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9:08 PM.Doctor Who star Christopher Eccleston will be meeting Kiwi fans in Wellington and Auckland in February 2024 for a special weekend-long fan event. 'The Lord of Time' will unite fans with some of the… Read more Audio

10:45 PM.The BBC's Sarika Unadkat joins Nights with a wrap of news making the headlines around the world. Audio

10:30 PM.It was a big week last week in the world of E-Sport That's because it was the week of the 2023 Microsoft Excel World Championships - the World Cup of Spreadsheets Nick Boberg is a financial modeller… Read more Audio

10:18 PM.A Dunedin baker is being called up to Paris in January to judge at the Bakery World Cup. Founded in 1992, the The Coupe du Monde de la Boulangerie is a high octane event, flour flying left right and… Read more Audio

9:50 PM.One week till Christmas now, and the big question is whether Christmas lunch will be inside or outside - how the weather will fare. To give us an idea of this week leading up to Christmas across the… Read more Audio

9:35 PM.Usually 50 years is a reason to celebrate - but for Women's Refuge New Zealand it means domestic violence is still a major issue. Ang Jury is the chief executive of Women's Refuge and she speaks to… Read more Audio

9:08 PM.For his final appearance of 2023, Nights' sports correspondent Bryan Waddle talks about his sporting highlights of the year. Audio

10:45 PM.Resident muso Finn Johannson joins Mark Leishman with an electic mix of new tracks, including Adrienne Lenker, Sevy, Carpet Dust, Badieh, and Stress Positions. Audio

10:18 PM.Tis the season to be jolly, and for some closing out the year, that can mean running the risk of hazardous drinking. But the most recent New Zealand Health Survey, released earlier this week, shows… Read more Audio

9:40 PM.Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin joins Mark Leishman to discuss the Roald Dahl reimagining 'Wonka', the 2022 film 'Confess, Fletch' following the deloved rogue journalist created by Gregory… Read more Audio

9:30 PM.It's just 10 sleeps until Christmas and the staff at Wellington charity Age Concern are taking it upon themselves to bring some festive cheer to isolated seniors in the area. On Tuesday 19, the Age… Read more Audio

9:15 PM.With summer upon us, it's worth reflecting on one of beachgoers' favourite items.

The bikini may be small, but it has a fairly large and radical history dating back to the anti-nuclear movement in… Read more Audio

9:08 PM.Kiwi aerospace company Rocket Lab has successfully launched a small Earth-imaging satellite for Japanese company iQPS at 5:05pm today. The launch was performed using the company's pioneering Electron… Read more Audio

10:30 PM.It's taken pride of place towering above Avondale's main street for more than 20 years. But it seems time is up for Dale the Avondale Spider, the Auckland suburb's beloved mascot. The five-metre-wide… Read more Audio

10:18 PM.For the first time, Australia and New Zealand's food safety regulator has deemed that meat grown from quail cells is safe for humans to eat. Sydney company Vow has passed the first stage of assessment… Read more Audio

9:45 PM.Antarctica and cricket don't usually go hand in hand. But the two will come together at Christchurch's Hagley Oval this summer with a special brass bell from Canterbury Museum's collection signalling… Read more Audio

9:15 PM.Former Superintendent of the Mt John Observatory above Lake Tekapo in the Mackenzie Country, Alan Gilmore joins us for his regular astronomy chat. Tonight, he's talking about the meteor shower earlier… Read more Audio

9:09 PM.The annual Meat the Need charity telethon The Big Feed, which aims to help over one million families in need, has just wrapped its 14-hour broadcast. Host and founder Wayne Langford re-joins Mark… Read more Audio

10:30 PM.Hayden Donnell joins Mark Leishman to dissect the latest media news, including the existence of a video of Wellington mayor Tory Whanau on a drunken night out, the new AUT media ownership report… Read more Audio

10:18 PM.'Up the Wahs', a bird advocate sassing British comedian John Oliver, and Nicola Willis asking of Grant Roberston 'how big is his hole?' are all quips that have been deemed defining of the year that… Read more Audio

9:30 PM.If you're in Tauranga this Saturday and looking for a bargain, you might make a beeline to Papamoa - more specifically, Butterworth Crescent and Coutts Street. More than 25 neighbours from the area… Read more Audio

9:08 PM.The Big Feed Telethon will be on air and on the phones tomorrow with the aim of raising over one million meals for families in need. Running from 6am until 8pm, the telethon is run by Meat the Need, a… Read more Audio