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8:12 PM.MetService severe weather forecaster Erick Brenstrum joins us from Dunedin - and we're talking hurricanes! Audio

10:12 PM.This weekend sees the start of the ACC Paralympics New Zealand Open Day Series. Starting in Wellington with dates in New Plymouth, Auckland, Tauranga, and Dunedin over the next couple of months, the… Read more Audio

7:12 PM.NetHui is an open community event which takes a collaborative look at the issues facing the internet and it's users. The event is facilitated by InternetNZ who's Chief Executive Jordan Carter joins us… Read more Audio

8:12 PM.In May of this year, the French mathematician Michaël Rao announced that he had catalogued all families of convex pentagonal tiles that can be used to tile the plane. This resolves a problem that is… Read more Audio

9:10 PM.A weekly digest of correspondence. Audio

8:13 PM.Our native fish expert Stella McQueen joins us with revalations from the Cilliwung river in Jakarta and her local Pak 'n' Save. Audio

7:10 PM.Wednesday on Nights sees the start of a new 5 part RNZ podcast called Pants on Fire. Producer Duncan Smith joins us to explore the realm of lies and lying. Audio

8:12 PM.The top poets from across Aotearoa will battle it out in Hamilton on Saturday November 4th for the chance to be crowned New Zealand National Slam Champion with nothing but their words, passion and a… Read more Audio

8:10 PM.Ahead of Michael Keegan-Dolan's work Swan Lake/Loch na h-eala at this years NZ Festival, Nights' dance doyen Chris Jannides takes a look at the ballet Swan Lake - its history and its many… Read more Audio

7:10 PM.This year's annual White Ribbon campaign starts this month with the theme of Raise Our Sons and focuses on what fathers can do to develop their sons' respectful behaviour. White Ribbon Researcher… Read more Audio

8:12 PM.RNZI Senior Journalist Johnny Blades joins us with a closer look at some of the stories from the Pacific. Audio

7:12 PM.Teacher Ben Robson heard our discussion with the Mind Lab last week and although he doesn't disagree with the use of technology in our schools, he does have some concerns and asks are we helping or… Read more Audio

8:12 PM.There was a commemoration in Wellington today - and there'll be one in Israel tonight, to mark the centenary of the battle of Bersheba - or third battle of Gaza. In October 1917 - British, and Anzac… Read more Audio

7:10 PM.Dr Kiti Suomalainen talks about a new way to work out if solar panels will make dollars and sense on top of your home. Audio

8:12 PM.This weekend sees the worlds largest gathering of Huntaway dogs in the town of Hunterville. We get the definition of shemozzle from Chairman of the Hunterville Huntaway Festival, Shane Ratima Audio

8:12 PM.This week's cultural ambassador - back with more musical adventures from Latin America - Mona-Lynn Courteau. Audio

7:12 PM.Salvador Dali is the inspiration behind the new dance-theatre work, Lobsters, opening at Wellington's Circa Theatre this week. Director Miranda Manasiadis and musician and composer Lucien Johnson are… Read more Audio

8:12 PM.Motoko Kakubayashi joins us from tokyo with the latest from Japan - their recent general election, an impending visit from Donald Trump and the growing trend of Anime Tourism. Audio

7:12 PM.There's been some pretty nice weather of late and that's meant finally getting some laundry dried on the line. But what is the best weather for drying laundry? Metservice Meteorologist Tom Adams joins… Read more Audio