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10:45 PM.Pete Ross speaks to Emile Donovan about the latest in the fallout following Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky's visit to the Whitehouse, President Trump's tariffs on Mexican and Canadian goods… Read more Audio

10:30 PM.We're talking sport with veteran broadcaster Bryan Waddle who's had his eye on the Black Caps and their semi-final run in the Champions Trophy, Super Rugby and the future rugby's television rights… Read more Audio

10:18 PM.Emile Donovan speaks to Professor Brendon O'Connor from the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney about the dramatic altercation between Trump and Zelensky. Read more Audio

9:35 PM.Emile Donovan speaks to David Mowbray, president of the New Zealand Taxidermy Association, about the intricate process of taxidermy. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Legendary New Zealand writer Witi Ihimaera joins Emile Donovan to share about new mentoring opportunities for emerging Māori writers, run by group Te Kaituhi Māori. Read more Audio

8:30 PM.Nights resident film critic Dan Slevin joins the show to share his thoughts about the winners and losers at the 97th annual Academy Awards. Read more Audio

10:30 PM.Featuring music from Cat Clyde, Cameron McCurdy and Farewell Spit. Read more Audio

10:18 PM.While medicinal cannabis has been legal in New Zealand since 2020, only doctors can prescribe it, often making legal access difficult for patients. Read more Audio

9:35 PM.Nights' resident screen critic is back to review 2025's five Oscar-nominated feature documentaries, and Ricky Jay & His 52 Assistants (1996) streaming for free on the Internet Archive. Read more Audio

8:30 PM.Nights is heading to the nation's capital for its biggest free musical festival and street fair: Newtown Festival. Read more Audio

10:45 PM.The SPOTS survey is run by the University of Auckland in collaboration with the Burnett Foundation Aotearoa, and is open for participants until April 15. Read more Audio

10:30 PM.The SPCA, MPI and Police all play a part in enforcement, but overlapping responsibilities and under-resourcing of each agency means the mistreatment of animals goes undetected, research shows. Read more Audio

10:18 PM.But that's a drop from the equivalent data in 2013, which identified one in four people. Read more Audio

9:35 PM.'For Today' is one of the classic Kiwi anthems. The song's writer, Nick Sampson, joins Mark Leishman to reflect on a rockin' legacy. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.In the Garden City stands a 28-metre-high concrete wall with the entrance to aTimeZone video arcade at the bottom… and not much else. Read more Audio

8:30 PM.Following the city's October floods, Krystal Bren’s Clyde Hill home was red-stickered. Local auctioneer Ronnie Proctor is stepping up to raise money. Read more Audio

10:45 PM.Part of Wellington Fringe, 'Waypeople' is billed as an amalgam of ancient wisdom and lyrical jazz, inspired by the poetic translation of the classic Chinese text, the Tao Te Ching. Read more Audio

10:30 PM.Transporting New Zealand is looking at a world of change in road transport, including congestion charging, the need to transition to greener models than diesel, and the provision of new Interislander… Read more Audio

10:18 PM.Currently, the Crimes Act only allows people to make a citizen's arrest at night, but Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith says they'll soon be able to happen any time of the day. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.The host of RNZ podcast Our Changing World joins Emile Donovan to chat about a shake-up in predator-free project funding. Read more Audio

8:30 PM.Brian Gray spent thirty hours swimming 150 kilometres of the Waikato River to raise money for Starship Hospital. Read more Audio

10:45 PM.On this day in 1943, 48 Japanese prisoners of war and one New Zealand guard were killed at the POW Camp just outside the Wairarapa town of Featherston. Read more Audio

10:30 PM.The 29,000 kilometre pipe, which NZAero aircraft monitor, runs from the Gulf of Mexico through the US and into Canada. It's transported nearly 37 billion barrels of oil over the past decade. Read more Audio

10:18 PM.Dr Nick Thompson of the University of Auckland's school of theological and religious studies joins Emile Donovan to share insight into the time-honoured traditions that are laid down for the… Read more Audio

9:35 PM.NZ Blood Service's transfusion medicine specialist Richard Charlewood joins Emile Donovan to explain. Read more Audio