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9:35 PM.Dan Slevin reviews The Cats of Gokogu Shrine (in cinemas), Dìdi (Netflix) and Killers of the Flower Moon (Kanopy).  Read more Audio

8:30 PM.We're heading to the lower North Island for three motorcycling events with Rob Goulden, President of the Centurions Motorcycle Club. Read more Audio

10:45 PM.Would you ever think of making music by pressing your lips to a potato, blowing into a courgette or playing a pepper?  The London Vegetable Orchestra did. Read more Audio

10:30 PM.Patricia Karvelas, political commentator and host of Australia's Q+A programme, shares her insights ahead of the upcoming election. Read more Audio

10:17 PM.Dividing and unifying, the Treaty Principles Bill was defeated in the House today. Former Minister for Treaty Negotiations Chris Finlayson reviews its impact. Read more Audio

9:40 PM.Giants, ogres, vampires and shapeshifters. Award winning writer Nicholas Jubber explains why we need these monsters and what they can tell us about ourselves. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Are we responsible for our own actions even if they have been motivated by actions beyond our control? Read more Audio

8:30 PM.Lower Hutt mayor Campbell Barry, who entered local politics at just 19 and became mayor at 28, has decided to step down.    Read more Audio

10:45 PM.From crocodile jerky to bear meat: you may not have heard the acronym CITES before, but last year more than 6,000 items were seized and surrendered under its watch. Read more Audio

10:30 PM.Australian comedian, Heath Franklin, is bringing his show, "Chopper: The Last Hard Bastard on Earth", to towns and cities all across New Zealand next month. Read more Audio

10:18 PM.Today's government announcement mandating the use of woolen fibres in some new government builds and renovations is cause for celebration in an embattled industry. Read more Audio

8:30 PM.It's your chance to own a decent chunk of our political history. Palmerston North man James Pettengell is selling his extensive collection of Robert Muldoon memorabilia, or as he calls it… Read more Audio

10:45 PM.Could you explain the difference between a tornado and a hurricane? Read more Audio

10:30 PM.Mary Bumby travelled thousands of kilometres with two beehives to become New Zealand's very first beekeeper in 1838. Read more Audio

10:17 PM.One of Labour's longest-serving current MPs, David Parker, will resign from Parliament. Read more Audio

9:35 PM.Can your muscles actually twist into knots? Or is it something else entirely? Read more Audio

9:25 PM.The British Lawnmower Museum houses over 300 special rare machines and memorabilia as part of its one thousand machine collection.  Read more Audio

8:30 PM.They're known as "The band from Wellington New Zealand" - but Aotearoa Music Award-nominated DARTZ say they are moving to Melbourne. Read more Audio

10:45 PM.Nights speaks to BBC World Service reporter Rob Hugh-Jones about the big stories making the headlines globally. Tonight he's taking a look at the economic fallout from President Trump's tariffs… Read more Audio

10:30 PM.Writer and sports fan Richard Irvine joins Emile Donovan to speak about what's been happening in the world of sport. Read more Audio

10:18 PM.New Zealand had its worst day in the share market since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic today, while other countries had even greater falls with billions of dollars lost in a matter of hours. Read more Audio

9:35 PM.Sir Peter Gluckman served as the chief science advisor to three Prime Ministers, from 2009 to 2018. He is the managing trustee of thinktank Koi Tū the Centre for Informed Futures, which has just been… Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Jacinta Ruru is the Deputy Vice-Chancellor Māori and a Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Otago. Read more Audio

8:40 PM.Electoral law expert Andrew Geddis weighs in on new billboards from the Sensible Sentencing Trust - attributed at the very bottom of the billboards, in very small font. Read more Audio

8:30 PM.Matt Wiseman owns over 250 ties, and his favourite knot is the half Windsor. He joins Emile Donovan to explain why the tie is a unisex fashion hack. Read more Audio