. Professor Tony Hickey speaks to Emile Donovan.

 Elle Archer (Ngāti Tamaterā, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Porou, Ngāpuhi, Ngāi Tūhoe) joins Nights to share a whakataukī.

The view from CNN's correspondent in Beijing.

A report from our UK correspondent.

Our correspondent in Sweden suffered a hack attempt during the global IT outages.

A stranded traveller at Heathrow airport gives his view.

BBC World correspondent talks about the outages in the UK.

Update on global IT outages with our RNZ Pacific correspondent.

Or Australian correspondent on the global IT outages.

The Acting prime minister on global IT outages.

The Retail NZ chief executive talks about the IT failure's impact on business.

RNZ tech commentator estimates CrowdStrike outage could be costing 'billions'.

Tech analyst talks about the CrowdStrike failure.

An update on global IT outages.

A competitive speed puzzling event is happening this Saturday in Auckland with hundreds already registered to attend.

Lee-Ann Olwage a visual storyteller from South Africa. Her series, Valim-babena, won Story of the Year, and explores the stigma in Madagascar surrounding dementia and memory loss.

Those who haven't voted in the Tauranga City Council elections yet have until noon on Saturday and for those who haven't even registered to vote yet tomorrow is the last day to enroll.

Their finds from the ancient Roman colony so far include a bone die used for gaming, a carved bone hairpin, as well as some pottery pieces.

The Kahunui Village, known as The Farm, was founded to house Auckland's lost and wayward youth back in the 1970s.

Reefton's own Lisa Ryan is officially New Zealand's oldest female boxer, at the ripe age of 55. The catch is that she can't actually box competitively here in New Zealand, due to the cut-off age being 50.

Deejah Morris is on a quest to surf the waves all winter long. He's currently at 47 cold-water surfs, and he hasn't missed a day yet.

Alice Shearman, executive director of the New Zealand Writers Guild, joins Emile Donovan to share tips and tricks for taking a screenplay off the page and onto the big screen.

Parliament's Finance and Expenditure Committee has been warned that New Zealand's recent history of major natural disasters has made global reinsurers reassess the country's risk profile.

Stats NZ's Jason Attewell takes a look at the importance of agriculture to the New Zealand economy, how it's evolved over time and what it's got to do with the price of cheese.

One of twelve stained glass windows Colin McCahon created will be offered as part of an auction at the International Art Centre in Auckland later this month. 

Frontline Surgeon: New Zealand Medical Pioneer Douglas Jolly is the true story of a wartime surgeon from Cromwell who influenced the way hospitals and emergency rooms around the world treat their patients.

Leaders of a Catholic group in Christchurch, the Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer, have been asked to leave the Christchurch Diocese after an investigation into allegations of abuse made by former members of the institute. 

Stuff political editor Luke Malpass joins Emile Donovan after his tour of the United States covering prime minister Christopher Luxon's recent diplomatic visit.

University of Auckland professor of biological sciences and birdsong expert Dianne Brunton joins Emile Donovan to answer the question of Ingrid in Gisborne.

We speak to the BBC's Pete Ross about what's hitting the headlines internationally including the fallout and latest developments follow the attempted assassination of former US President Donald Trump.

Emile Donovan speaks to New Zealand sports broadcasting veteran Bryan Waddle about the big stories in sports, including England falling at the final footballing glory hurdle again, Scott Robertson's All Blacks pass their second test, and what's wrong with the White Ferns?

Every day, social worker Scotty Harvey hops into his 1997 Toyota Camry, covered from bonnet to boot in messages of support and hope, and drives to a roadside spot where he parks up for the day to offer his services to anyone who wants to chat.

Dr Lisa Reynolds is a senior lecturer at the University of Auckland's school of psychological medicine and she is leading a new study on the potential benefits of microdosing LSD for those with advanced stage cancer.

An academic and te reo Māori advocate, he and Dr Rodrigo Hill have just released an exhibition and photo book titled Ki te Kapu o Taku Ringa - In the Palm of My Hand which uses photography through a te ao Māori lens.

He's back, and no doubt ready to inform, educate and entertain us with an array of eclectic music.

Artist Zakea Page joins Nights about his solo art exhibition, entitled 'Hockey in Motion''.

Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin joins us for some weekend viewing picks.

We chat to chief executive of New Zealand Young Farmers Lynda Coppersmith about the iconic kiwi event.  

The Spinoff's Lyric Waiwiri-Smith speaks to Emile Donovan about the experience of joining England fans at a pub downtown Auckland 

Sarah Buxton is the director of The Charlotte Museum, New Zealand's only lesbian museum. She joins Emile Donovan.

Researchers at University of Thessaly in Greece set out to determine if the suit of armour was used in combat, or just for ceremonial purposes. Andreas Flouris joins Emile Donovan to discuss what they found.

Award-winning writer Steve Braunias tells Emile Donovan why The Survivors - his third book of New Zealand crime narratives - will also be his last.

We explore the classic moral thought experiment, the trolley problem, but with an AI twist.

It's one of five locations who are battling it out for the band's 'encore concert' for their Grassroots Tour, before they head to Europe. Mayor, Bryan Cadogan talks to Emile Donovan about why he wants to get the band there.

A new book looks at the subject of single-parented or alternatively structured families in Aotearoa New Zealand. 

Thirty years ago, Jeff Bezos started a company which would one day be known as Amazon - and which would change the course of retail - and, indeed, the world - irrevocably.  Author Natalie Berg joins Emile Donovan.

Classics enthusiast and educator Ben Jackson joins us for our monthly chat. Tonight, we are stepping into the Colosseum and taking a deep dive into the history of the Gladiators

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Sam Low dishes about the dinner he cooked for visiting superstar stand-up comedian Ali Wong.

Illustrator and science communicator Giselle Clarkson says taking notice of the natural world - like the colours on a leaf, and the fine hairs on a spider's leg - is key to retaining a childlike sense of wonder.

It's been 40 years since Dame Naida won the right to greet people with 'kia ora' while working as a toll operator for the New Zealand Post Office.

Finn is back with bag of fresh tracks, tonight he's got new music from acoustic improvisers Unknown to Known, singer-songwriter Martha Skye Murphy and Taiwanese-American singer-songwriter Joanna Wang.

A new documentary, 21 years in the making, follows the first openly gay Jewish rabbi in a 38-generation family dynasty of rabbis.

Dan chats with Emile Donovan about Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story, Fancy Dance featuring Lily Gladstone from Killers of the Flower Moon, and Wind River now playing on TVNZ +.

Amber Clyde from the group Girls Skate is running a skateboarding programme specially catered to the disabled community in Tāmaki Makaurau this Sunday.

With polls a few hours ago, everything is pointing to a historic landslide for the Labour Party with all eyes on how well Nigel Farage's Reform Party fares.

Music 101 host Charlotte Ryan weighs in on the 20 songs shortlisted for the APRA Silver Scroll award.

After years of struggle, international tariffs have been lifted from New Zealand wool, and a new education programme on wool dynamics has been announced for school students.

Jenny Rockwell's debut poetry collection follows her personal growth from growing up in a church community to embracing queer joy.

Sociolinguist Dr Julia de Bres says our names do more than refer to us. They tell us about our families, the societies we live in, how others see us and how we see ourselves.

Catherine Comyn's Ockham Book Award long-listed book set out to understand how unfettered and opportunistic global capitalism was involved in the colonisation of New Zealand through institutions like the New Zealand Company.

Still Any Good? is a New Zealand podcast that revisits favourite childhood films to answer that simple eponymous question.

A video of Liverpool-based 19-month old baby Orla arguing with her babysitter went viral last week. Even though Orla wasn't using words, people commented that her babbles carried a clear Liverpool or 'scouse' accent.

Comedian Courtney Dawson answers listeners' questions on whether to reconcile with a friend who long-ago betrayed you, and how to successfully seed a new nickname.

Mark Graham was named New Zealand Rugby League Player of the Century in 2006, and the subject of new documentary 'Sharko', made by his filmmaker son.

Pest control can be a particularly tricky topic to tackle in a New Zealand classroom. Dr Sally Birdsall joins Emile Donovan to share how educators frame ethical issues around caring for species.

Organ Donation New Zealand have just released their annual report for 2023, showing 64 people donated their organs after they died, leading to more than 200 lifesaving surgeries.

Emile Donovan speaks to The Spinoff's Wellington editor Joel MacManus about the latest drama at the Wellington City Council, another supercity idea back on the table, and the Government's approach to localism.

You know the ones: a poorly-designed human avatar waving at you to save their house from burning down, or a mesmerising barrel-shooting game that inevitably leads to someone being squashed by a giant monster. 

BBC World's Jonathan Frewin joins Emile Donovan to take a look at some of the events making headlines internationally, including the latest on the UK and French elections, what the new Dutch government will look like and Donald Trump's former strategist Steve Bannon is set to report to jail.

Bryan Waddle chats to Emile Donovan about the big topics in the world of sport, including the Tour de France, the controversy surrounding the New Zealand women's football team ahead of the Olympics and surprise India wins the T20 cricket world cup.

One of the front runners if Biden was to pull out is Gavin Newsom, governor of California and seen as a future presidential candidate.

Hardly a day goes by where there isn't a media report of a species under threat of extinction. But Planet Earth has been here before - up to 96 percent of living species were wiped out during extinction events of the ancient past.

Māori pro-wrestler Aaron Henare plies his trade in the New Japan Pro-Wrestling, the largest and longest-running professional wrestling unit in Japan.

Finn features a selection from across the musical spectrum including tracks by French multi-disciplinary artist Violaine Gratuite, Ōtautahi musician Samantha Josephine and American experimental rock band The Garden.

Phrases such as 'Big Brother', 'Thought Police' and 'Double Think' have all made it into our political lexicon, part of the book's darker lessons around mass surveillance and government control.

Dan chats with Tony Stamp about the new kiwi film Ka Whawhai Tonu: Struggle Without End, Australian thriller The Royal Hotel and he reviews the streaming service Hoopla, which is available free via some public libraries.

This Saturday and Sunday, over 700 performers aged 55-and-over from across the country are taking to the stage in Te Papa for Taikura Kapa Haka.

The main opposition party in Australia is thinking of taking the nuclear option as the country looks to pivot away from coal-fired power generation. Would the Australian people ever approve of such a move?

Wine writer, competition judge and businesswoman Yvonne Lorkin joins Emile Donovan to reflect on her career working in all things fermented.

Possums have been public enemy number one in the conservation scene for years. Dr Emily Major says our violent approach to pest control may be doing more harm than good.

If you've ever visited Hamilton, you're aware of the award-winning gardens, which are the pride of joy of the river city. A new attraction to the gardens is seeking $300,000 from the public.

Craig Little provides an update on the rain and flooding on the East Coast of the North Island.

At Heritage New Zealand, Dennis oversees the Māori Heritage Listing process for the New Zealand Heritage List Rārangi Kōrero and he works with whanau, marae, hapū and iwi in researching and writing about Wāhi Tapu and Wāhi Tūpuna.

Danni Duncan has hundreds of thousands of people following her child-free journey on social media, where she provides advice and support to others who are thinking about making the same decision.

The All Blacks have unveiled their 2024 playing kit, with a return to the white-collared jersey - a similar style to their winning looks at the 1987 and 2011 Rugby World Cups.

BusinessDesk reporter Jem Traylen joins Emile Donovan to talk infrastructure woes, cancer drugs, and the minister for manufacturing Andrew Bayly.

Stephen in Dunedin asks: "Why are there so many rabbits in the South Island, particularly in Otago, but are not anywhere as much of a problem in the North Island? Grass is grass, isn't it?"

BBC World's Jonathan Frewin joins Emile Donovan to take a look at some of the events making headlines internationally, including the European Union leaders summit in Brussels, the Russian trial of US journalist Evan Gershkovich, and the forthcoming Iranian election.

Otago Daily Times sports reporter Kayla Hodge joins Emile Donovan to debrief a busy week of sport.

A field guide, naturalist and documentary filmmaker, Frederique Olivier has 22 Antarctic seasons under her belt, as well as expeditions to far-flung and freezing places like Greenland and Svalbard.

The nights are long, the days are short - prime timing for the winter blues to set in. Clinical psychologist Jacqui Maguire joins Nights to explain Seasonal Affective Disorder.

Abby Hauraki, an Associate at Kāhui Legal and a kaiako for Engaging Well Limited, shares a whakataukī for Matariki.

He's back, and no doubt ready to inform, educate and entertain us with an array of eclectic music.

Tonight is the final night of the Loemis winter festival in Wellington. To celebrate, the festival is hosting The Longest Night, a sleep concert running from 11pm to 7am. Seven artists will perform all night long, and it might be the only time concert-goers are encouraged to sleep. Erika Grant is the lead artist on the project and will also be performing. She speaks to Emile Donovan about where the idea for the concert came from.

Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin takes a look at the DocEdge festival playing in Christchurch now before moving to Wellington and Auckland next month. He's also revisiting the 2016 comedy The Nice Guys featuring Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling and to finish off he will chat about the life and legacy of American film legend Donald Sutherland who died this week.

Every Friday, we bring you some of the most interesting events and happenings coming up in Aotearoa this weekend - from the community fairs to the massive concerts. Tonight we're talking with Richard Hall the founder of Stonehenge Aotearoa about how they're celebrating the winter solstice in Carterton this weekend.

With 14 days left until the UK goes to the polls it increasingly looks like the ruling Conservative Party will not only lose their hold on power after 14 years in charge, it looks like it could be a landslide for the Labour Party.

New Zealand filmmaker and writer Barbara Sumner has just published her first work of fiction, The Gallows Bird, a historical novel about a young female convict who is sent to Australia in the 1830s.

Heading into the Paris Summer Olympics, New Zealand's athletics team is looking strong than it ever has. Athletics commentator Hayden Shearman weighs in on how we came to have this impressive crop of middle distance runners.

What can we learn about the Roman empire from a single pot? Curator and artist Glenn Barkley reveals the human touch in ceramics and why more people are drawn to the artform in 2024.

Max Alexander grew up in Papakura, and has been living in London for the past 30 years. He's back in Aotearoa for the next few weeks to participate in Matariki and add a new section to his exhibition "Our Fragile Space - Protecting the Near-Space" that opened at Lloyds of London and has been shown in Europe and the United States. 

Miles Astray is a writer and photographer who entered his photo of a pink flamingo, which appears to have lost its head and neck, into the AI category of the 1839 Awards, a prestigious international photo competition.

You've probably heard of 'girl bossing' but 'girl-mossing' is the new social media movement Oprah Winfrey's getting behind. Snuggling into soft green moss isn't just a form of nature therapy, it can also be a statement against the heavy energetic load carried by women, says sociologist Anna Halafoff. 

The comedy duo are bringing their show, Different Party, which parodies office life, to Auckland's Q Theatre later in late June.

Paul Pascoe, senior manager of national accounts at Stats NZ, joins Emile Donovan to explore how much wealth New Zealand households actually have, and how much they're able to save.

After a meteoric rise during the post-pandemic economic boom, the air has started to come out of the buy-now-pay-later market, with service LayBuy announcing it is appointing receivers.

Along with ultimate brownie bake-offs and beer and chocolate pairing sessions, Chocstock is an opportunity for chocolatiers from across the Pacific to come together and discuss the region's burgeoning craft chocolate industry.

Tracey Williams lives on the beach in Cornwall, where nearly three decades ago, a storm led to a cargo ship spilling masses of LEGO parts into the sea. She's been documenting her finds for years.

The government is proposing removing resource consent requirements for self-contained dwellings under 60 square metres.

Nights host Emile Donovan speaks to Stuff political reporter Glenn McConnell about scrutiny week in Parliament.

Pharmacist Gemma Perry says some medications have a five-year shelf life, while others are only good for a week.

BBC World's Jonathan Frewin calls in about the campaign period beginning for the French snap election, Thailand's former prime minister is to face trial on charges of insulting the monarch and Congress summons Boeing's CEO to testify on its jetliner safety.

RNZ sports reporter and Nights regular Jamie Wall joins Emile Donovan.

The Divorce and Separation Institute of New Zealand aims to regulate the industry, and protect vulnerable people from unethical practices.

According to the Queensland University of Technology study, people detect happy faces faster, and people are more likely to rate 'feminine' faces as happy - even when those faces are not human.

Melz Huata-Lucas is the Māori culture and identity programme lead at the Auckland Council and is helping organise the city's Matariki Festival which launched over the weekend.

Finn joins Nights with an array of eclectic music.

With over 30 different community editions, from Whangarei to Invercargill, Coffee News is a mainstay in cafes and eateries the country over.

Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin joins us for some weekend recommendations.

Secret society, alien pods, private schools, a peak view, floods, a nice quiet village - it has it all!  Michael Fowler speaks with Emile Donovan.

Henry Cooke speaks to Emile Donovan about how things are going, fewer than 3 weeks out from polling day.

New Zealand singer-songwriter Jenny Mitchell has won a scholarship to Nashville, Tennessee, to attend global country music summit Americanafest.

Who are teams to watch? Are there any dark horses to keep an eye on?  Ella Reilly joins Nights to talk all things Euro 2024.

Craig Foster is the Academy Award-winning director of the documentary My Octopus Teacher and talks to Nights about 'Amphibious Soul: Finding the Wild in a Tame World'.

Senior lecturer in philosophy at the University of Waikato, Dan Weijers discusses this vexed question.

Whare Karioi 2024 is hosted by NZ CODE - the Centre of Digital Excellence - in close partnership with Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu and Kotahi Mano Kāika.

The Taupo District Council is auctioning off the personalised plate which once belonged to the former, late mayor Joan Williamson.

Sportswashing has a long history, but how do you define it? And should we be concerned? 

Colin Peacock is in the studio with another edition of Midweek Mediawatch. Tonight, he's talking to Emile Donovan about the latest media hires, the release of a new kind of podcast and the death of an old one.

Classics enthusiast and educator Ben Jackson joins us for our monthly chat. Tonight, we look at the monsters and cryptids of Greek mythology.

A story based on local gossip and written by a mother of eight is providing insight into the role of women in theatre. 

What's the difference between conversational 'givers' and 'takers'?

Editor of the political news website Politik Richard Harman chats to Emile Donovan about the big and small political stories of the week.

Professor Jacqueline Beggs from the University of Auckland's School of Biological Sciences joins us to explain.

BBC World's Jonathan Frewin recaps election season in Europe, including the surprise French election, as well as Iran the start of campaigning in the Iranian presidential elections.

Nights' sports correspondent Bryan Waddle recaps the Black Caps shocking start to the T20 World Cup, the Warriors finding their form again and a new world order of tennis starting to emerge.

Porirua-based Jasmine Lupo is a social media sensation, with videos of her hair transformations racking up over 35 million views on TikTok.

The Defiance milk powder, made in 1907, was aboard the ship Nimrod as part of explorer Ernest Shackleton's first solo expedition to step foot on the South Pole, and remained preserved in the sub-zero temperatures for over a century.

Hēmi Kelly (Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Tahu-Ngāti Whaoa) is a Māori language consultant, teacher, and translator, and the voice behind podcast and social media movement Everyday Māori.

Tonight, a track from Berlin-based Kiwi project Saturns Drive, new music from Norwegian-American auteur Okay Kaya, and a glimpse of the 20-minute lullaby reimagining of gnarly Baltimore rock band Lungfish.

A gourmet crayfish pie, created by PJ's Pies in Hanmer Springs, would set you back $50. Owner Jim Bratschi explains.

Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin looks at the latest instalment in the 1995 buddy cop comedy series Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024), documentary Joan Baez: I Am A Noise (2023) streaming on DocPlay, and reviews the free streaming site Tubi.

Libraries and museums all across New Zealand are welcoming crafters of all stripes this Saturday. Nights touches base with Sue Cooper, of the Picton Knitters and Spinners.

It's been a big week for fans of the long-running soap Coronation Street with the shock news that the character of Gail Platt will be leaving the famous street cobbles of Weatherfield. Corrie super-fan, Danielle Moreau speaks to Emile Donovan.

A new app has been developed to make koha meaningful and easy. Emile Donovan speaks to co-founder Te Awanui Reeder.

We talk to Professor Simon Kingham about the role of Chief Science Advisor and the many faces of science in the world of transport.

While we sometimes need instinct as a guide, as the "guardian of coherence" logic is a more helpful tool, says philosopher Patrick Giraud. In his new book Logic in the Wild, he argues developing a sense of logic can help people make better decisions and become better listeners. 

Australian magpies that get picked on by other magpies may be smarter than their bullies, according to Australian researchers.

Our resident sociolinguist Dr Julia de Bres joins Emile Donovan.to discuss the evolution of language in a digital age.

It's taken over two months and seven different phases but the more than six hundred and forty million votes have been counted in the Indian general election. Assistant editor at the Sunday Star Times and The Post Kelly Dennett speaks to Emile Donovan.

Members of a volunteer railway club in Manawatu have been left baffled after the theft of their club sign. Club President, Bernard Watson joins Emile Donovan.

Harrison Christian is the author of 'Terra Nova' and joins Emile Donovan.

Nights' resident Agony Aunt, comedian Courtney Dawson is back and ready to answer your quandaries, your palavers, your misgivings.

Dr Glenn Fosbraey is associate dean of humanities and social sciences at the University of Winchester in the UK, and joins Nights to discuss this issue.

Jacob joins Nights to talk about his one-man-play, Guru of Chai, fourteen years after it first premiered.

Spain, Ireland and Norway last month officially recognised Palestine as a state. But what is a state, and how does it differ from a 'nation'? Dr Stephen Young, associate professor of Law at the University of Otago joins Emile Donovan.

Newsroom political editor Laura Walters talks about some of the political issues of the moment.

New Zealand Men's Curling team member Brett Sargon joins Nights to explain.

Tonight, Finn is spinning new music from haunting folk duo West of Roan, eclectic Spanish duo Pedro de Dios & Antonio Fernandez and a track from Onehunga hip hop collective SWIDT.

Judging for the annual Gold Guitar Awards started today with the major winners announced on Sunday night.

Tonight, for the long weekend, Dan Slevin is taking a look at the second season of Tokyo Vice, Freud's Last Session and the documentary Great Photo, Lovely Life.

The Parrot Place is celebrating 21 years in the Kerikeri community, and to celebrate, they're holding a fundraiser for the Bay of Islands Animal Rescue. 

RNZ Music's Tony Stamp updates Nights from the Viaduct Events Centre.

The minerals companies need to make batteries for the likes of electric cars and renewable power grids are in rich supply in the Pacific. While nations stand to gain financially, the environmental consequences of extraction can be severe.

Provincial rugby unions voted to reject New Zealand Rugby's proposal for a governance change, putting them on a collision course with the Players' Association.

In France, football is a way of life - and it just so happens they're very, very good at it, says author Tom Williams.

In 2005, locally-made hit animated series Bro'Town secured a cameo from one of the most well-known men in the world, now known as King Charles III.

RNZ senior In Depth journalist Kate Newtown talks to Emile Donovan about what the first Census results, released today, reveal. The Census, conducted in early 2023, places New Zealand's official population just shy of 5 million, at 4,993,923.

Through the nineteen fifties and sixties, around one hundred thousand New Zealand women were sent away by their families to give birth - only to return home and act like nothing happened. These women are now in their seventies and eighties. Playwright Nicola Pauling developed her new play 'I Carried This', after interviewing five New Zealand women who had lived the experience and were still grappling with the fallout. She speaks to Nights about the experience.

Spencer Campbell has been on the dumb phone train for over a year now. And although he runs a YouTube channel, Spencer's Adventures, he tries to show the benefits of a frugal relationship with technology and consumerism, documenting his pursuit of 'simple living'. He speaks to Emile Donovan about his experience and if everyone should get a "dumber" phone.

Spencer Campbell has been on the dumb phone train for over a year now. And although he runs a YouTube channel, Spencer's Adventures, he tries to show the benefits of a frugal relationship with technology and consumerism, documenting his pursuit of 'simple living'. He speaks to Emile Donovan about his experience and if everyone should get a "dumber" phone.

Colin Peacock is in the studio with another edition of midweek mediawatch. Tonight he's talking to Emile Donovan about Duncan Garners new show finally getting off the ground, what happened at the media awards night last week and a not so new name for Stuff's new 6pm bulletin.

Melissa Oliver is a bookseller at Unity Books in Wellington and she is also an avid fan of online book communities and she's on the line now to help break down what this trend is all about.

It's being pitched as a cost of living policy that's also good for the environment - getting people out of cars and onto buses. But critics aren't sure it will work.

Hardly a month goes by in New Zealand without a venue announcing it's shutting up shop, so when a venue reaches the 20-year milestone, it's something to celebrate.

Clara Ballantyne from Columba College in Dunedin and Luca Ririnui from Mount Maunganui College will form part of the New Zealand team heading to the world championships in Serbia in July.

Interest.co.nz reporter Dan Brunskill talks to Emile Dovovan ahead of the government's first budget this Thursday.

Robin van der Sanden is a postdoctoral fellow at Massey University's SHORE & Whariki Research Centre and picks up the phone to provide some answers.

The BBC's Rob Hugh-Jones joins Nights to talk about the events making headlines internationally, including the latest on elections in both the UK and South Africa, the situation in Sudan where the word genocide has started to be used and Paris getting ready for the Olympic games.

RNZ sports reporter and Nights regular Jamie Wall is in the studio to chat sport, including if he's ever been called a bad name by an angry coach.

In 2022, the case against three men accused of murdering Upper Hutt woman Lois Tolley fell over after a judge ruled that their confessions had been improperly obtained through use of a controversial interviewing approach, known as CIPEM.

A new international study has shown how the population of bacteria on a person's skin leaves a trace on the clothes they wear and can be identified months after the transfer.

Young Māori Farmer award-winner Ben Purua didn't take the traditional path into farming. It was a stint on a prison farm where he found his agricultural calling.

Tonight Finn's bag of fresh new tracks traverse the full range of musical genres, from Pōneke anarcho-hardcore to midwestern psych-tinged folk-pop.

There are more than 6,000 buildings, homes and places on Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga's historic place register. How do they get there?

Nights' resident film critic Dan Slevin is back this week with an Australian theme. Dan takes a look at the next edition of the Mad Max franchise Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, You Can Go Now! a documentary about Aboriginal artist and activist Richard Bell and the Aussie classic Death in Brunswick featuring our very own Sam Neill.

For more than 100 years, the Capping Show has been delighting and offending audiences, poking fun at everyone from university authorities and landlords to sanctified philanthropists and world leaders.

As well as playing guitar for the Best Group-nominated band Mermaidens, Lily Paris West is the artist behind two of the three album covers in contention for Best Album Artwork.

During the Nights quiz, when eliminating one of the three options, we encountered the classic Monty Hall problem. If given the opportunity, should you switch your choice? 

When Father Greg Boyle became priest of Dolores Mission Church in Los Angeles, at least nine gangs were active in the vicinity of the parish. Now, his initiative Homeboy Industries helps tens of thousands leave the gang life.

Writer Henry Cooke joins Emile Donovan from London to update us on the forthcoming UK election and a damning poll.

From ancient Roman attempts to define the edge of civilisation to European powers drawing straight lines on maps, borders have shaped the modern world, writes British journalist Jonn Elledge.

Dunedin's Hard to Find (But Worth The Effort) Quality Secondhand Bookshop is looking to hire up to two full-time workers. According to the ad those wanting the job must: love books, be honest and reliable, and have "good teeth".

With medical cannabis usage in Victoria surging by 700% over the past two years, the global evidence regarding THC's influence on driving remains limited.

Touring 12 towns and cities across Aotearoa, Ballroom Blitz features twelve first-class dancers, a live five-piece band, and two live vocalists.

This weekend, people will have the chance to view Vincent Ward's earliest surviving film Ma Olsen, which has been fully restored and digitised as part of a retrospective of his work at the Wairarapa Film Festival.

Around 85,000 people attended over 160 events at the Auckland Writers Fest - its biggest showing yet in its 25-year history.

Australia's men's cricket team's triumphant tear in 2023 has been captured in a new documentary series, The Test.

Emile Donovan speaks to chief executive of Ngā Waihua o Paerangi Helen Leahy about the impact the project has had, with its long-term future uncertain.

Tyrone-Jay Barugh advertises his services through videos on TikTok wearing a bright pink suit, answers big questions like 'is it legal to drink a beer while driving', and gets into protracted legal battles with giants like JetStar over promotional deals.

Living Streets Aotearoa are calling on the public to put forward people or projects that make their community a better place for pedestrians.

RNZ political reporter Katie Scotcher joins Emile Donovan to discuss the scrapping of the First Home Grant.

Six percent of people are colour deficient. How can we tell whether the blue one person is seeing is the same as the next person?

BBC World's Pete Ross joins Nights to talk about the latest on the situation in Iran, a decision expected on whether WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange should be extradited to the United States and the trial set to begin in Germany of alleged ringleaders in a suspected far-right plot to overthrow the government.

ODT sport reporter Kayla Hodge chats the all-female High Performance Sport NZ centre in Dunedin, a New Zealand paralympian shaping up well ahead of this years' Paralympics, and injuries mounting up in the ANZ premier league netball competition.

Podcaster and business journalist Madison Reidy is the only local name on the prestigious list of up-and-comers in the Asia region.

The myth of the 'silent world' beneath the waves is something Professor Craig Radford is trying to correct by recording the noises fish and marine mammals make.

Head of music at Newlands College in Wellington and chair of Mātauranga a Puoro o Aotearoa of Benjamin Lau talks to Emile Donovan about workshops being run during New Zealand music month encouraging pupils and teachers to learn about taonga pūoro and tikanga.

Tonight, Finn has a selection of tracks from Los Angeles band 2070, UK psychedelic pop band duo Broadcast, and Tāmaki Makaurau anonymous avant-garde creative genius Donk Dobbo. 

University of Canterbury researchers have been working with the New Zealand Alpine Club and Te Rūnanga o Arowhenua to address the issue of how mountaineers dispose of their waste when on Aoraki Mount Cook.

Nights' resident film critic Dan Slevin takes a look at The Way, My Way an autobiographical film about a journey of discovery, walking the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage, BlackBerry a comedy-drama based on the real life invention of the world's first "smart-phone" and Once a low-budget Irish movie about a broken-hearted busker.

Down south, eight of the very best wrestlers in New Zealand will collide in a one night only tournament for the Battlelines Cup.

David McBride has pleaded guilty to stealing and sharing military documents which he then leaked to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Professor of journalism at Macquarie University Peter Griste tells Nights about the likely fallout.

Dr Warahi (Ngāti Maniapoto) has just recently completed his studies at the University of Auckland on the experiences of Māori caregivers.

Jodie Hope has just been named president of the New Zealand Embalmers Association, only the second woman to hold the position, and the first to lead an all-female executive.

Two Paekākāriki locals want to bring a sauna to the local holiday park as a new community hub.

Dario Nustrini has written a memoir on his six years in the New Zealand Army, including a stint in Iraq supporting the fight against terror group ISIS, before leaving it all behind in 2017.

It's one of our most photographed natural attractions, but what lay beneath the surface of Lake Wānaka remained largely unknown until a mapping project from crown research institute NIWA.

Auckland University's professor Neal Curtis says the term originates from African-American communities living through segregation and reflects upon how the term has since changed.

Wellington artist Tatyana Kulida has painted former prime minister Sir Bill English and world-renowned primatologist Dame Jane Goodall, and she joins Nights to appraise the new royal portrait.

Scholar Damon Salesa has pipped the hotly contested General Non-Fiction category at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2024 with a book of essays exploring the history and influence of the Pacific.

Stats NZ chief executive Mark Sowden talks to Emile Donovan about the challenges and opportunities in the lead up to Census 2028.

RNZ Pacific's Lydia Lewis provides the latest on protest activity in New Caledonia over the French parliament's move to grant French residents greater voting rights.

The use of emojis, gifs and message reactions in a work context have all recently led to legal misadventure here in New Zealand.

Nora Ephron is best known for films like When Hally Met Sally (1989) and Sleepless in Seattle (1993). She died in 2012, aged 71, but her style and perspective remain influential.

NZ Herald deputy political editor Thomas Coughlan joins Emile Donovan to discuss the government's new funding for charter schools, the prospect of selling Kiwibank, and a lookahead to Budget Day.

What's the difference between perfume and eau de toilette? And does spritzing and walking through the mist actually work?

BBC World's Jonathan Frewin talks to Emile Donovan about a new mobilisation law in Ukraine, the overhaul of the EU's migration rules, and the UN Security Council's meeting on the situation in Yemen.

Bryan Waddle has his eye on the latest changes to the rugby laws, one of our greatest Olympians looks to finally have a challenger in the form of her teammate, and a Kiwi equestrian adds another title to her already full cabinet.

Wellington and Auckland are working towards deals with the government to help fund major infrastructure upgrades, while other cities line up to make deals to fund and manage their own affairs. 

Approximately 300,000 animals are used for research across Aotearoa every year. Animal welfare officer Jodi Salinsky is dedicated to demystifying what that means.

Robert Sullivan is a poet and an associate professor in creative writing at Massey University who has just published his latest book of poems, Hopurangi: Songcatcher, with Auckland University Press.

Featuring new music from Nigerian virtuoso guitarist Mdou Moctar, a song from Baltimore synth-pop artist Nourished By Time, and a collaboration between rapper 3am and Erykah Badu.

Proceeds from the gala concert, held in the Grand Ballroom of the Hanmer Springs Hotel, will be put toward the purchase of mobility wheelchairs for the Hanmer Springs Health Centre.

Nights' resident film critic, Dan Slevin, takes a look at the upcoming Architecture & Design Film Festival, dives into big budget adaption of Shōgun and takes listeners through the Kanopy catalogue available through public libraries.

Sailing under the banner Paddle for Purpose, the group are taking a pitstop from kayaking the East Coast of the North Island, from Cape Reinga to Wellington, a journey of over 2,000 kilometres.

Metro editor and former bass player for punk band Die! Die! Die! Henry Oliver joins Emile Donovan to reflect on the influence of producer Steve Albini, who has died aged 61.

The Loan and Mercantile building on the city's waterfront will have 30 apartments for low-income tenants from the government's Housing Register.

AUT lecturer Dr Lewis Tennant has conducted the largest study to date into New Zealand's podcasting market, studying over 700 podcasts across 13 categories, with the data going back to 2005.

Nearly 85 years since the death of its founder, the Rātana movement still carries a significant amount of mana in Aotearoa's political and social spheres. But that is only one side to the story of Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana.

We all have a life, but what should we do with it? Dan Weijers is a senior lecturer in philosophy at the University of Waikato.

In the heart of the of Queensland Outback lies the small town of Longreach, adults are running around hiding from each other - for weeks at a time.

Aside from a few notable exceptions, the depiction of love making on film has dramatically declined in the past 20 years.

Education minister Erica Stanford has announced that New Zealand schools will be pivoting to teaching structured literacy. Dr Nina Hood joins Nights to explain the approach.

Classics enthusiast and educator Ben Jackson is back to celebrate Rome's birthday, allegedly founded on 21 April, 753 BCE, by brothers Romulus and Remus.

Nominees for this year's New Zealand Tree of the Year competition have been revealed, includ The Walking Tree on the West Coast., "Freddie's Pōhutukawa" in Gisborne, and Moko in Otari Wilton's Bush, Wellington. 

TAHI and RNZ host and producer Evie Orpe joins the show to say who wore what and who wore it best.

Just months out for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, the event has been rocked by the revelation 23 Chinese swimmers were allowed to compete at the 2021 games in Tokyo, despite testing positive for the banned substance Trimetazidine months earlier.

AAP New Zealand correspondent Ben McKay joins Emile Donovan to discuss how AUKUS discourse has gone down on the other side of the ditch, ructions over Julie Anne Genter's conduct in the House, and his pre-Budget chat with finance minister Nicola Willis.

There are three types of people in the world: those who kill spiders on the spot, those who let them live, and those who safely trap and release them outside. But once they're outside, do they survive?

Rappers Kendrick Lamar and Drake have both dropped lyrics that range from sly digs at each other to allegations of addiction and domestic abuse. Wellington DJ Brad Warrington aka Sticky Fingers provides some history of the beef.

Nights' sports correspondent Jamie Wall joins Emile Donovan to weigh in on the Auckland stadium debate, the Warriors women's team's triumphant return to NRLW, and the potential for the All Blacks to play it Qatar.

Dr Allan McCay is Deputy Director of The Sydney Institute of Criminology and an Academic Fellow at the University of Sydney's Law School, with a particular focus on neurotechnology.

Myopia, or short-sightedness, is one of the most common medical conditions in the world. Sachi Rathod has been treating it in low-decile schools all over Auckland.

Director, producer, and te reo Māori advocate Mahanga Pihama joins Emile Donovan to share a whakataukī that resonates with him.

Tonight, a selection described as 'broadly lo-fi': including drag queen hypnagogic pop project Cindy Lee, death rock- and punk wave-influenced Brux, and a new local track from the Audio Foundation Improvisers Series Vol 3.

Nelson nut butter brand Fix & Fogg was approached by NASA with a request to create a space rocket-approved product - and now it's launched.

Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin is reviewing the debut for writer-director Lauren Taylor The Moon is Upside Down, Home, a real estate and design show with a difference, and all three seasons of Star Trek: Picard.

ComicFest is being held at the National Library of New Zealand on Saturday, with a range of events on offer for the comic- and cartoon-mad on its 10th anniversary.

Called a 'music mag for the music mad', Newzician Magazine features profiles, interviews and photo spreads on emerging independent musicians across Aotearoa New Zealand - in print.

Massey University Professor Mohan Dutta joins Emile Donovan to examine the India elections.

Commencing this weekend, duck season is an occasion so big in some parts of the country, club rugby games have to be shifted to another day to accommodate it. 

Moa bones, obsidian and tools found at the site indicate people first arrived here as early as 1250 AD - the last land mass in the entire world to be settled by humans.

In 1972, the Victoria University students' association raised $2000 for the Vietnam War - but did it go to the Viet Cong for the purchase of a tank?

The former prime minister reacts to foreign minister Winston Peter's comments on AUKUS.

Futuromania: Electric Dreams, Desiring Machines, and Tomorrow's Music Today is a new book that traces the history of sounds that prefigure pop music's future.

Nights' resident Agony Aunt, comedian Courtney Dawson, is back and ready to answer your quandaries, your palavers, your misgivings.

Started in 1991, the Costume Cave on Wellington's Wakefield Street has long been a friend to filmmakers, theatre practitioners and partygoers in the capital and across the country.

Festival Open Christchurch returns this year with 50 open buildings for the public to explore spanning Gothic Revival, Christchurch Modern, contemporary and a range of uses.

This weekend, Sam Harvey is hoping to not only win the Dead Cow Gully race in Australia, but break the work record running continuously for 800km in 120 hours.

Stuff political reporter Thomas Manch joins Emile Donovan to break down some of the big political stories of the week, including AUKUS posturing and a tough political poll for the coalition government.

We've seen it in just about every American sitcom, but why don't we 'post bail' in New Zealand? And why is paying to get out of jail allowed at all in some jurisdictions?

BBC World reporter Pete Ross joins Emile Donovan to take a look at some of the events making headlines internationally, including local elections in the UK, protests in the former Soviet state of Georgia, and a forthcoming report from a Canadian government inquiry into foreign interference and spying.

Otago Daily Times sports reporter Kayla Hodge joins Emile Donovan to cover the rise in suspensions to start the ANZ netball premiership, the New Zealand Warriors' search for up-and-coming talent in the deep south, and profile some of New Zealand's most underrated athletes.

The mental health hotline Lifeline turns 60 this year, and they say financial pressure has never been greater.

Every eighty years, a nova 3,000 light years away called T Coronae Borealis spectacularly erupts, appearing as a new star in the sky. 

Justine has been behind the award-winning docuseries NZ Wars, and tonight she's been celebrating the premiere of a new season with a personal connection, Stories of Tauranga Moana.

Featuring new music from New Zealand band Ha the Unclear, a 2022 track from Adelaide-based band Workhorse, and the debut album from artist Mandy, entitled Lawn Girl.

Wellington NZ commissioned the creation of 20 bronze pigeons statues to celebrate the city's business community. But now, two of the statues have disappeared, leaving some Wellingtonians all aflutter. 

Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin is back with Short-Cuts for another week.

This Saturday, in the village of Waimauku, hundreds of guinea pigs will be gussying up to be named Mr or Ms Auckland at the Auckland Guinea Pig Show.

Morrine Martin is a trombone player with Rolleston Brass, and her son will be playing the Last Post on the trumpet at their local service.

The Online Cenotaph is a vast collection of old photos, beloved memories, diaries and records supplied by the public for all to access - from family members to historians and academics.

Henry Erdman designed posters for some of the biggest blockbuster films of the past decade, including Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017), Tenet (2020), and The Boy and the Heron (2023). But making his way in the industry required some creative thinking.

Locally, music festivals have pulled back to once every two years - or disappeared completely. Even the New Zealand A&P Show was on the brink of shutting completely after 160 years, saying that it was just no longer financially viable.