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Tune in to Nights with Emile Donovan every weekday from 8pm to midnight for a delectable buffet of creative ideas, open-minded conversations, music, musings and daily stimulation.
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Former Olympian and NZ Chef de Mission speaks out on new gender rules
Emeritus Professor Dave Gerrard joins Emile Donovan to discuss the decision by the International Olympic Committee.
Shower Thoughts: How do you review an album?
RNZ music journalist and producer Tony Stamp joins Emile Donovan to explain.
The pros and cons of single-sex state schools
Education researcher Michael Johnston from the NZ Initiative joins Emile Donovan to discuss the decision not to build any new single-sex state school...
Investigative journalist on quashing of David Tamihere's double-murder convictions
Mike White is an investigative journalist who has been following this case through the years. He is a senior writer for The Post and the Sunday Star T...
Sports with Richard Irvine
Writer and sports fan Richard Irvine joins Emile Donovan to talk about what's been happening in the world of sport.
Willow shortage prompts change in cricket bat rules
New Zealand’s and possibly the world's premier bat maker, James Laver of Laver & Wood joins Emile Donovan.
Call for free public transport to ease fuel demand
The University of Auckland's Dr Timothy F. Welch joins Emile Donovan,
Clean Up Begins in Far North
It has been a very tough few days for communities in the far north of the country, with some areas receiving around two and a half months' worth of ra...
The Secret Behind 30 Years of Theatre Success
Jacob Rajan is an actor, theatre maker and all-round creative force.
He’s back at it again time returning to the stage in Balloon Dog, a deeply...
The Weekend: Phyllis Symons grave visit at Karori Cemetery
On June 26, 1931, 17-year-old Phyllis Symons was murdered and buried beneath the construction site of what would become Wellington’s Mt Victoria Tunne...
Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
Nights’ resident screen critic, Dan Slevin, takes a look at horror films including Alexandra Heller-Nicholas’ book 1000 Women in Horror which has been...
Out Lately with Finn Johansson
He's back, and no doubt ready to inform, educate and entertain us with an array of eclectic music.
It's Finn Johansson
The book club for men
Lucas Oakeley is one of the organisers of something called the boys book club - which provides reading ideas and community for men in the UK and aroun...
The mysterious broadcast which started after the first US and Israeli strikes on Iran
V32 is a station sending numbers in the Persian (aka Farsi) language which began broadcasting just hours after the first US and Israeli strikes on Ira...
Politics with Natalia Albert
Political scientist and regular Nights' contributor Natalia Albert looks at what Labour needs to do to win the upcoming general election.
Meta and Google found liable in social media addiction trial
A New Mexico jury has ordered Meta to pay $375m US after it found the company misled consumers about the safety of its platforms.
Far North weather update
Emile gets an update on the weather from MetService meterologist Mmathapelo Makgabutlane gets the latest from Far North Mayor Moko Tepania.
European correspondent Christian Smith
Christian Smith dials in from London with news of a chasm between Hungary and the rest of the European Union.
Midweek Mediawatch
Colin Peacock joins Emile Donovan to debrief the week in media news including the response to the Middle East conflict.
Will in-person exams put a stop to AI cheating?
University of Canterbury associate sociology professor Dr Mike Grimshaw discusses what problems this will solve.
After Oscar Success Is It Time We Took Horror Seriously
One of the biggest winners at this year's Academy Awards wasn't a rising star, or a veteran filmmaker finally getting their due . . . It was horror, s...
Why is American Butter White?
Butter is a simple food. So why is the appearance of American butter - both on our supermarket shelves and the product itself - causing such a stir? B...
Shower Thoughts
Shower Thoughts -- this is where we find an expert to answer your curious questions about the world and how it works. And tonight, we're prying open t...
Rock and Roll's Greatest Failure
British musician John Otway has played over five thousand gigs and has had two hit records. Known for his self-effacing humour, John has just arrived...
Are Drones the Future of Warfare?
Josh Wineera is a defence and industrial strategist and previously a Massey University lecturer on regular warfare. He speaks to Emile Donovan.
The Impact of Screen Time in Bed on Young Adults
Are phones really keeping our teens up late at night? That's a question keeping our next guest, Otago University Health Sciences Professor Rachael Tay...
Sports with Richard Irvine
The latest sports news from here, including wins for The Warriors, Hurricanes and Phoenix, plus the Black Caps head to Australia for a four-test serie...
Small Histories with Emma Kay
It's a Monday night, which means it's time to dive into history with Nights' resident historian, Emma Kay. Emma runs Small Histories of New Zealand, d...
When House Plants Go Rogue
Monstera is just the latest in a line of species - about 20 new ones every year - that escape and often wreak havoc on our fragile ecosystems.
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Can Treasury Hold its Nerve During the Oil Crisis?
The ongoing Middle East conflict could be a long and costly economic problem - yet the Covid Inquiry warned about economic overstimulation in times of...
Were there two St Patricks?
Millions of people around the world celebrated St Patrick's Day earlier this week, but do we really know much about his life? Well some scholars, beli...
The slow death of the magazine
Today, an icon of the scene — Auckland’s Metro magazine — announced it is pausing its print edition and moving fully digital.
So what does this...
Out Lately with Finn Johansson
He's back, and no doubt ready to inform, educate and entertain us with an array of eclectic music.
It's Finn Johansson
The Weekend: Thames Vintage Bottle and Collector's Club
Every Friday Night we take a look around Aoteroa for some of the curious events happening around the country.
And tonight were heading to Thame...
Inside Wellington's new library
This past weekend, the brand new, revamped, Wellington Central Library - Te Matapihi ki te Ao Nui - reopened to much public fanfare, with over eleven-...
The Museum of Broken Relationships
Every few weeks Nights is putting a foot in the door of some of the weirdest and most wonderful museums the world has on offer. Tonight's museum explo...
Why are our young people so unhappy?
The World Happiness Report just dropped for 2026 - it's an annual study that looks at wellbeing of people right around the globe. It found that while...
Southland's New Data Centre
A new $3.5 billion data centre planned near Invercargill has certainly got people talking. It will be the second-largest power user in the country, bu...
Paul Bremer's Iraq Emails
It's been more than 20 years since the invasion of Iraq by the 'coalition of the willing', led by the United States. While the country is no longer at...
What are fauxpologies?
Nights' resident sociolinguist Julia de Bres joins Emile -- associate professor at Massey University. Tonight's chat is all about apologising ... when...