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9:30 PM.Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin takes a look at the Doc Edge festival playing in Christchurch now before moving to Wellington and Auckland next month. He's also revisiting the 2016 comedy… Read more Audio

9:15 PM.Every Friday, we bring you some of the most interesting events and happenings coming up in Aotearoa this weekend - from the community fairs to the massive concerts. Tonight we're talking with Richard… Read more Audio

10:45 PM.With 14 days left until the UK goes to the polls it increasingly looks like the ruling Conservative Party will not only lose their hold on power after 14 years in charge, it looks like it could be a… Read more Audio

10:30 PM.New Zealand filmmaker and writer Barbara Sumner has just published her first work of fiction, The Gallows Bird, a historical novel about a young female convict who is sent to Australia in the 1830s. Read more Audio

10:18 PM.Heading into the Paris Summer Olympics, New Zealand's athletics team is looking strong than it ever has. Athletics commentator Hayden Shearman weighs in on how we came to have this impressive crop of… Read more Audio

9:30 PM.What can we learn about the Roman empire from a single pot? Curator and artist Glenn Barkley reveals the human touch in ceramics and why more people are drawn to the artform in 2024. Read more Audio

9:15 PM.Max Alexander grew up in Papakura, and has been living in London for the past 30 years. He's back in Aotearoa for the next few weeks to participate in Matariki and add a new section to his exhibition… Read more Audio

10:45 PM.Miles Astray is a writer and photographer who entered his photo of a pink flamingo, which appears to have lost its head and neck, into the AI category of the 1839 Awards, a prestigious international… Read more Audio

10:30 PM.You've probably heard of 'girl bossing' but 'girl-mossing' is the new social media movement Oprah Winfrey's getting behind. Snuggling into soft green moss isn't just a form of nature therapy, it… Read more Audio

10:18 PM.The comedy duo are bringing their show, Different Party, which parodies office life, to Auckland's Q Theatre later in late June. Read more Audio

9:15 PM.Paul Pascoe, senior manager of national accounts at Stats NZ, joins Emile Donovan to explore how much wealth New Zealand households actually have, and how much they're able to save. Read more Audio

10:45 PM.After a meteoric rise during the post-pandemic economic boom, the air has started to come out of the buy-now-pay-later market, with service LayBuy announcing it is appointing receivers. Read more Audio

10:30 PM.Along with ultimate brownie bake-offs and beer and chocolate pairing sessions, Chocstock is an opportunity for chocolatiers from across the Pacific to come together and discuss the region's burgeoning… Read more Audio

10:18 PM.Tracey Williams lives on the beach in Cornwall, where nearly three decades ago, a storm led to a cargo ship spilling masses of LEGO parts into the sea. She's been documenting her finds for years. Read more Audio

9:50 PM.The government is proposing removing resource consent requirements for self-contained dwellings under 60 square metres. Read more Audio

9:30 PM.Nights host Emile Donovan speaks to Stuff political reporter Glenn McConnell about scrutiny week in Parliament. Read more Audio

9:15 PM.Pharmacist Gemma Perry says some medications have a five-year shelf life, while others are only good for a week. Read more Audio

10:45 PM.BBC World's Jonathan Frewin calls in about the campaign period beginning for the French snap election, Thailand's former prime minister is to face trial on charges of insulting the monarch and… Read more Audio

10:30 PM.RNZ sports reporter and Nights regular Jamie Wall joins Emile Donovan. Read more Audio

10:18 PM.The Divorce and Separation Institute of New Zealand aims to regulate the industry, and protect vulnerable people from unethical practices. Read more Audio

9:30 PM.According to the Queensland University of Technology study, people detect happy faces faster, and people are more likely to rate 'feminine' faces as happy - even when those faces are not human. Read more Audio

9:15 PM.Melz Huata-Lucas is the Māori culture and identity programme lead at the Auckland Council and is helping organise the city's Matariki Festival which launched over the weekend. Read more Audio

10:30 PM.Finn joins Nights with an array of eclectic music. Read more Audio

10:17 PM.With over 30 different community editions, from Whangarei to Invercargill, Coffee News is a mainstay in cafes and eateries the country over. Read more Audio

9:30 PM.Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin joins us for some weekend recommendations. Read more Audio