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Severe weather: MetService meteorologist Kgolofelo Dube
10:25 PM.Emile Donovan crosses to the MetService for an updated forecast for Friday and the weekend. Read more Audio
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Severe weather: Selwyn District Mayor Sam Broughton
10:18 PM.Mayor Sam Broughton joins Emile Donovan for an update after a day of serious flooding and home evacuations in the Selwyn District. Read more Audio
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Hollywood-backed football team headed to Wellington
9:45 PM.Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney bought the Welsh club Wrexham four years ago. They're expected to tour to Wellington mid-2025. Read more Audio
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Myth Takes: Ancient music
9:30 PM.Classics educator and enthusiast Ben Jackson joins Emile Donovan to share what we know of the music that filled the homes and streets of the ancient world. Audio
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Severe weather: RNZ reporter Nick James in Wellington
9:06 PM.Nick James joins Emile Donovan from the capital where MetService have warned of a threat to life from flying items and falling trees. Read more Audio
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What we wish we had learned about money in school
8:30 PM.Financial journalist and host of the podcast Making Cents Frances Cook joins Emile Donovan to go over what kids need to be learning about money - and what she wishes she had been taught when she was… Read more Audio
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Severe weather: RNZ reporter Rachel Graham in Christchurch
8:06 PM.Rachel Graham gives Emile Donovan the latest news on the severe weather in Christchurch after the city declared a state of emergency earlier this evening. Read more Audio
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What makes the New Zealand Super Fund one of the best in the world
10:30 PM.New Zealand is not the wealthiest country in the world. But it has one of the top-performing sovereign wealth funds anywhere. Chief economist for the NZ Super Fund, Mike Frith, joins Emile Donovan. Audio
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Stephen Stone acquitted after 25 years in prison
10:18 PM.The case was brought into the spotlight by the RNZ and Stuff podcast Gone Fishing back in 2018. Co-host Adam Dudding reflects on the impact it's had on the case's outcome. Read more Audio
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Can cookbooks really be plagiarised?
8:30 PM.Two Australian cookbook authors are in a dispute over claimed plagiarism of recipes for caramel slice and baklava. RNZ cookbook editor Kathy Paterson weighs in. Read more Audio
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Vegan Chocolate Awards
10:45 PM.The annual Vegan Chocolate Awards took place last night in Auckland, inviting chocolatiers from across the country to duke it out to see who can craft the best tasting chocolate without using a single… Read more Audio
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Liberals win Canadian Election - what now?
10:30 PM.Amid tensions with their southern neighbors, Canadians have voted to return the Liberals to govern. Ashleigh Stewart discusses where to from here. Read more Audio
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Tory Whanau bows out of re-election bid
10:17 PM.Andrea Vance joins Nights to discuss Tory Whanau's mayoralty and the challenges that face Wellington City in the upcoming local council elections. Read more Audio
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Shower Thoughts: How are animals trained for the movies?
9:35 PM.Caroline Girdlestone speaks with Emile Donovan on what it takes to train animals for the big screen. Read more Audio
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Preserving Vasa: the large Swedish warship
9:25 PM.Since being recovered from the Stockholm Harbour in 1961, Vasa has garnered over a million visitors annually. And recently, a four-year project to preserve the hull of the ship was announced. Emile is… Read more Audio
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Meraki 2: NZ's first amateur rocket to reach space
8:30 PM.An amateur rocket, Meraki 2, launched from the grounds of Canterbury reaching space earlier in April. Its voyage marks many firsts including the first amateur rocket in the country to reach… Read more Audio
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BBC World Lookahead with Rob Hugh-Jones
10:45 PM.We cross over to our friends at the BBC to take a look at some of the events making headlines internationally. Read more Audio
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Fixing our truancy crisis
10:17 PM.Emile Donovan talks to Dr Delia Baskerville, an Honorary Research Associate at Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education and an expert in the area of truancy. Read more Audio
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The science behind Taddy the robot fish
9:35 PM.University of Auckland PhD students Robin Milward Cooney and Arne Bruns join Emile Donovan. Read more Audio
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Whakataukī of the Week with Joe McLeod
9:25 PM.Chef Joe McLeod (Ngāi Tūhoe) joins Emile Donovan to share a whakataukī-a Māori proverb-that's meaningful to him. Read more Audio
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US Marines remembered on Kapiti Coast
8:30 PM.Chief Warrant Officer Andres Navarro from the Marine Corps Forces Pacific Band joins Emile Donovan. Read more Audio
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Out Lately with Finn Johansson
10:30 PM.He's back, and no doubt ready to inform, educate and entertain us with an array of eclectic music. Read more Audio
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Historian Jock Phillips on War Memorials
10:17 PM.Jock began working on war memorials in the 1980s and has been fascinated by the subject ever since. On the eve of Anzac Day, he joins Emile Donovan. Read more Audio
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Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
9:40 PM.Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin joins us for some Anzac weekend viewing suggestions. Read more Audio