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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

8:30 PM.A Minecraft Movie is in New Zealand cinemas today - but Waikato District councillor David Whyte was lucky enough to see a preview ahead of the general public. Read more Audio

10:35 PM.UK researcher John Scanlan is fascinated by the idea of waste and has written two books on the subject. His latest, The Idea of Waste, tells the story of waste through human history. Read more Audio

10:18 PM.Associate Professor Sergio Biggemann from the Otago Business School says while NZ's length and low population density plays a part, there are many more factors that contribute to our higher prices. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Joshua Yuvaraj is the co-director of the New Zealand Centre for Intellectual Property, and a senior lecturer in law at the University of Auckland specialising in copyright and artificial intelligence.

8:30 PM.Emile Donovan speaks to career coach Tom O'Neil, the managing director of CV.CO.NZ. Read more Audio

10:40 PM.We look at its history, and some of the most famous April Fool's Day jokes, including the BBC's Spaghetti Tree story. Read more Audio

10:30 PM.Scott Marlow is head of service delivery at Public Trust and joins Emile Donovan to answer all your uncomfortable questions about wills. Read more Audio

10:17 PM.Studying Shakespeare is one of a number of compulsory requirements proposed under the new draft English curriculum. Shakespeare expert, Hannah August joins Emile Donovan to discuss. Read more Audio

9:35 PM.Associate professor in the department of food science at the University of Otago, Dr Graham Eyres, joins Nights to explain. Read more Audio