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10:45 PM.Sports writer Richard Irvine joins Emile Donovan to recap the Blues Women's strong win, a big week for European football, and some notable New Zealand sporting career exits (Annalie Longo) and… Read more Audio

10:30 PM.Dr Karen Attar is the curator of rare books at the Senate House Library in the University of London, and author of new book Books, Readers and Libraries in Fiction. Read more Audio

10:18 PM.Dr Nick Thompson from the school of theological and religious studies at the University of Auckland and joins Emile Donovan to discuss the steps to find the next Pope. Read more Audio

9:35 PM.Internationally renowned professor of cognitive neuroscience Dr Mark Williams joins Emile Donovan to explain. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Feijoa expert Kate Evans joins Emile Donovan to review Auckland fine-dining restaurant Forest's feijoa dessert, described as "fried whole like a donut and rolled in sherbet made from its skins, with… Read more Audio

8:30 PM.Journalist Fox Meyer has analysed nearly 10,000 wine bottles to see what the label can predict about the wine's quality and price point. Read more Audio

10:40 PM.A team from the University of Cambridge says they've detected molecules in the atmosphere of a distant exoplanet that, here on Earth, are only produced by living organisms like marine algae. Read more Audio

10:25 PM.Tens of thousands of priceless artworks, sacred Māori artefacts, and irreplaceable documents were ushered out of our cities over fears the South Pacific could become the next target of enemy attacks.

10:18 PM.We get the latest on the impact of ex-cyclone Tam as it batters the upper North Island. Read more Audio

8:06 PM.RNZ reporter Jimmy Ellingham watched today's parole hearing and joins Nights to explain. Read more Audio

10:50 PM.It's been a very exciting week for squid expert Dr Kat Bolstad, who was called on to verify the sighting of a baby colossal squid in its natural habitat hundreds of metres under the sea. Read more Audio

10:40 PM.In the past decade, the moving exhibition featuring 'giant' servicemen and women has recorded over 4.8 million visits. Read more Audio

Nikki Chamberlain, a senior lecturer at the University of Auckland Law School, warns the proposed changes could have serious consequences — not just for consumers and litigation funders, but for the… Read more Audio

10:18 PM.We get the latest on the impact of Cyclone Tam as it batters the upper North Island with Far North District Mayor Moko Tepania. Read more Audio

8:30 PM.Meteorologist John Law provides the latest updates on the wild weather affecting the North Island. Read more Audio

10:45 PM.Dr Samuel Mehr of Music Lab joins Emile Donovan to weigh in on whether playing classical music at bus stops will lower crime. Read more Audio

10:30 PM.Originally a boy from Southland, war correspondent Douglas Brass was a close collaborator with the Murdoch family and was one of the founders of national newspaper The Australian. Read more Audio

10:18 PM.Former banker David Verry is a financial mentor who has been volunteering with prisoners and ex-inmates for years. He joins Emile Donovan. Read more Audio

9:35 PM.New Zealand's own Lawrence Arabia (James Milne) joins Emile to discuss the delights and the quirks of singing with a 'Kiwi' accent. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.RNZ lifestyle reporter Jogai Bhatt joins Emile Donovan to debrief the winners from the biggest night in New Zealand independent music, the 2025 Taite Music Prize, held tonight at Q Theatre in… Read more Audio

8:30 PM.Kevin Bargent is the owner and instructor at Christchurch's Safer Driving Driving School and joins Nights to discuss the proposal to reduce New Zealand's practical tests from two to one. Read more Audio

10:45 PM.Pete Ross discusses the latest on US president Donald Trump's sweeping trade tariffs, Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will travel the Washington later this week to meet U.S., and Chinese… Read more Audio