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9:35 PM.Aucklander Tanya Barlow makes works of art, except her canvas is about two centimetres long. She joins Emile Donovan. Read more Audio

9:15 PM.Our resident socio-linguist Dr Julia de Bres, who also helps run the pun-based Facebook group called 'Expect the Punexpected' joins Emile Donovan. Read more Audio

10:50 PM.We cross live to Paris to speak to RNZ sports reporter Felicity Reid about all the Kiwis in action on day 6 of the 2024 Olympic Games. Read more Audio

10:30 PM.Julian Haworth is one of a group of residents who fought billionaire Peter Thiel's proposed Central Otago bunker - and won. Read more Audio

10:18 PM.Twenty-eight of the world's leading malaria researchers are calling for urgent action to avoid the deaths of millions. Thailand's Dr Mehul Dhorda speaks to Emile Donovan. Read more Audio

9:15 PM.Claire Concannon from RNZ podcast Our Changing World joins Nights to chat about some interesting stories in the science and science-adjacent worlds. Read more Audio

10:45 PM.Pastry chef Roberto Linguanotto is said to have whipped up the iconic layered coffee dessert in the 1970s in the Italian city of Treviso. Read more Audio

10:30 PM.Reuben Woods has advised on some of New Zealand's biggest transactions - everything from Foodstuffs, to billion-dollar tech company deals, to TVNZ getting free cricket on the airwaves. Read more Audio

10:18 PM.In Sydenham Cemetery in Christchurch, up to one thousand patients from Sunnyside Hospital are thought to have their remains in unmarked graves. Read more Audio

9:55 PM.RNZ sports reporter Barry Guy joins Emile Donovan from the streets of Paris with some predictions for NZ's first medal, with some chances coming up overnight. Read more Audio

9:30 PM.Stuff senior political reporter Anna Whyte joins Emile Donovan to discuss internal ructions in the Green Party. Read more Audio

9:15 PM.Is there something in the air - or is it all in our heads? Chief scientist at Plant & Food Research Richard Newcomb sticks his nose into it on Nights. Read more Audio

10:45 PM.BBC World reporter Pete Ross joins Emile Donovan to look at some of the events making headlines internationally, including the path ahead for Kamala Harris to take the Democratic nomination in the… Read more Audio

10:30 PM.Otago Daily Times' sports reporter Kayla Hodge joins Nights to debrief all things Olympics, including Erika Fairweather's valiant fourth-place effort in the 400 metre final, the Black Ferns' promising… Read more Audio

10:18 PM.Do you suffer from anxiety when the WiFi goes down, or stuggle to pry your eyes away from your phone during a movie? New research has looked into who in New Zealand is 'disconnecting', and what their… Read more Audio

9:30 PM.Teahupo'o off the south coast of Tahiti Iti is this year's Olympic surfing venue and is one of the biggest tests of skill and courage in the surf community. What makes it one-of-a-kind? Read more Audio

9:15 PM.Tōnui Collab is a charitable trust for the advancement of bilingual STEMM education in Tairāwhiti. Director Shanon O'Connor joins Emile Donovan to share a whakataukī close to her heart. Read more Audio

10:30 PM.He's back, and no doubt ready to inform, educate and entertain us with an array of eclectic music. Tonight, a new acoustic track from indie artist Nilüfer Yanya, 'Guns Buried In The Front Yard' by… Read more Audio

10:17 PM.A new show sets a performer on a bike tied to the theatre's lights, and if they stop peddling, that's curtain. It's being called 'performance essay meets spin class'. 'A Short History of Asian New… Read more Audio

10:15 PM.A series of what are being described as co-ordinated sabotage attacks has caused chaos with the French rail system ahead of the opening ceremony in the early hours of tomorrow morning, New Zealand… Read more Audio

9:30 PM.Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin is in with some essential viewing, including five picks for the New Zealand International Film Festival, a limited edition boxset of Martin Scorsese's Films… Read more Audio

9:15 PM.This Saturday in Christchurch, Christchurch ice hockey team The Kraken will play the internationally touring Moose team from Canada. It's a historic friendly match - the first one to be played at the… Read more Audio

10:45 PM.NZ Esports CEO Jonathan Jansen says Kiwi athletes are ready to take on the Olympic Esports Games in 2025. Read more Audio

10:30 PM.Like the rest of the Europe, and in western nations, heights in the Netherlands have increased dramatically over the past 200 years. But for some reason, the Dutch just grow higher. Read more Audio

10:18 PM.Globally, at least one in five people have hearing issues, which is expected to get worse with a growing number of young people suffering some sort of hearing loss. Read more Audio