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Nights

RNZ New Zealand

Tune in to Nights every weekday from 8pm to midnight for a delectable buffet of creative ideas, open-minded conversations, music, musings and daily stimulation.

Location:

Wellington, United States

Description:

Tune in to Nights every weekday from 8pm to midnight for a delectable buffet of creative ideas, open-minded conversations, music, musings and daily stimulation.

Twitter:

@RNZNights

Language:

English

Contact:

+64 (0)4 474 1469


Episodes
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‘Health Sensation’ food blogger shares cheap eats

4/18/2024
Bryer Oden joins Emile Donovan to talk cheap eats and her dislike of the online diet culture.

Duration:00:08:04

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New book details New Zealand's military and social history

4/18/2024
Those Who Have The Courage is the first book to bring the story of New Zealand's mounted and armoured forces together. Emile Donovan talks to author and researcher Matthew Wright.

Duration:00:12:19

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Pillar 2 of AUKUS - should we, or shouldn't we?

4/18/2024
Tim Groser is a former National Party minister and diplomat who served as the ambassador to the United States from 2016 to 2018. He speaks with Emile Donovan.

Duration:00:19:56

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Why more New Zealanders are reading romance novels

4/18/2024
Frances Loo is the owner and operator of Chapters Book & Tea Shop in Auckland's Mount Eden and hosts a romance readers club. She joins Emile Donovan.

Duration:00:17:25

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I Was There When: Mount Ruapehu erupted

4/18/2024
GNS volcanologist Brad Scott joins Emile Donovan.

Duration:00:16:23

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How AI can help you be funnier

4/17/2024
University of Sydney researchers have developed an AI application using cartoons from The New Yorker to help people be funnier. Dr Anusha Withana joins Nights to explain.

Duration:00:10:37

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Explainer: How to become an art collector

4/17/2024
Where do you start? How do you afford it? And how do you find a piece you're confident you're going to love forever?Art expert Bentley de Beyer joins Emile Donovan.

Duration:00:10:15

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NZ developed video game to hit the big screen

4/17/2024
Black Salt Games Producer's Nadia Thorne and Lead Artist Alex Ritchie join Emile Donovan to discuss the success of the game 'Dredge'.

Duration:00:15:53

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Midweek Mediawatch

4/17/2024
Colin Peacock joins Nights to debrief another big week in the media.

Duration:00:23:49

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The challenges of collecting data

4/17/2024
Stats NZ's Mark Sowden joins Nights to discuss why collecting data in this country has been getting more difficult.

Duration:00:15:54

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Making it up on the spot with Joe Bill

4/16/2024
Joe Bill has been called one of the best teachers of improvisation in America today. He joins Emile Donovan during his visit to New Zealand.

Duration:00:19:06

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Defamation laws under spotlight after high profile Australian trial

4/16/2024
Steven Price is a barrister specialising in media law and joins Nights to discuss the long running Bruce Lehrmann defamation case.

Duration:00:21:33

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'Black gold': Why ​NZ grown black garlic is in high demand

4/16/2024
Noël Jelsma from Neudorf Black, New Zealand's leading Black Garlic producer, joins Emile Donovan.

Duration:00:06:24

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Politics by Night with Marc Daalder

4/16/2024
Newsroom's Marc Daalder joins Emile Donovan to talk about the big stories in New Zealand politics.

Duration:00:16:20

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Shower Thoughts: Why do we switch our phones to airplane mode?

4/16/2024
Aviation expert Peter Clark joins Emile Donovan to help answer this question.

Duration:00:09:48

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BBC World lookahead with Rich Preston

4/15/2024
BBC World's Rich Preston gives us a rundown of the events making headlines internationally, including the latest in the Iran and Israel conflict, jury selection starting in the criminal trial of former US president Donald Trump and the world largest democracy gears up for its national election.

Duration:00:11:17

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Sports with Jamie Wall

4/15/2024
RNZ sports journalist Jamie Wall joins Emile Donovan to discuss how sports betting is affecting women's sports, a pivotal moment for the ailing Crusaders, and a gambling scandal involving star baseballer Shohei Ohtani's interpreter.

Duration:00:14:48

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Australian icon Priscilla uncovered 30 years after 'disappearing'

4/15/2024
Not long after filming wrapped on Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, the film's iconic bus disappeared, without a trace - until now.

Duration:00:13:41

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The quantum science where Aotearoa is lightyears ahead

4/15/2024
Aotearoa New Zealand has played an unusually pivotal role in humanity's understanding of how light and matter interact, Dr Jacob Ngaha says.

Duration:00:21:33

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Whakataukī of the Week with Julian Wilcox

4/15/2024
Award-winning broadcaster and host of RNZ's Māpuna Julian Wilcox joins Emile Donovan to share a whakataukī close to his heart, attributed to the late Erima Henare.

Duration:00:13:20