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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

10:30 PM.Ash Watson is a senior lecturer at the University of New South Wales Sydney, and she joins Emile Donovan. Read more Audio

10:17 PM.Former Defence Minister, Wayne Mapp joins Emile Donovan to discuss the situation. Read more Audio

9:35 PM.Professor Martin Wilkinson is the author of the book, The Ethics of Public Health Paternalism, published by Oxford University Press. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Who names colours, are there colours left to name? Nick Nightingale, the managing director of Resene paints joins Emile Donovan to answer these questions and more Read more Audio

8:30 PM.Public law professor, and parliament watcher, Andrew Geddis joins Emile Donovan to explain the issues around Parliament's standing orders. Read more Audio

10:45 PM.Professor Al Gillespie joins Emile Donovan to explain why he thinks it’s an issue we can’t ignore. Read more Audio

10:30 PM.Michael Bunce is the director of their ocean research division, Oceanomics, and a world-leading geneticist and he joins Emile Donovan. Read more Audio

10:17 PM.The Spinoff's Wellington editor, Joel Macmanus joins Emile Donovan to discuss on the ongoing. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Emile Donovan talks to Tim Gibson about how he used AI technology to produce an award-winning ad. Read more Audio

8:30 PM.Lecturer at the University of Canterbury's School of Product Design, Mark Rickerby joins Emile Donovan to discuss what we can learn from New Zealand built computer from the eighties. Read more Audio

10:45 PM.Curator at at Te Uru gallery in Auckland James Gatt joins Emile Donovan to talk about the exhibition of photographs and videos by 41 women artists and collectives from Aotearoa and Australia,  Read more Audio

10:30 PM.Sports journalist Richard Irvine joins Emile Donovan to talk about the big winners of the night. Read more Audio

9:35 PM.Master Electricians senior technical tutor Raymond Tancrel joins Emile Donovan to explain. Read more Audio