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10:45 PM.A North Canterbury community's bid to become one of the premiere stargazing areas in New Zealand is a step closer. The Oxford Dark Sky Group has submitted its application for dark sky park status for… Read more Audio

10:35 PM.If you're struggling to find the right Christmas present for your gardening friend, look no further than the Soil & Health Association of New Zealand's first-ever calendar. It features everything you… Read more Audio

10:25 PM.A severe thunderstorm battered the Wellington and Wairarapa regions today with winds, hail, heavy rain and lightning strikes. The thunderstorm initially hit Canterbury this morning before moving… Read more Audio

10:18 PM.Despite the severe weather, tonight, behind the clouds, a rare meteor shower is taking place over Aotearoa. The comet 46-P Wirtanen orbits Earth every five and a half years, and for the first time… Read more Audio

9:45 PM.Pop culture heavyweights Barbie and Oppenheimer have swept many of the categories in the nominations for the 81st annual Golden Globes. Nominees for the awards celebrating excellence in film and… Read more Audio

9:30 PM.Many of Aotearoa New Zealand's iconic tree species are threatened with extinction and a new study says the traditional ways of preserving seeds might not work for all of them. The research has found… Read more Audio

9:08 PM.We all know dogs are man's best friend - but if we were to disapear overnight, what would happen to the estimated one billion canines around the world? Dr Bradley Smith. a senior lecturer at CQ… Read more Audio

10:45 PM.The BBC's Pete Ross with the stories making headlines around the world. Audio

10:25 PM.Scottish golf enthusist David Jones has played and reviewed courses all over the globe, from the United Kingdom and the United States to Dubai and Australia, and many places in between. Known as 'The… Read more Audio

10:18 PM.December 11 has been identified as the most-likely day for people to call it quits on their relationship. The date, falling just two weeks ahead of Christmas and the busy holiday season, is singled… Read more Audio

9:30 PM.Nights regular and electronic music enthusiast Paul Berrington introduces Mark Leishman to Vancouver-based label and music collective Mood Hut. Audio

9:08 PM.This week in sport, the Black Caps' against-the-odds test win in Dhaka, both of New Zealand's Sevens teams scraping short of the Cape Town final, and Japanese baseballer Shohei Ohtani's… Read more Audio

10:30 PM.He's back, and no doubt ready to inform, educate and entertain us with an array of eclectic music. It's Finn Johansson. Audio

10:22 PM.For those familiar with the topography of Dunedin, Mt Cargill stands high above the Southern city. A group of hardy souls took off from Bethunes Gully at the bottom of the peak on Friday in a new race… Read more Audio

9:47 PM.Night's resident screen critic Dan Slevin is back. This week he's got three watches for us, including a surprise final film from the Japanese Studio Ghibli master, A animated batman Christmas special… Read more Audio

9:33 PM.On Sunday what is possibly the Southern Hemisphere's largest playground will be officially unveiled. And no it's not in Sydney or Melbourne and not even Auckland - - It will take pride of place in… Read more Audio

9:08 PM.For one last time with her podcast picks on nights, here's Lynn Freeman. She's put together a bumper list for her final review of the year. Audio

10:30 PM.Golf's governing bodies have announced a change to the rules that govern golf ball design. The new rules are designed to combat the games ever increasing hitting distance. To find out how the changes… Read more Audio

10:18 PM.Most people have a family heirloom they've been trusted to look after for future generation. Very few heirlooms will be 150 year-old submarines. But that's the exact situation Pete Sparrow has found… Read more Audio

9:27 PM.Former MetService Severe Weather Meteorologist, Erick Brenstrum, joins us from the RNZ Wellington Studio to talk about what the weather events making an impact across the word. Audio

9:07 PM.Why do we remember certain aspects of the over others, and why does it matter? Those are the central questions behind a new book from historian, lecturer, and curator of the Auckland War museum Dr… Read more Audio

10:15 PM.A search is on in Southland after a Great White Shark parted ways from it's monitoring tag somewhere of the coast of the Catlins. And the public is being asked to keep an eye out for the valuable… Read more Audio

9:46 PM.Great news for fans of music journalism 13 years' worth of editions of Rip It Up - spanning 1986 to 1998 - are now available to read in full, thanks to a project from AudioCulture and Papers Past… Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Subscribers to Sky Sport Now and Neon got a bit of a shock this morning when they found out their price for those streaming services was increasing. But it's not just the New Zealand services upping… Read more Audio