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8:10 PM.Sport clubs across New Zealand are struggling as they face a double whammy of increasing costs and decreasing number of volunteers. Report project lead Dr Mel Johnston joins Mark Leishman. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.A Gut Mood Solution is by Gordon Parker, a professor of psychiatry at the University of New South Wales. He speaks to Mark Leishman about a novel way to treat bipolar disorder. Read more Audio

8:45 PM.BBC World Service journalist Jonathan Frewin joins Mark Leishman to take a look at events making international headlines, including a global plastics treaty being negotiated in Geneva, the Moscow… Read more Audio

8:40 PM.RNZ sports journalist Jamie Wall joins Mark Leishman to debrief the weekend of sport. Read more Audio

8:20 PM.Overnight, the air quality in parts of Canterbury was rated as 'unhealthy' using the air quality index. Environmental epidemiologist Professor Simon Hales explains what that means. Read more Audio

8:10 PM.Dr Michael Johnston is a senior research fellow at The New Zealand Initiative who led the government's Curriculum Refresh Ministerial Advisory Group. He has long called for an overhaul of NCEA . Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Finn Johansson informs, educates and entertains us with a fresh batch of eclectic picks. Read more Audio

8:40 PM.Nights' resident screen critic joins Emile Donovan to review The Life of Chuck (Flanagan, 2025), Sunday Best: the Untold Story of Ed Sullivan (Jenkins, 2025) and 60 Years of Fantastic Four in 90… Read more Audio

8:30 PM.Nights producer Bonnie Harrison joins Emile Donovan to review the week in quiztastic glory. Read more Audio

8:20 PM.Vogelmorn Bowling Club trustee Bronnie Wilde joins Emile Donovan to reflect on the club's 10th anniversary. Read more Audio

8:10 PM.Local body elections are officially underway, with nominations closing at midday today. Jonathan Milne, managing editor of Newsroom Pro, joins Emile Donovan to chew over the shape of the next few… Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Kerri Andrews, author of Pathfinding, talks about what it means to rediscover oneself through the land we walk on. Read more Audio

8:35 PM.Esteemed Aotearoa author Elizabeth Knox shares her thoughts on her reread of The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin. Read more Audio

8:25 PM.Is buzz-killing a social crime? Do we have a moral obligation to be happy? Professor Dan Weijers sheds some light. Read more Audio

8:10 PM.Dr Sally Potter, founder and director of Canary Innovation Limited, shares her perspective on the necessity of emergency mobile phone alerts in light of recent nationwide technical glitches. Read more Audio

9:15 PM.In the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandals and subsequent #MeToo and Time's Up movements, Ita O'Brien introduced the "Intimacy On Set Guidelines". Read more Audio

8:10 PM.New Zealand has thirteen city councils but do we actually have that many cities? Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Fewer children being born means those that are grow up with fewer cousins. Sociologist Dan Woodman joins Emile Donovan to explain this little-discussed shift in our family structures. Read more Audio

8:45 PM.Leading patent attorney Matt Adams, a partner at trans-Tasman intellectual property firm FB Rice, joins Emile Donovan from RNZ's Wellington studio to explain how you get a patent, how they're… Read more Audio

8:30 PM.Emile Donovan crosses to the glitz and glamour of our nation's pie awards to congratulate gold category winner Jason Hay from Richoux Patisserie Ellerslie. Read more Audio

8:10 PM.The Ministry for Culture and Heritage is disestablishing four of its five senior historian roles. Historian and former editor for Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand Jock Phillips joins Nights to… Read more Audio

9:25 PM.In a quest to optimise his own life, writer Josh Drummond has spent years consuming and reviewing self-help books for his Substack The Cynic's Guide to Self-Improvement. He joins Emile Donovan. Read more Audio

8:45 PM.BBC World Service reporter Rob Hugh-Jones joins Emile Donovan to take a look at some of the events making international headlines, including reports of starvation in Gaza, Afghan populations leaving… Read more Audio

8:35 PM.RNZ sports whiz Jamie Wall joins Emile Donovan to debrief the week that was in sport. Read more Audio

8:30 PM.Ruby Wallace, the owner of Auckland romance bookstore Enamoured Books, joins Emile Donovan to explain the craze behind fantasy, and particularly the steamy sub-genre romantasy. Read more Audio