Nights

Tonight, Finn has a selection of tracks from Los Angeles band 2070, UK psychedelic pop band duo Broadcast, and Tāmaki Makaurau anonymous avant-garde creative genius Donk Dobbo.

Duration:00:24:26

Solving the human waste problem on our highest mountain

University of Canterbury researchers have been working with the New Zealand Alpine Club and Te Rūnanga o Arowhenua to address the issue of how mountaineers dispose of their waste when on Aoraki Mount Cook.

Duration:00:15:46

Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin

Nights' resident film critic Dan Slevin takes a look at The Way, My Way an autobiographical film about a journey of discovery, walking the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage, BlackBerry a comedy-drama based on the real life invention of the world's first "smart-phone" and Once a low-budget Irish movie about a broken-hearted busker.

Duration:00:16:53

This Weekend: Southern Pro Wrestling

Down south, eight of the very best wrestlers in New Zealand will collide in a one night only tournament for the Battlelines Cup.

Duration:00:07:37

Decision to jail Australian whistleblower "chilling", supporter says

David McBride has pleaded guilty to stealing and sharing military documents which he then leaked to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Professor of journalism at Macquarie University Peter Griste tells Nights about the likely fallout.

Duration:00:10:32

Never too old: Dr Te Piere Warahi and his journey to obtaining a PhD at 73

Dr Warahi (Ngāti Maniapoto) has just recently completed his studies at the University of Auckland on the experiences of Māori caregivers.

Duration:00:13:16

Working with death: The Dunedin woman following the family profession

Jodie Hope has just been named president of the New Zealand Embalmers Association, only the second woman to hold the position, and the first to lead an all-female executive.

Duration:00:13:31

Paekākāriki fundraiser goes full steam ahead

Two Paekākāriki locals want to bring a sauna to the local holiday park as a new community hub.

Duration:00:04:58

The life and times of a Kiwi soldier

Dario Nustrini has written a memoir on his six years in the New Zealand Army, including a stint in Iraq supporting the fight against terror group ISIS, before leaving it all behind in 2017.

Duration:00:23:09

New maps uncover Wānaka lakebed

It's one of our most photographed natural attractions, but what lay beneath the surface of Lake Wānaka remained largely unknown until a mapping project from crown research institute NIWA.

Duration:00:08:36

The history of the word 'woke'

Auckland University's professor Neal Curtis says the term originates from African-American communities living through segregation and reflects upon how the term has since changed.

Duration:00:14:30

King Charles' bold new portrait

Wellington artist Tatyana Kulida has painted former prime minister Sir Bill English and world-renowned primatologist Dame Jane Goodall, and she joins Nights to appraise the new royal portrait.

Duration:00:14:19

Damon Salesa takes out top book prize for 'An Indigenous Ocean'

Scholar Damon Salesa has pipped the hotly contested General Non-Fiction category at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2024 with a book of essays exploring the history and influence of the Pacific.

Duration:00:07:10

How will New Zealand be recorded in the future?

Stats NZ chief executive Mark Sowden talks to Emile Donovan about the challenges and opportunities in the lead up to Census 2028.

Duration:00:08:55

Three dead, hundreds injured during civil unrest in New Caledonia

RNZ Pacific's Lydia Lewis provides the latest on protest activity in New Caledonia over the French parliament's move to grant French residents greater voting rights.

Duration:00:04:36

Keeping the work chat professional with employment lawyer Barbara Buckett

The use of emojis, gifs and message reactions in a work context have all recently led to legal misadventure here in New Zealand.

Duration:00:15:31

Remembering the doyenne of romantic comedies: Nora Ephron

Nora Ephron is best known for films like When Hally Met Sally (1989) and Sleepless in Seattle (1993). She died in 2012, aged 71, but her style and perspective remain influential.

Duration:00:23:18

Politics by Night with Thomas Coughlan

NZ Herald deputy political editor Thomas Coughlan joins Emile Donovan to discuss the government's new funding for charter schools, the prospect of selling Kiwibank, and a lookahead to Budget Day.

Duration:00:11:13

Shower Thoughts: Where should perfume be sprayed?