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9:35 PM.'For Today' is one of the classic Kiwi anthems. The song's writer, Nick Sampson, joins Mark Leishman to reflect on a rockin' legacy. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.In the Garden City stands a 28-metre-high concrete wall with the entrance to aTimeZone video arcade at the bottom… and not much else. Read more Audio

8:30 PM.Following the city's October floods, Krystal Bren’s Clyde Hill home was red-stickered. Local auctioneer Ronnie Proctor is stepping up to raise money. Read more Audio

10:45 PM.Part of Wellington Fringe, 'Waypeople' is billed as an amalgam of ancient wisdom and lyrical jazz, inspired by the poetic translation of the classic Chinese text, the Tao Te Ching. Read more Audio

10:30 PM.Transporting New Zealand is looking at a world of change in road transport, including congestion charging, the need to transition to greener models than diesel, and the provision of new Interislander… Read more Audio

10:18 PM.Currently, the Crimes Act only allows people to make a citizen's arrest at night, but Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith says they'll soon be able to happen any time of the day. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.The host of RNZ podcast Our Changing World joins Emile Donovan to chat about a shake-up in predator-free project funding. Read more Audio

8:30 PM.Brian Gray spent thirty hours swimming 150 kilometres of the Waikato River to raise money for Starship Hospital. Read more Audio

10:45 PM.On this day in 1943, 48 Japanese prisoners of war and one New Zealand guard were killed at the POW Camp just outside the Wairarapa town of Featherston. Read more Audio

10:30 PM.The 29,000 kilometre pipe, which NZAero aircraft monitor, runs from the Gulf of Mexico through the US and into Canada. It's transported nearly 37 billion barrels of oil over the past decade. Read more Audio

10:18 PM.Dr Nick Thompson of the University of Auckland's school of theological and religious studies joins Emile Donovan to share insight into the time-honoured traditions that are laid down for the… Read more Audio

9:35 PM.NZ Blood Service's transfusion medicine specialist Richard Charlewood joins Emile Donovan to explain. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.The name Cyril Callister may be unfamiliar, but the Australian scientist's work is not: Cyril invented Vegemite back in 1923. Read more Audio

8:30 PM.A survey of a thousand people commissioned by Auckland Airport has found that Kiwis are traveling abroad later in life, staying for a shorter period of time, and that London is falling out of favour… Read more Audio

10:45 PM.BBC World's Rob Hugh-Jones joins Emile Donovan to take a look at some of the events making headlines internationally, including the German election result, marking three years since Russia invaded… Read more Audio

10:30 PM.Nights' sports correspondent Richard Irvine joins Emile Donovan to recap a blistering win by Auckland FC over the Wellington Phoenix, New Zealand high schools' proposal to ban Year 14 students from… Read more Audio

10:18 PM.Plans announced yesterday would make the default answer 'yes' to any investments, and would condense the application process to 15 days unless they relate to residential land, farm land or fishing… Read more Audio

9:35 PM.University of Bristol neuroscientist Dr Dan Baumgardt explains what goes on in our brains to create pain - and why soldiers on battlefields can temporarily disconnect from pain to stay alive. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Wharehoka Wano, the chief executive of Te Kahui o Taranaki, joins Emile Donovan to share the tears, sweat and determination leading up to hosting Te Matatini. Read more Audio

8:30 PM.Despite being famous for debauched O Week antics and extreme flatting rituals, reports of couch burning at the University of Otago are at an unheard-of zero for 2025. Read more Audio

10:30 PM.Friday night regular Finn Johansson joins us with an array of eclectic music.

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10:17 PM.The Bug of the Year, New Zealand's most prestigious insect pageant, has announced its winner. Read more Audio

9:35 PM.Our weekly catchup with Nights' resident screen critic. Read more Audio

8:30 PM.A play based on the true story of Victor Penny is among the events happening across the country this weekend.  Read more Audio

10:45 PM.Jamie Newman is one of the chief merpeople organising the event and he joins Emile Donovan. Read more Audio