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How the sacred month of Ramadan is marked in Aotearoa
10:18 PM.Those observing Ramadan fast from sun up until sun down in religious observance. Ayyan Ali is one of the many young muslims observing Ramadan - he is the president of the Muslim Students Association… Read more Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch
9:30 PM.Colin Peacock joins Emile Donovan to debrief the week in media, including a remarkable moment when several news events unfolded at once. Read more Audio
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Myth Takes: The Ides of March
9:20 PM.Our monthly chat with Classics educator and enthusiast Ben Jackson. He joins Emile Donovan on an auspicious time in the ancient world - the Ides of March. Read more Audio
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Wellington teacher releases debut novel
10:45 PM.Wellington teacher Stephen Tester talks to Nights about his debut novel Kiss Of Death. Read more Audio
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Annual moulting season leaves rare penguin 'highly vulnerable'
10:30 PM.The hoiho, one of the world's rarest penguin species, are now entering their annual moulting season, where they come ashore to lose their feathers and grow new ones.
Eiren Sweetman from the… Read more Audio
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How old is too old?
10:17 PM.New Zealand's Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier has been forced to resign due to a 50-year old law that restricts the age of the Ombudsman to 72-years old.
Andrew Geddis is a public law professor at the… Read more Audio
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Kiwi startup wins top prize at international toy fair
9:45 PM.Auckland-based Kotare Models has been awarded a prestigious "Model of the year 2024" medal at the recent Nuremburg Toy Fair. Mark Robson from Kotare Models speaks to Emile Donovan. Read more Audio
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Politics by Night with Glenn McConnell
9:30 PM.Stuff political reporter Glenn McConnell joins Emile Donovan to dissect the government's urgent first 100 days and the tensions surrounding New Zealand's law and order workforce. Read more Audio
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Shower Thoughts: How are phone numbers allocated?
9:15 PM.Listener Chris wants to know why no one has the phone number 021 000 0000? One NZ picked up the phone to tell us. Read more Audio
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BBC World Lookahead with Rob Hugh-Jones
10:45 PM.BBC reporter Rob Hugh-Jones joins Emile Donovan to take a look at the events making headlines internationally, including Russia's presidential election, and officials facing negligence charges in… Read more Audio
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Sports with Bryan Waddle
10:30 PM.Nights' sports correspondent Bryan Waddle is in the hot seat recapping New Zealand's tragic cricket performance, Joseph Parker's win in Saudi Arabia on the path to the world heavyweight title, and the… Read more Audio
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'Manipulated' photo of Princess Kate shows we can't trust what we see
10:18 PM.News agencies have been pulling the photo of the Princess of Wales over concerns the photo has been edited. Psychologist and AI commentator Paul Duignan says it's the latest bizarre event in a… Read more Audio
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'Biotechnology is all around us' - molecular biologist Revel Drummond
9:30 PM.New Zealand has one of the most restrictive systems in the world when it comes to gene editing - but that could be all about to change. Read more Audio
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Whakataukī of the Week with Stacey Morrison
9:15 PM.'Strike while the iron is hot' is the loose translation of broadcaster Stacey Morrison's chosen Māori proverb. Read more Audio
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Out Lately with Finn Johansson
10:30 PM.Featuring a new mega-collaboration hip-hop track, a brooding new album from multi-instrumentalist Linda Smith, and the first release from indie four-piece band Warpaint in two years. Read more Audio
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American lawmakers move to ban TikTok with new bill
10:18 PM.The bill focuses on threats posed by foreign-owned companies, and would force the Chinese owner of TikTok, ByteDance, to either divest itself of the popular app or face prohibition in the U.S. Read more Audio
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Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
9:35 PM.Nights' resident film critic, Dan Slevin, reviews a recent performance from 89-year-old legendary actor Michael Caine in The Great Escaper (2023) and Netflix-syndicated Australian thriller Secret… Read more Audio
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This Weekend: Swannanoa Country Fair
9:15 PM.The popular fair will be bringing in thousands of people and hundreds of stalls all to fundraise for Te Koromiko Swannanoa School. Read more Audio
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A forager's guide to mushroom season
10:45 PM.With the arrival of March, the nights are getting colder and the mornings are getting rainier: the perfect breeding ground for mushrooms. Read more Audio
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Arts and culture journal shutters over 'unsurvivable' funding environment
10:30 PM.Amidst the news that Newshub would be shutting down and TVNZ will be shedding 68 jobs to stay afloat, another part of our media landscape announced it would shutter. Read more Audio
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How to make sense of a 500 percent rates hike
10:18 PM.The Stewart Island resident's rates bill is just the tip of the iceberg. If local councils need more revenue, where else can they get it? Read more Audio
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I Was There When: Lange gave the Oxford address
9:15 PM.Almost exactly 39 years ago, New Zealand was thrust into the international spotlight by its then-prime minister David Lange. Dr Jeya Wilson was standing right by him. Read more Audio
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Dunedin mayor goes pink for international popstar
10:45 PM.US pop singer Pink played the first of three NZ shows to a 35,000-strong crowd in Dunedin last night - among them mayor Jules Radich. Read more Audio
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Kiwis' cocaine usage going up
10:30 PM.Usage of more common drugs like MDMA and methamphetamine have gone down slightly, according to the Drug Foundation's latest report. Read more Audio
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Children missing out on thousands of words due to screen time
10:18 PM.New research on how screen time affects children’s language development makes for sober reading. With family members now so often on devices, the average three-year-old could be missing out on… Read more Audio