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10:45 PM.Chris du Plessis is trying to track down a 1950s Hohner Verdi Piana accordion which was passed down in his family until it went missing in the 1980s. Read more Audio

10:30 PM.The idea is part of a pitch called Empower Aotearoa, which recently won the GHD Smart Seeds innovation challenge in Auckland. Read more Audio

10:18 PM.A court interpreter helps people who find it hard to speak or understand English participate in a court or tribunal hearing - like the accused in the Yanfei Bao murder trial. Read more Audio

9:40 PM.Emile Donovan chats to interest.co.nz reporter Dan Brunskill to talk about what the latest political polling says about voters' view of the government, why the latest appointments to the Waitangi… Read more Audio

9:15 PM.There are deadline sales, tenders, by negotiation, offers over or price plus, and of course auctions. Veteran real estate agent Andy Stewart takes Emile Donovan through the strengths and weaknesses. Read more Audio

10:30 PM.Tonight, he's got new music from Panda Bear, Halloween-inspired tracks from Thee Golden Geese and something fresh from the band White Poppy. Read more Audio

10:18 PM.Irish clinical pharmacist Brian Cleary found the story, Gibbet Hill, pressed in a newspaper supplement from the Christmas of 1890. Read more Audio

9:35 PM.Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin joins Emile Donovan to chat about Lee the biography of the photographer Lee Miller, The Adjustment Bureau starring Matt Damon and some rare gems from NZ Film… Read more Audio

9:15 PM.Thousands are expected to turn out to the beach town of Raglan for the 14th year of the Raglan Art Weekend. Read more Audio

10:45 PM.A venture that links fish heads and frames that were previously going to waste, with people who want them, is looking to expand. Read more Audio

10:30 PM.Terror-Fi, New Zealand's only genre film-fest, is back for its eighth year, bringing sci-fi, horror, and thriller films from across the world to our local silver screens. Read more Audio

10:18 PM.It's been two years since Wayne Brown and Tory Whanau were elected to lead their respective cities. What are their chances of reelection in 2025? Read more Audio

9:40 PM.Pete Elderkin ran grunge club nights in the 1990s, blasting the Smashing Pumpkins, Cocteau Twins, Iggy Pop, and Pulp, among many other alternative music heroes. Read more Audio

9:15 PM.A Z instead of an S, napkin instead of serviette, and a total disregard for the letter U. Sociolinguist Julia de Bres breaks down some of our most loathed Americanisms used in New Zealand parlance. Read more Audio

10:45 PM.Cat Macnaughtan's game Getting Lost has sold hundreds of thousands of copies both here in New Zealand and internationally. Read more Audio

10:30 PM.A study into the psychology of rock climbers has found they tend to be more conscientious, internally motivated and not driven by ego. Read more Audio

10:18 PM.The XL Bully cat is a curiosity - one UK breeder says his affectionate kitties are selling for four thousand pounds each. Read more Audio

9:15 PM.Hank Snell runs InterAct Festival in Auckland, which gives disabled artists and performers the opportunity to express their talents. Read more Audio

10:45 PM.Jonathan Campion is the author of Getting Out: The Ukrainian Cricket Team's Last Stand on the Front Lines of War. Read more Audio

10:30 PM.RecipeTin Eats is the brainchild of Australian food blogger Nagi Maehashi. The food blog gets half a billion hits a year, and features over 1500 recipes. Read more Audio

10:18 PM.General practice owners in New Zealand say the Government should start funding our primary health care properly - rather than supporting the use of physician associates to plug gaps. Read more Audio

9:45 PM.Thomas Coughlan looks at the fallout from Andrew Bayly calling a worker a loser and the Local Government minister Simeon Brown's decision appoint a crown observer to Wellington City Council. Read more Audio

9:15 PM.Dr Oli Gasser from the Malaghan Institute of Medical Research joins Emile Donovan to explain why humans experience gluten intolerance when we've been living off bread for thousands of years. Read more Audio

10:45 PM.BBC World reporter Rob Hugh-Jones joins Emile Donovan to take a look at some of the events making headlines internationally, including the latest on the conflict in the Middle East, the US election… Read more Audio