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Amelia Nurse and D'urville
7:12 PM.The remote and beautiful island of D'urville is to be unraveled by Amelia Nurse.
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Nights' Science - Shaun Hendy
8:12 PM.Trump and scientists - disappearing data from EPA and Whitehouse websites, scientists are getting organised to protest Trump with the #ScienceMarch. Audio
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Kris Descovich: animal behaviour
7:15 PM.Kris Descovich studies animal behaviour and welfare, particularly of furry critters. She has also undertaken research on the behaviour and welfare of orphaned orangutans in Indonesia, and she's… Read more Audio
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Children programming robots
8:12 PM.My guest tonight is all about the future. Anna Ross, from the Imagination Station in Christchurch, which this weekend is holding a robotics day for children. Audio
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Nights' Culture - Hip Hop
8:15 PM.University of Auckland ethnomusicologist Dr Kirsten Zemke raps about hip hop music and culture... Audio
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Dennis Gordon Jelly Fish expert
7:12 PM.Time to take a break from the drylands for a moment and head to the beach - and something you often see washed up on one, especially at this time of year, jellyfish. Dr Dennis Gordon from NIWA is a… Read more Audio
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Nights' Overseas - Motoko Kakubayashi
9:12 PM.Palmerston North raised journalist now resides in Tokyo and works for University of Tokyo's Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, he'll be talking mask addictions, teenager… Read more Audio
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Uber & Alex Rosenblat
7:12 PM.Uber boasts its flexible hours and freedom - but is that the truth? Alex Rosenblat has been investigating. Audio
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Eric Crampton
8:10 PM.This week we're going to work through some of the economics of dating and marriage. Audio
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Lara Shepherd on the DNA of seabirds
7:10 PM.Lara Shepherd is a specialist in DNA - especially the DNA of seabirds, not just seabirds that live around New Zealand's coast now, but also ones long since vanished. One of those is the Scarlett's… Read more Audio
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Nights' Science
8:10 PM.Former University of Canterbury Mt John Observatory superintendent Alan Gilmore raises our gaze to the bodies floating in space. Tonight, cosmic radiation. Audio
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Scraps of poetry
7:10 PM.Laura Sullivan has been collecting notes, all the notes other people leave lying around. Providing a snapshot, sometimes a personal one into how others live. Read more Audio, Gallery
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28 years of Rainbow Youth
8:12 PM.The Auckland Pride Festival kicks off this weekend. Our focus however is on young members of the Rainbow community, which is where tonight's guest comes in, Toni Duder, from Rainbow Youth,which is… Read more Audio
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Reggae in NZ: from Africa to Western Springs
8:12 PM.Miles Buckingham shares the wonder of Jamaican music, concentrating on Bob Marley and his 1979 visit to New Zealand. Read more Audio
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Evil & Salvation
7:12 PM.Professor Paul Morris is teaching a course about evil and salvation this year. He gave us the low down on the evil part of his course, but what about the salvation part? Audio
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Nights' Overseas - Silver Tambur
8:12 PM.Turkey has offered to build a mosque in the Estonian capital - there is no mosque currently. Few words about the local Islamic community and people's attitude towards Muslims, especially in the light… Read more Audio
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Robert Hoare: Shining Light on Moths
7:12 PM.They are often seen as dowdy and dusty, but like bees, moths play an important role as pollinators. Robert Hoare from Landcare Research explores the variety of moths we have in New Zealand, and the… Read more Audio
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Nights' pundit - Kai-A-Miro
8:12 PM.Post Waitangi Day, Mihingarangi Forbes talks the media ban, Bill English's no show, and the potential future of a roadshow. Audio
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Diana Adams - family law for nontraditional families
7:12 PM.New York based Diana Adams is legal activist for sexual civil rights and nontraditional families. Bryan Crump asks her about the relationship choice movement, her work as an activist for family law… Read more Audio
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West Indian Carribean Fundraiser
8:10 PM.Matesha Ababa is the president of the West Indian Society. It's their 50th aniversary. So naturally they're throwing a pirate themed fundraiser Audio
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Nights' culture - Contemporary Classical Music
8:08 PM.RNZ Concert Sound Lounge host Charlotte Wilson on a couple of big musical birthdays; the NZSO is 70 and composer Philip Glass is 80. Plus a preview of the Adam Festival which starts in Nelson… Read more Audio
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Digital resurrection
7:12 PM.When software developer Eugenia Kuyda’s best friend Roman died, she and some fellow software engineers used his texts and emails to create an interactive Roman bot. Read more Audio
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Nights' Overseas - India
8:12 PM.Bangalore based author and journalist Shoba Narayan reports on a recently banned bull festival and the battle between traditional culture and animal rights. Plus, how the most cash-dependent country… Read more Audio
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Dan Salmon on the fishy business of Tuna
7:12 PM.Dan Salmon explores the dysfunctional and disturbing state of tuna fisheries. Audio
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Nights' Pundit - Economics
8:13 PM.Independent scholar Brian Easton on the distributional consequences of policy change and why they are often overlooked. Audio