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Song forThe Road - Ian 'Belly' McQueen
8:10 PM.We're talking to some night time drivers about the music that keeps them trucking. Audio
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Jarod Holt is going up in the world
7:12 PM.Singer Jarod Holt joins us to talk about making the move from baritone to tenor. Audio
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Overseas Correspondent - Scotland
9:30 PM.Making his debut as our overseas correspondent from Scotland, Andrew Learmonth, political reporter for The National newspaper. Audio
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Materials: Fact of Fiction - Mithril
7:35 PM.MacDiarmid Institute Associate Investigator and Senior Scientist at the Robinson Research Institute of Victoria University of Wellington Chris Bumby gives us his scietific take on Mithril from Lord of… Read more Audio
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Cultural Ambassador - Electronic Music
7:12 PM.Paul Berrington has been digging intot the electronic music vauts again and joins us with some of his best picks. Audio
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Measuring a Welcome
9:30 PM.Just how welcoming is New Zealand? We're joined by Humanities head at Massey and applied linguistics professor Cynthia White who has been researching the effectiveness of the Welcoming Communities… Read more Audio
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Novelist Elizabeth Knox on Imagination
7:12 PM.Novelist Elizabeth Knox recently made a speech the New Zealand Festival of the Arts' Writers Programme 2020 about imagination. She joins us to tell us more. Audio
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Transition Engineering
7:12 PM.University of Canterbury mechanical engineering Professor Susan Krumdieck makes her debut as a Nights regular pundit. Tonight she takes a look at if and how how covid-19 might affect the transition to… Read more Audio
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Nights Sport - Dana Johannsen
9:11 PM.I feel like there is only one sports story in town at the moment. The impacts of Covid-19 are very much being felt the sporting arena, with virtually every sport affected in some way. Dana Johannsen… Read more Audio
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Classical influences on the poetry of Aotearoa
7:10 PM.The translation and imitation of Latin poets has been a consistent feature of modern New Zealand poetry in English. Working with The University of Canterbury's Teece Museum. Professor Harrison, Fellow… Read more Audio
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Overseas Correspondent - Sudan
9:30 PM.Reem Abbas joins us once again from Sudan bringing us up to date on the assassination attempt on Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and it's global context. Read more Audio
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Nights Science - Mad Honey
7:35 PM.Rhododendron and similar plants, contain toxic chemicals called grayanotoxins. These toxins can accumulate in honey, particularly around the Black Sea region of Turkey. Leo Schepp from Toxinform joins… Read more Audio
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Cultural Ambassador - South Auckland
7:12 PM.Artist and photographer, Ramyond Sagapolutele joins us once again with an eye on the life, art and culture of South Auckland. Read more Audio
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Plan to increase access to free and low-cost legal services
9:10 PM.A new research report from the University of Otago Legal Issues Centre (UOLIC) recommends ten steps to help New Zealand's law profession deliver more free services to people caught in New Zealand's… Read more Audio
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Sofa Session - Pangaea
7:10 PM.Pangaea, kiwi folk and Indian classical fusion outift are currently on tour in Aotearoa popped into the studio to record a sofa session. Read more Audio
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Urban Huts
9:45 PM.Inspired by iconic huts of rural and alpine Aotearoa, a collection of handcrafted structures have been popping up around the Wellington Region. The Urban Hut Club is a new project for the 2020 NZ… Read more Audio
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How to be good
7:12 PM.Nights' favourite philosopher, Ann Kerwin joins us once again. Tonight she discusses how to be good. Read more Audio
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Pacific sports with Vinnie Wylie
9:21 PM.Tonight's Sportscaster is RNZ Pacific's Vinnie Wylie for a look at what's going on in sporting codes across the Pacific ocean. He's been covering Vanuatu's Olympic hopes, Tahiti's hosting role in the… Read more Audio
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Song for the road - Prue Younger
8:08 PM.Tonight's song for the road is chosen by Prue Younger, Chief Executive of Forestry Industry Contractors Association (FICA). Audio
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The teardrop explodes: mini-caravans booming in popularity
7:10 PM.Teardrop caravans have experienced a huge revival in Aotearoa recently as people have got involved in building and renovating their own compact campers. Read more Audio, Gallery
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Golden Shears Celebrates 60 Years
8:10 PM.We catch up with Doug Laing, the Media Officer for Shearing Sports of New Zealand to get the latest from Masterton. Audio
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Overseas Correspondent
9:30 PM.William Yang joins us once again from Taipei with the latest news from Taiwan. Audio
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Materials: Fact or Fiction - Axonite
7:35 PM.Professor Bill Williams, MacDiarmid Institute Principal Investigator and Professor in Biophysics and Soft Matter at Massey University discusses Axonite from Dr Who - A 'thinking' material that can… Read more Audio
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Cultural Ambassador - Jazz
7:12 PM.Fergus Barrowman is in the studio once again with his top picks from the world of jazz. Tonight's playlist: Unwind (Meehan, Chisholm, Dyne, Dyne), Saffron (Rattle, 2020) Dave Holland, Zakir Hussain &… Read more Video, Audio
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Being Māori in the classical music world
9:30 PM.Ruby Solly wrote an article earlier this week in E-Tangata about being Māori in the classical music world. Ruby joins us along with musician Tama Waipara and Maori language lecturer Vini Olsen-Reeder.
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