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10:30 PM.New Zealand is not the wealthiest country in the world. But it has one of the top-performing sovereign wealth funds anywhere. Chief economist for the NZ Super Fund, Mike Frith, joins Emile Donovan. Audio

10:18 PM.The case was brought into the spotlight by the RNZ and Stuff podcast Gone Fishing back in 2018. Co-host Adam Dudding reflects on the impact it's had on the case's outcome. Read more Audio

8:30 PM.Two Australian cookbook authors are in a dispute over claimed plagiarism of recipes for caramel slice and baklava. RNZ cookbook editor Kathy Paterson weighs in. Read more Audio

10:45 PM.The annual Vegan Chocolate Awards took place last night in Auckland, inviting chocolatiers from across the country to duke it out to see who can craft the best tasting chocolate without using a single… Read more Audio

10:30 PM.Amid tensions with their southern neighbors, Canadians have voted to return the Liberals to govern. Ashleigh Stewart discusses where to from here. Read more Audio

10:17 PM.Andrea Vance joins Nights to discuss Tory Whanau's mayoralty and the challenges that face Wellington City in the upcoming local council elections. Read more Audio

9:35 PM.Caroline Girdlestone speaks with Emile Donovan on what it takes to train animals for the big screen. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Since being recovered from the Stockholm Harbour in 1961, Vasa has garnered over a million visitors annually. And recently, a four-year project to preserve the hull of the ship was announced. Emile is… Read more Audio

8:30 PM.An amateur rocket, Meraki 2, launched from the grounds of Canterbury reaching space earlier in April. Its voyage marks many firsts including the first amateur rocket in the country to reach… Read more Audio

10:45 PM.We cross over to our friends at the BBC to take a look at some of the events making headlines internationally. Read more Audio

10:30 PM.Bryan Waddle joins Nights to talk sport. Read more Audio

10:17 PM.Emile Donovan talks to Dr Delia Baskerville, an Honorary Research Associate at Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education and an expert in the area of truancy.  Read more Audio

9:35 PM.University of Auckland PhD students Robin Milward Cooney and Arne Bruns join Emile Donovan. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Chef Joe McLeod (Ngāi Tūhoe)  joins Emile Donovan to share a whakataukī-a Māori proverb-that's meaningful to him. Read more Audio

8:30 PM.Chief Warrant Officer Andres Navarro from the Marine Corps Forces Pacific Band joins Emile Donovan. 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. Read more Audio

10:17 PM.Jock began working on war memorials in the 1980s and has been fascinated by the subject ever since. On the eve of Anzac Day, he joins Emile Donovan. Read more Audio

9:40 PM.Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin joins us for some Anzac weekend viewing suggestions.  Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Our resident science expert, Dr Julia de Bres, sociolinguist and senior lecturer at Massey University has been giving this some thought. Read more Audio

8:30 PM.Judge Debbie Lowrie joins Emile to share what makes a champion guinea pig. Read more Audio

10:30 PM.The Illegals is described as the definitive history of Russia’s most secret spy program, Read more Audio

10:17 PM.Rob Nichol is boss of the NZ Rugby Players Association and joins Emile Donovan. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Emile Donovan is joined by the brain behind Our Changing World, RNZ's premiere science podcast, Read more Audio

8:30 PM.Movie reviewer Daniel Rutledge joins Nights to share his thoughts on the issue. Read more Audio

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