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8:45 PM.BBC World Service journalist Pete Ross joins Emile Donovan to take a look at some of the events making headlines internationally, including the BRICS summit taking place in Brazil, a forthcoming… Read more Audio

8:40 PM.For the month of July, North Canterbury is celebrating all things flaky, steamy and meaty: The Made North Canterbury Pie Trail will direct pie-lovers to over 20 local artisans. Kelly Lynch, of… Read more Audio

8:20 PM.RNZ sports whiz Jamie Wall joins Emile Donovan to debrief the week in sport. Read more Audio

8:10 PM.Professor of Public Health Grant Scofield joins Emile Donovan to discuss the effectiveness of Wegovy and Ozempic, and whether the funding settings are right - with a month of Wegovy estimated to cost… Read more Audio

9:25 PM.He's back, and no doubt ready to inform, educate and entertain us with an array of eclectic music. Read more Audio

8:40 PM.Nights' resident screen critic joins Emile Donovan. Read more Audio

8:20 PM.Zinnia Foster is Regional Manager for Hospitality NZ, and she joins Emile Donovan. Read more Audio

8:10 PM.Chief Economist at the New Zealand Initiative thinktank Eric Crampton joins Emile Donovan Read more Audio

8:07 PM.MetService meteorologist Brian Mercer joins Emile Donovan for an update and a look ahead to the weekend. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Nicola Gaston is Director of the MacDiarmid Institute and Professor of Physics University of Auckland, and she joins Mark Leishman. Read more Audio

8:40 PM.We invite on a member of New Zealand's literary community to reread a book they haven't read in years and share their experience. Read more Audio

8:20 PM.Our monthly trip to the ancient world, with classics educator and enthusiast, Ben Jackson. Tonight, we are in Rome looking at the transition from Republic to Empire. Read more Audio

8:10 PM.Ben O'Keeffe is one of New Zealand's leading rugby union referees, and joins Mark Leishman to talk about inappropriate behaviour from the sidelines. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Jane Groufsky is curator of social history at Auckland Museum and joins Mark Leishman. Read more Audio

8:10 PM.Professor Bruce Arroll from the University of Auckland's Department of General Practice and Primary Care is among those welcoming the move, and he joins Mark Leishman. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Mikaela Nyman's new collection of poetry, The Anatomy of Sand, is being published next month. She joins Mark Leishman. Read more Audio

8:40 PM.Locksmith Rusty Smith joins RNZ Nights to answer this question and more. Read more Audio

8:30 PM.Marie-Claire Andrews is president of Retired Working Dogs and joins Mark Leishman. Read more Audio

8:10 PM.Hato Hone St John's Andy Everiss and Leanne Tiscornia join Mark Leishman to talk about 'Giving Day'. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Researcher and author of The Stone Tower: Ptolemy, The Silk Road, and a Two-thousand-Year-Old Riddle' Riaz Dean, joins Emile Donovan. Read more Audio

8:40 PM.BBC World Service journalist Rob Hugh-Jones joins Emile Donovan for a wrap of world news stories. Read more Audio

8:20 PM.RNZ's sport journalist Jamie Wall shares his analysis of the All Blacks squad. Read more Audio

8:10 PM.The former Prime Minster and Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme joins Emile Donovan. Read more Audio

8:40 PM.Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin shares his thoughts on Elio (in cinemas), The Eternaut aka El Eternauta (Netflix) and In My Father’s Den (TVNZ+). Read more Audio

8:30 PM.Nights' resident sociolinguist, Associate Professor Julia de Bres is back to talk ... retronyms. Read more Audio