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8:20 PM.Zinnia Foster is Regional Manager for Hospitality NZ, and she joins Emile Donovan. Read more Audio

8:10 PM.Chief Economist at the New Zealand Initiative thinktank Eric Crampton joins Emile Donovan Read more Audio

8:07 PM.MetService meteorologist Brian Mercer joins Emile Donovan for an update and a look ahead to the weekend. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Nicola Gaston is Director of the MacDiarmid Institute and Professor of Physics University of Auckland, and she joins Mark Leishman. Read more Audio

8:40 PM.We invite on a member of New Zealand's literary community to reread a book they haven't read in years and share their experience. Read more Audio

8:20 PM.Our monthly trip to the ancient world, with classics educator and enthusiast, Ben Jackson. Tonight, we are in Rome looking at the transition from Republic to Empire. Read more Audio

8:10 PM.Ben O'Keeffe is one of New Zealand's leading rugby union referees, and joins Mark Leishman to talk about inappropriate behaviour from the sidelines. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Jane Groufsky is curator of social history at Auckland Museum and joins Mark Leishman. Read more Audio

8:10 PM.Professor Bruce Arroll from the University of Auckland's Department of General Practice and Primary Care is among those welcoming the move, and he joins Mark Leishman. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Mikaela Nyman's new collection of poetry, The Anatomy of Sand, is being published next month. She joins Mark Leishman. Read more Audio

8:40 PM.Locksmith Rusty Smith joins RNZ Nights to answer this question and more. Read more Audio

8:30 PM.Marie-Claire Andrews is president of Retired Working Dogs and joins Mark Leishman. Read more Audio

8:10 PM.Hato Hone St John's Andy Everiss and Leanne Tiscornia join Mark Leishman to talk about 'Giving Day'. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Researcher and author of The Stone Tower: Ptolemy, The Silk Road, and a Two-thousand-Year-Old Riddle' Riaz Dean, joins Emile Donovan. Read more Audio

8:40 PM.BBC World Service journalist Rob Hugh-Jones joins Emile Donovan for a wrap of world news stories. Read more Audio

8:20 PM.RNZ's sport journalist Jamie Wall shares his analysis of the All Blacks squad. Read more Audio

8:10 PM.The former Prime Minster and Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme joins Emile Donovan. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Tonight, Finn waxes lyrical about Feel Good Aura by Melodownz, Noise by Forty Winks and Stand Up Now by Jo Tongo. Read more Audio

8:40 PM.Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin shares his thoughts on Elio (in cinemas), The Eternaut aka El Eternauta (Netflix) and In My Father’s Den (TVNZ+). Read more Audio

8:30 PM.Nights' resident sociolinguist, Associate Professor Julia de Bres is back to talk ... retronyms. Read more Audio

8:10 PM.If you shopped at a New World or Pak'nSave in the North Island last year, there's a chance your face was scanned by facial recognition technology. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.As the conflict between Israel and Iran rages on, we watch missiles and drones being launched and intercepted between the two countries. 

And you may have heard a lot about Israel's Iron Dome -- an… Read more Audio

8:10 PM.Today, Statistics Minister Shane Reti announced the Census, which has existed in a similar format for more than 70 years, will be replaced with a combination of administrative data from other… Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Some stories taking up just half a page, new anthology Poto features bite-sized stories from some of New Zealand's literary luminaries, including Bill Manhire, Paula Morris and Owen Marshall. Read more Audio

8:40 PM.Can you stutter in sign language? Does New Zealand Sign Language have the equivalent of mispronunciation, mistakes or sarcasm? Professor of NZSL studies Rachel McKee joins Emile Donovan. Read more Audio