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Vera Ellen takes out the Taite Music Prize 2024
10:45 PM.TAHI co-host Evie Orpe joins Nights to debrief one of the biggest events in independent New Zealand music. Read more Audio
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From Iron Maiden to New Plymouth: Sam Jay's sewing journey
10:30 PM.She's been a tailor for the British police, a bridal seamstress, taxidermist, and even a set maker for the band Iron Maiden. Now, she's turning to her local community. Read more Audio
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Iconic Game Boy console turns 35
10:18 PM.While the Game Boy would eventually be surpassed by newer, faster and better consoles, its cultural impact was huge: even today, it's sought after by collectors, with original games and the console… Read more Audio
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Politics by Night with Dan Brunskill
9:30 PM.Interest.co.nz economic policy reporter Dan Brunskill has been following prime minister Christopher Luxon on his tour of southeast Asia and joins Emile Donovan to debrief. Read more Audio
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Shower Thoughts: Does peeing on lemon trees actually work?
9:15 PM.Is this old trick good gardening, or just a bit weird? Landscape designer Justin Newcombe says he's tried it - and it works. Read more Audio
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BBC World Lookahead with Rich Preston
10:45 PM.BBC World's Rich Preston joins us from London to talk about some of the major events making headline internationally, including a hearing on the legality of the UK selling arms to Israel, US Secretary… Read more Audio
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Sports with Bryan Waddle
10:30 PM.Nights' sport correspondent Bryan Waddle is back after a big weekend of sport and chats to Emile Donovan about the Blackcaps tour of Pakistan which got off to a terrible start, another successful… Read more Audio
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Ginette 'Lynn of Tawa' McDonald celebrated with new collection
10:18 PM.Ginette McDonald is an actor, writer and TV producer best known as the comedic suburban heroine Lynn of Tawa. NZ On Screen's new Ginette McDonald Collection celebrates McDonald's trailblazing career… Read more Audio
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Is it time to update our understanding of the universe? Some cosmologists think so
9:40 PM.Oxford University professor Subir Sarkar says over the past 100 years our understanding of how the universe works has changed dramatically as technology has improved in leaps and bounds. Read more Audio
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Whakataukī of the Week with Dr Hirini Kaa
9:15 PM.The manukura of St John's Theological College picks a whakataukī that means 'it is the job of the children to smash the calabash'. Read more Audio
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Out Lately with Finn Johansson
10:30 PM.Featuring a political track from Dunedin doom-pop two piece Night Lunch, a new release from Baby Rose and BADBADNOTGOOD, and Melbourne-based Cyanide Thornton's self-titled 2018 EP. Read more Audio
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Two hundred year anniversary of poet Lord Byron's death
10:20 PM.He brought forth the eponymous Byronic hero, inspired musicians from Liszt to Leonard Cohen, and despite a roguish reputation, he is still regarded today as one of the great poets. Read more Audio
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Update on Isfahan air strike
10:17 PM.BBC World's Middle East correspondent Sebastian Usher joins Emile Donovan for the latest on the reported strike on the city of Isfahan. Read more Audio
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Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
9:30 PM.Nights' resident film critic Dan Slevin joins Emile Donovan to review some top picks for weekend viewing, including Origin (2023) in cinemas now, Constellation (2024) streaming on AppleTV+, and… Read more Audio
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This Weekend: Rotorua search for the ultimate Oma's Appeltaart
9:15 PM.This Saturday, the Netherlands Society in Rotorua is hosting a competition to crown the 'Master Baker of Oma's Appeltaart', what they call one of the most comforting pies in the history of pies. Read more Audio
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‘Health Sensation’ food blogger shares cheap eats
10:45 PM.Bryer Oden joins Emile Donovan to talk cheap eats and her dislike of the online diet culture. Read more Audio
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New book details New Zealand's military and social history
10:30 PM.Those Who Have The Courage is the first book to bring the story of New Zealand's mounted and armoured forces together.
Emile Donovan talks to author and researcher Matthew Wright. Read more Audio
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Pillar 2 of AUKUS - should we, or shouldn't we?
10:17 PM.Tim Groser is a former National Party minister and diplomat who served as the ambassador to the United States from 2016 to 2018. He speaks with Emile Donovan. Read more Audio
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Why more New Zealanders are reading romance novels
9:30 PM.Frances Loo is the owner and operator of Chapters Book & Tea Shop in Auckland's Mount Eden and hosts a romance readers club. She joins Emile Donovan. Read more Audio
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I Was There When: Mount Ruapehu erupted
9:15 PM.GNS volcanologist Brad Scott joins Emile Donovan. Read more Audio
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How AI can help you be funnier
10:45 PM.University of Sydney researchers have developed an AI application using cartoons from The New Yorker to help people be funnier. Dr Anusha Withana joins Nights to explain. Read more Audio
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Explainer: How to become an art collector
10:30 PM.Where do you start? How do you afford it? And how do you find a piece you're confident you're going to love forever?Art expert Bentley de Beyer joins Emile Donovan. Read more Audio
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NZ developed video game to hit the big screen
10:17 PM.Black Salt Games Producer's Nadia Thorne and Lead Artist Alex Ritchie join Emile Donovan to discuss the success of the game 'Dredge'. Read more Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch
9:30 PM.Colin Peacock joins Nights to debrief another big week in the media. Read more Audio
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The challenges of collecting data
9:15 PM.Stats NZ's Mark Sowden joins Nights to discuss why collecting data in this country has been getting more difficult. Read more Audio