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10:17 PM.Newspapers from 100 years ago predicted what the year 2024 would look like. Many of the predictions were wrong. But some were right. Read more Audio

9:30 PM.Indecent, AI-generated photos of the global popstar have prompted US lawmakers to call for action on the burgeoning new technology. Read more Audio

9:15 PM.Barbara Brinsley holds the esteemed title of aesthetics coordinator for the Dunedin Hospital and tells Nights about the benefits of having art on ward walls. Read more Audio

10:30 PM.Big wins in test cricket, the Phoenix's continued success in the A League table, and Lydia Ko's second-place finish at the LPGA Tour. Read more Audio

10:17 PM.While Aucklanders rub their extra day off in other centres' faces, Lewis Holden reckons provincial holidays should be written off altogether. Read more Audio

9:30 PM.Peter Tremain is developing a probe-style device which can be sent into the gut through our mouths to measure electrical signals. Read more Audio

9:15 PM.Hospitality operator and te reo Maōri advocate Anton Matthews says his favourite whakataukī is about valuing people who work in the public eye just as much as those who work behind the scenes. Read more Audio

10:29 PM.Finn's back for 2024, and no doubt ready to inform, educate and entertain us with an array of eclectic music. Featuring tracks from Lily Seabird, Faye Webster and Nia Archives. Read more Audio

10:19 PM.Last year, five friends saved a Waikaka pub from closing down by going in on the purchase together. Tomorrow, the Waikaka Royal Hotel has its grand reopening. Read more Audio

9:32 PM.Nights' resident film reviewer, Dan Slevin, picks up new cinematic release Perfect Days, A Thousand and One, and Christopher Nolan classic The Prestige. Read more Audio

9:17 PM.An all-star cast of drag performers will take to the stage tomorrow to pay tribute to a lesser-worshipped diva: pop singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey. Read more Audio

10:46 PM.Dumping on the newest workforce generation is nothing new. And now, says writer Josie Adams, it's millennials' turn to dump on Gen Z. But it doesn't have to be this way. Read more Audio

10:35 PM.The site of international intervention is a crucial shipping channel in the global economy. Read more Audio

9:58 PM.In the Tuatapere bush, a hunter thought they saw "a large grey bird" making a "distinct sound" on New Year's Day. Read more Audio

9:40 PM.Tram 24 was used as a Sunday School and even a haybarn after it was taken off the tracks in 1954. With 12 years of hard work, a group have brought it back to life. Read more Audio

9:17 PM.Toitū Otago Settlers Museum history curator Seán Brosnahan joins Nights to pay homage to Scotland's national poet, and perform the address to haggis. Read more Audio

9:16 PM.Emile Donovan speaks to a TVNZ cameraman who was there on June 14 1984 when the prime minister drunkenly held a press conference to call a snap election. Read more Audio

10:45 PM.A blobfish catching the bus. A goat and a possum arguing on the moon. A worm detective solving a ghost mystery. These are all possibilities in a new local game. Read more Audio

10:30 PM.Not every movie ever made has made it to streaming services. What happens to the off-beat, lesser-known or straight-up-bad films of yester-year? Read more Audio

10:17 PM.For Kyiv resident Iryna Zhygalyuk, the war with Russia is both a constant struggle and the background noise to daily life. Read more Audio

9:15 PM.Though often overlooked because of their gender, women botanists have made huge contributions to our knowledge of the natural world over the last 300 years. Read more Audio