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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

10:30 PM.Tonight, a brand new single from Flying Nun indie rock band The Bats, Australian outfit Viagra Boys, and LA-based electronic artist SAADI. Read more Audio

10:18 PM.Their chief magistrate, Leah Honeywood, says she's just pleased Norfolk Island is being recognised as distinct from Australia. Read more Audio

9:40 PM.Nights' resident screen critic reviews Cannes award-winner Grand Tour (2024), Japanese hitman genre-bender Broken Rage (2024), and The Doors (1991) streaming on TVNZ+ in honour of the late Val Kilmer.

8:30 PM.Each year, hundreds of music lovers have packed into the backyard of 3 Fea Street in the suburb of Dalmore for Feastock. Organiser Steve Marshall dials in. Read more Audio

10:50 PM.The collectible toy Trolls - often butt-naked, spiky-haired figures - were once manufactured right here, in Tauranga. Damian Sutton is on a mission to collect them. Read more Audio

10:30 PM.Originally from Wellington, Darren Clark is nominated for one of the highest gongs in the theatre world for his composing work in the West End production of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Read more Audio

10:18 PM.Emile Donovan speaks to John Ballingall, an economist at Sense Partners. Read more Audio

9:35 PM.A new dystopian novel imagines Aotearoa as one of the last nations in the world with clean, drinkable water. Author Jacqueline Owens joins Emile Donovan. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Classics educator and enthusiast Ben Jackson takes Nights on a virtual tour of the Colosseum, the Parthenon, and the Pantheon. Read more Audio