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The Russian Doping Scandal
8:12 PM.The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has unanimously agreed to ban Russia from major international sporting competitions -- notably the Olympics and the World Cup -- for four years over doping… Read more Audio
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Nights Astronomer - Alan Gilmore
7:12 PM.Former University of Canterbury Mt John Observatory superintendent Alan Gilmore joins us once again as we raise our gaze to the stars. Audio
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Tuia 250 Voyage
7:12 PM.The Tuia 250 Voyage flotilla arrived in Wellington last week. We took the opportunity to talk to flotilla kaitiaki Jack Thatcher. Read more Audio, Gallery
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Element of The Week Europium
7:12 PM.To mark 2019 as the year of the Periodic Table, RNZ Nights has teamed up with the MacDiarmid Institute to bring you Element of The Week. Tonight, Nadine van der Heijden, MacDiarmid Institute… Read more Audio
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Remembering Rick Bryant
7:12 PM.Nick Bollinger and Bill Lake join us to take a look a the life and work of the much loved musician Rick Bryant who died today. Read more Audio
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Habibi Funk
9:30 PM.We talk to Jannis Stürtz co-founder of Habibi Funk: The label dedicated to reissuing stereotype-busting sounds from the Arab world. Audio
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A Golden Age of History Study
7:12 PM.Professor Michael Belgrave, award-winning author and former research manager of the Waitangi Tribunal, now based at the School of Humanities at Massey's Auckland thinks we are living in a 'golden age'… Read more Audio
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The Toxicity of Tear Gas
7:09 PM.Toxicologist Leo Schep from Toxiform joins us once again to discuss the toxicity of the tear gas (o-chlorobenzylidene malononitrile -commonly known as CS) used in recent hot spots including Hong Kong.
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Nights Sport
9:10 PM.Peter Lampp is our sportscaster tonight. He casts his eye on dropping numbers in local Bowls Clubs, The Crusaders' new logo and he'll keep us up to date with the latest from the cricket. Audio
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Remembering Bob Hawke
7:12 PM.Sue Pieters-Hawke remembers her father Bob Hawke in her new book Remembering Bob. She joins us on the line from Australia. Read more Audio
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Element of The Week - Chlorine
7:15 PM.To mark 2019 as the year of the Periodic Table, RNZ Nights has teamed up with the MacDiarmid Institute to bring you Element of The Week. Tonight, Duncan McGillivray, MacDiarmid Institute Principal… Read more Audio
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Overseas Correspondent - Syria
9:35 PM.Mike Seawright from ReliefAid has recently returned from the Middle East overseeing the charity's latest aid deliveries in Syria. The team have been working day and night to help families fleeing the… Read more Audio
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Cultural Ambassador - New Zealand Hip-Hop
7:10 PM.DJ Stickey Fingaz, A.K.A. RNZ sound engineer Brad Warrington is back with another chapter in the story of Kiwi Hip Hop. Tonight mid to late 90's. Read more Video, Audio
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Ultrafast Star ejected from a black hole
9:30 PM.Astronomers have spotted an ultrafast star, traveling at six million km/h, that was ejected by the supermassive black hole at the heart at the Milky Way five million years ago. Associate Professor… Read more Audio
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The Culture of AI: Everyday Life and the Digital Revolution
7:12 PM.Sociologist Anthony Elliott - AI is not so much the future as a revolution already well underway, albeit one which is unfolding in complex and uneven ways across the globe. Read more Audio
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Nights Philosophy
7:12 PM.Nights' philosopher Ann Kerwin joins us to enlighten us about Denis Diderot, the Philosophe of the French Enlightenment. Audio
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Nights Sport
9:10 PM.Dana Johannsen joins us once again. Tonight she's taking a look at The Black Caps win in the opening test against England today and bringing us up to date with the All Blacks' coaching race. Read more Audio
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Oboist Russ Walder joins NZSO for their Shed Series Concerts
7:12 PM.The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra's final Shed Series concert for 2019 features the world premiere of three haunting works composed and performed by acclaimed American oboist Russel Walder who joins… Read more Audio
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Element of the Week
7:09 PM.To mark 2019 as the year of the Periodic Table, RNZ Nights has teamed up with the MacDiarmid Institute to bring you Element of The Week. Tonight, Nadine van der Heijden, MacDiarmid Institute… Read more Audio
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Overseas Correspondent - Antarctica
9:30 PM.Our Changing World's Alison Ballance joins us from Scott Base in Antarctica. Read more Audio
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Composition in Context - JS Bach's Christmas Oratario
7:12 PM.Pianist Rachel Church joins us once again to put a classical composition into context. Tonight it's a seasonal choice: JS Bach's Christmas Oratorio. Read more Audio
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The Hump
8:10 PM.The Hump is our Wednesday night Quiz Night where we take a dive into the archives of Nga Taonga Sound and Vision for some audio gems and we want to see if you can identify them.Tonight's prize is… Read more Audio
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Pakeha Settlements in a Maori World
7:12 PM.Professor Ian Smith joins is to talk about his new book, Pakeha Settlements in a Maori World: New Zealand Archaeology 1769-1860. The book uses archaeological records to give an account of the early… Read more Audio
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What happens as soil warms?
7:10 PM.Our regular soils expert Professor Louis Schipper from the University of Waikato is part of a group of scientist to recently recieve a Marsden Grant look at how biological systems respond to… Read more Audio
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Nights Sport
9:10 PM.Peter Lampp is our sportscaster tonight. He'll be casting his eye on Paul Coll from Greymouth reaching the Squash World final and asking if Sonny Bill Williams was the great he's claimed to be. Read more Audio