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9:15 PM.In 2021, a largely-unknown company was given $500,000 by the Ministry of Culture and Heritage. Three years later, there are still more questions than answers about Narrative Muse.  Read more Audio

10:45 PM.It's one of the few ways victims of crime are captured as a group in New Zealand, even reaching victims who never reported a crime to police. Read more Audio

10:30 PM.Millions in Florida are facing the full force of Hurricane Milton as it continues to tear its way through the state.  Read more Audio

10:18 PM.Today, divided Wellington councillors voted nine to seven against the sale of its 34% stake in Wellington Airport after months of controversy. Read more Audio

9:40 PM.Kathleen Jamie is a poet and non-fiction writer who has just completed her time as The Makar or National Poet for Scotland. She's now in Dunedin on a writing fellowship. Read more Audio

9:15 PM.David Squire, the choir's musical director, joins Emile to preview the celebrations.  Read more Audio

10:45 PM.Emile Donovan chats to RNZ Concert's Clarissa Dunn about some of her favourite picks by women composers. Read more Audio

10:30 PM.New Zealander Tom Neale spent a total of 16 years living alone on a remote atoll in the Cook Islands. The newly republished edition of his book includes his daughter Stella's side of the story. Read more Audio

10:18 PM.A recent poll of social service providers suggests those numbers are even higher. Read more Audio

9:15 PM.Homer is famous for his Iliad and Odyssey - but was Homer one person, or many people? Or was she a woman? Or did Homer ever really exist at all? Read more Audio

10:45 PM.Emeritus Professor Gisela Kaplan from the University of New England is an expert in animal behaviour, and also literally wrote the book on Australian magpies. Read more Audio

10:30 PM.Alex Scott is an illustrator and editor who spent nine years as a cartoonist at the New Zealand Listener. Her new graphic novel, Episodes, is inspired by days spent in front of the TV as a kid. Read more Audio

10:18 PM.Coastal science Professor Chris Battershill, who helped lead the Rena cleanup and recovery, says speed will be of the essence as salvage crews attempt to stop fuel leaking from the sunken naval ship.

9:45 PM.Emile Donovan chats to interest.co.nz reporter Dan Brunskill to talk about what made it onto the Government's fast track list, what we can expect from the Reserve Back at tomorrow's official cash rate… Read more Audio

9:35 PM.Music101's Charlotte Ryan beams in from the St James Theatre in Wellington for an update on the country's biggest night in songwriting. Read more Audio

9:15 PM.Former prime minister and former administrator of the United Nations Development Programme Helen Clark joins Emile Donovan to explain. Read more Audio

10:45 PM.The BBC's Rob Hugh-Jones joins Emile to look at international headlines - including events in the Middle East, the upcoming Nobel Peace Prize announcement, and the impending US elections which are… Read more Audio

10:18 PM.Mike Seawright, executive director and founder of New Zealand aid group ReliefAid, shares the difficulties of getting food, water and medical supplies into Gaza one year into the war in the Middle… Read more Audio

9:30 PM.A Montana man has been fined $20,000 USD and sent to jail for six months after cloning a giant Kyrgystani sheep and selling its offspring to be used for trophy hunting.  Read more Audio

9:15 PM.Dr Peter Keegan (Waikato-Maniapoto, Ngāti Porou) has self-published a book, Ko te Torotoro i te Whenua o Īnia, which explores his travels to India over the past 30 years. Read more Audio

10:30 PM.Tonight, Finn's bringing tracks from Spring Silver, Laura Marling and Hanai Rani.  Read more Audio