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Nights' cultural ambassador - Poetry
8:12 PM.Cliff Fell shares the work and life of Welsh poet and painter David Jones, whose modernist work tackles war and history. Audio
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New Zealand's Irish 'underground railway'
7:12 PM.Seán Brosnahan shares the stories of Irish Catholic conscientious objectors in New Zealand during WW1. Read more Audio, Gallery
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Nights' Overseas - Vietnam
8:10 PM.Bloomberg BNA reporter Lien Hoang on high profile visitors to Vietnam, a rare act of gun violence, bribery, and a spat with Korea over a film. Read more Audio
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Zen and the Art of Dying
7:10 PM.Zenith Virago is a self-described "death walker", her work includes demystifying death and encouraging open discussion. She's the subject of the documentary "Zen and the Art of Dying". Read more Video, Audio
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Nights' Pundit - Military History
8:12 PM.Historian and author of 'New Zealand and the First World War 1914-1919', Dr. Damien Fenton on New Zealanders on the Somme: The Battles of Flers-Courcelette, Morval and the Transloy Ridges. Audio
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Our Own Odyssey - Kenya
7:10 PM.RNZ reporter Carla Penman ran a marathon to raise money to donate while she was volunteering in Kenya. She talks about her experiences seeing Kenya through the eyes of a volunteer, but also the mind… Read more Audio, Gallery
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Nights' Science - World Weather
8:12 PM.This week's after dinner scientist is our man with the world's weather - Erick Brenstrum, severe weather forecaster with Metservice. Audio
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History - and the hardest word to say
7:10 PM.Professor Giselle Byrnes, Massey University professor of History, on asking questions of the past and when and how we say sorry. Read more Audio
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Nights' Sport - Roller Derby
8:10 PM.Mia Weatherall AKA Sweet Mama Mia, Mel Tait AKA Mel Practice, and Jo Moar AKA Gruvie roll into the studio to talk Roller Derby ahead of Saturday's clash between the Richter City All Stars and the… Read more Audio
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Nights' Culture - Jamaican music
8:10 PM.Singers: Lovers & Culture - DJ and toaster Miles Buckingham looks at Dennis Brown, Gregory Isaacs & Freddie McGregor, all massive stars in Jamaica by the mid 70s, who straddled the world of… Read more Audio
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The ethics of owning pets
7:12 PM.Professor Kevin Stafford, an expert in animal behaviour and welfare from Massey University's Institute of Vet, Animal and Biomedical Sciences talks about the debate on the ethics of pet ownership… Read more Audio
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Nights' Overseas Reports - Canada
8:12 PM.Journalist for Medicine Hat News, Peggy Revell reports from Canada. http://pegomancy.com/ https://twitter.com/pegspirate Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada... Tu 30 Aug 7pm [Wed 1pm NZT] prerec : rnz… Read more Audio
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The ethics of KiwiSaver funds
7:15 PM.Ethical investing for KiwiSaver providers following revelations some funds are going to cluster bomb manufacturers and landmine companies. Michael Littlewood is the former co-director of the… Read more Audio
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Nights' Pundit - Right Thinking
8:12 PM.Eric Crampton, head of research at The New Zealand Initiative, on why he thinks interest free student loans need to go. Read more Audio
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Our Own Odysseys - Dog Sledding
7:12 PM.Maria Grace shares her experiences working with sled dogs as a handler in Alaska and Svalbard. Read more Audio, Gallery
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Nights' Science - Teeth Talk
8:12 AM.The cost of going to the dentist prevents many adult New Zealanders getting proper care for their teeth. So why is it so expensive and what is the impact of unaffordable dental care? We ask Prof… Read more Audio
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Conscientious objection and dissent in the First World War
7:12 AM.Neill Atkinson, Chief Historian from the Ministry of Culture and Heritage, on the centenary of the introduction of conscription in New Zealand, and the experiences of conscientious objectors to World… Read more Audio
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Nights event - Little Shoppe of Poems
8:12 PM.Julia Charity, is with the Rotorua Mad Poets Society which is staging a number of events in the city for National Poetry Week. The series is called Little Shoppe of Poems topics]arts Audio
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Nights' Culture - Comics & Graphic Novels
8:10 PM.Adrian Kinnaird looks at the new Terry Teo TV series (based on the classic NZ graphic novel by Bob Kerr and Stephen Ballantyne from 1982, and original TV series from 1985) grabbed headlines: first for… Read more Audio
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Nights' Overseas Reports - Brazil
8:12 PM.Editor of the International section of Estado de Minas, the main daily newspaper of Minas Gerais, Pablo Pires Fernandes reports from the Federative Republic of Brazil. Audio
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Fashion Week : Sonia Sly
7:10 PM.Sonia Sly is reports from New Zealand Fashion Week. Audio
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Nights Pundit Philosophy
8:12 PM.Philosopher at large Ann Kerwin often muses on the ways we can and could think Audio
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New Zealand Fashion Week 2016 Episode #1
7:12 PM.This week RNZ's Sonia Sly dedicates her week to Fashion Week in Auckland. She'll have all the latest from the runways and the latest looks from our designers and all the gossip from day one. Read more Audio
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Nights' Science - Computer Science
8:12 PM.Prof. Mark Apperley from University of Waikato spreads out the silicon chips to expose how computers switch us on... Audio
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A Pacific perspective on American politics
7:13 PM.Dr Olivier Jutel from the University of the South Pacific discusses his observations on the American presidential election campaign. He believes that America is about to choose a president from the… Read more Audio