NIGHTS on RNZ National 
with skipper. Bryan Crump & navigator. Robyn Rockgirl Walker

Tonight's rundown (Thursday)...

Rugby Analysis from Sri Lanka

Rugby Analysis from Sri Lanka Photo: David Scott

Return to Rugbyland

Return to Rugbyland Photo: Lightwood Books

7:12pm RUGBY ANALYSIS FROM SRI LANKA
the thoughts of Colombo based Kiwi ex-pat and author of Return to RugbylandDavid Scott, as we hurtle towards the final between Australia and New Zealand at this year's English-hosted Rugby World Cup...

7:35pm At the Movies with Simon Morris

8:12pm Windows on the World (international public radio documentaries) - Hanging Around

8:43pm NIGHTS Cultural Ambassadors
roster: Kate Mead (Contemporary Classical Music); Adrian Kinnaird (Comics & Graphic Novels); Miles Buckingham (Jamaican Music); Cliff Fell (Poetry); Kirsten Zemke (Hip Hop); Andrew Todd (Video Games); Fergus Barrowman (Jazz); Leilani Unasa (Pasifika); Paul Berrington (Electronic Music); & Chris Jannides (Dance)

CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL MUSIC
RNZ Concert's Sound Lounge host Kate Mead raises the baton on both contemporary classical music plus recent releases of old masters...

8:59pm NIGHTS conundrum clue 5

9:07pm Our Changing World

9:59pm NIGHTS conundrum clue 6

10:17pm Late Edition (a round up of today's RNZ news and feature interviews as well as Date Line Pacific from RNZ International)

11:07pm The Eleventh Hour: Music 101 pocket edition with Emma Smith

Inside Fat Freddys Drop's Bays

Inside Fat Freddys Drop's Bays Photo: Sarah Hunter

... nights' time is the right time...