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A tiny and rare native wetland plant is being trans-located to Taranaki's Rotokare Sanctuary in a unique homecoming of sorts. Gratiola concinna is nationally endangered and under threat from habitat… Audio

In Pocket Edition this week we reflect on Kim Hill's extraordinary radio career and the music she listened to while preparing for her Saturday Morning show. Maggie Tweedie interviews the living legend… Audio

In Pocket Edition this week grunge musician Kristin Hersh dials in from New Orleans. Ruban Nielson reflects on his family connection to Hawaii. And how his heritage has influenced the sound of Unknown… Audio

In Pocket Edition this week grunge musician Kristin Hersh dials in from New Orleans. Ruban Nielson reflects on his family connection to Hawaii and how his heritage has influenced the sound of Unknown… Audio

Fiji landowners accuse the government of pandering to mine developers; Funeral preparations get underway in Fiji for a church president; New Zealand places some checks on aid programme with Nauru… Audio

Read by Ngahuia Piripi and Maaka Pohatu. We're introduced to a range of New Zealand's birds through rhyming descriptions and their calls - from the friendly piwakwaka fantail, the playful kea, mighty… Audio

Greg Ellis talks about the origins of The Vance Fontaine Show, playing a character he's always wanted to perform. He introduces us to the band and describes some of the processes involved in… Audio

It's 25 years this month since the Montreal Protocol was introduced, to phase out the production of substances that were believed to be creating a hole in the ozone layer. Scientists say there's now… Audio

The Green Party is calling on the Government to introduce a capital gains tax on all property, instead of selling off state assets. The party's co-leader, Russel Norman says the tax, which would… Audio

In the 1940s, a casual after-school job drew Ian Young into watchmaking. He's now 80 years old and is still repairing everything from grandfather clocks to the tiniest timepieces. Ian introduces… Audio

Fiji will introduce a surcharge on plastic bag use at service station convenience stores from August. They hope to reduce that number by half the approximately four and a half million plastic bags… Audio

The author of a book about a controversial Solomon Islands attorney general says Australia's apology to him was weak; the Congregational Christian Church of Samoa has opened the new Jubilee Church on… Audio

Ann Kerwin joins us once again for some philosophical musings. Tonight she's introducing us to Alain LeRoy Locke, the American writer, philosopher, educator, and patron of the arts. Distinguished as… Audio

To mark 2019 as the year of the Periodic Table, RNZ Nights has teamed up with the MacDiarmid Institute to bring you Element of The Week. Tonight, Duncan McGillivray introduces us to the element Sodium… Audio

The government has acknowledged it has to restrict the numbers of new residents allowed to come to New Zealand, as those numbers show no sign of abating. Changes introduced this week are aimed at… Audio

Law commentator Simon Jefferson talks to Kathryn about the roll back of reforms introduced in 2014 that put the onus on families to resolve disputes among them by themselves, bold recommendations of… Audio