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9:35 PM.It's time for our weekly catchup with Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin. Read more Audio

8:30 PM.Every Friday on Nights, we look ahead to one of the many weird and wonderful events happening over the weekend. Read more Audio

10:45 PM.It's disappeared post-Covid, but for more than two decades, Napier man Hamish Jamieson was the man you needed to see if you wanted hitch a ride on one of these ocean-going freighters. Read more Audio

10:30 PM.Retired district court judge David Harvey says the proposed laws would mean the spontaneous nature of protest would be nullified. Read more Audio

10:18 PM.To share how we protect our sensitive information here in New Zealand, former defence and GCSB minister Andrew Little talks to Emile Donovan. Read more Audio

9:35 PM.Four years ago, an old Presbyterian church was saved from demolition. Now, it's a home for arts and music for the whole of Auckland. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.In English, why do we talk about "beautiful, little, red, American cars", and not "American, red, little, beautiful cars"? Read more Audio

8:30 PM.Co-owned by Cam Davies and Selina Wright, The Fat Duck, in the centre of Te Anau, was crowned supreme champion at the 2025 Estrella Damm Top 50 New Zealand Gastropubs Awards held in Auckland. Read more Audio

10:30 PM.Criminologist Yvonne Jewkes has helped design prisons in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand and is an advocate of prison architecture that is more humane and rehabilitative. Read more Audio

10:18 PM.Emile Donovan speaks to the chairperson of the NZ Council for Civil Liberties Thomas Beagle. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.We're travelling down to Dunedin to catch up with Claire Concannon, the host of RNZ's science podcast Our Changing World about the government's new Public Research Organisations, and celebrating the… Read more Audio

8:30 PM.A survey of 1,000 Kiwi 13-year-olds shows students actually prefer a somewhat strict teacher. Dr Kane Meissel from the University of Auckland's School of Learning tells us more. Read more Audio

10:45 PM.Julia Creek in North Queensland is in desperate need of a doctor, and applicants are being offered more money than the Australian prime minister to entice the right person to its patch of the Outback.

10:30 PM.Jeremy Gamble is part of the Te Aroha Paeroa LandSAR group that received the Supreme Award for Outstanding Operation for the rescue of a hunter in the Kaimai Ranges. Read more Audio

10:18 PM.Representation Commission chairman Judge Kevin Kelly speaks to Emile Donovan. Read more Audio

9:35 PM.Emile is joined by Professor Cliff Abraham who is a neuroscientist at the University of Otago. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Beloved Kiwi comedian Rhys Darby speaks to Emile Donovan about his brand new show, how he works on his signature impressions, and whether an American audience really 'gets' Kiwi humour. Read more Audio

8:30 PM.The price of gold is up 15% since Christmas and up 800% over the past two decades. Tony Coleman the managing director of New Zealand Gold Merchants and joins Nights to explain. Read more Audio

10:45 PM.Nights crosses over to our friends at the BBC to take a look at some of the events making headlines internationally including the snap election called by Canadian prime minister Mark Carney.  Read more Audio

10:30 PM.Bryan Waddle joins Nights to talk sports including the All Whites’ attempt to reach the 2026 FIFA World Cup and the recent passing of genuine rugby legend Grizz Wyllie. Liam Lawson has competed in two… Read more Audio

10:18 PM.Dan Brunskill is interest.co.nz's political and economics reporter based in the Parliamentary Press Gallery and was part of the PM's trade delegation to India. He joins Emile Donovan. Read more Audio

9:35 PM.Tauranga boy Sam Ruthe at just 15-years old has become the youngest person ever to run a 4-minute mile. Will a 14-year old accomplish the same, one day? Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Playwright, actor and mental health advocate Rob Mokaraka (Ngāpuhi and Ngāi Tūhoe) joins Emile Donovan. Read more Audio

8:30 PM.The painting Souvenirs from the Field of Battle by Charles Frederick Goldie was painted in 1890 when the artist was 20. The masterpiece sold tonight at Webb's Auction House. Read more Audio

10:30 PM.Tonight, featuring Bunchy's Big Score, The Lewis Express, and Lucy Dacus. Read more Audio