Nights

Featuring new music from Nigerian virtuoso guitarist Mdou Moctar, a song from Baltimore synth-pop artist Nourished By Time, and a collaboration between rapper 3am and Erykah Badu.

Duration:00:27:36

Live classical music bringing Hanmer Springs township together

Proceeds from the gala concert, held in the Grand Ballroom of the Hanmer Springs Hotel, will be put toward the purchase of mobility wheelchairs for the Hanmer Springs Health Centre.

Duration:00:12:10

Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin

Nights' resident film critic takes a look at the upcoming Architecture & Design Film Festival, dives into big budget adaption of Shōgun and takes listeners through the Kanopy catalogue available through public libraries.

Duration:00:15:37

This Weekend: Four kayakers putting paddle to the metal in Porangahau

Sailing under the banner Paddle for Purpose, the group are taking a pitstop from kayaking the East Coast of the North Island, from Cape Reinga to Wellington, a journey of over 2,000 kilometres.

Duration:00:05:18

American alt-rock producer Steve Albini remembered in New Zealand

Metro editor and former bass player for punk band Die! Die! Die! Henry Oliver joins Emile Donovan to reflect on the influence of producer Steve Albini, who has died aged 61.

Duration:00:12:55

Social housing opens in Dunedin heritage building

The Loan and Mercantile building on the city's waterfront will have 30 apartments for low-income tenants from the government's Housing Register.

Duration:00:16:14

Nineteen years and 48,071 episodes: New Zealand's podcasting record

AUT lecturer Dr Lewis Tennant has conducted the largest study to date into New Zealand's podcasting market, studying over 700 podcasts across 13 categories, with the data going back to 2005.

Duration:00:12:06

Rātana, revised: New edition of book capturing the influential priest

Nearly 85 years since the death of its founder, the Rātana movement still carries a significant amount of mana in Aotearoa's political and social spheres. But that is only one side to the story of Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana.

Duration:00:13:25

Philosophy Now with Dan Weijers

We all have a life, but what should we do with it? Dan Weijers is a senior lecturer in philosophy at the University of Waikato.

Duration:00:20:12

You're it! The Outback town where adults play a month-long game of tag

In the heart of the of Queensland Outback lies the small town of Longreach, adults are running around hiding from each other - for weeks at a time.

Duration:00:09:22

Sex on screen: Why is Hollywood shying away from sex and nudity?

Aside from a few notable exceptions, the depiction of love making on film has dramatically declined in the past 20 years.

Duration:00:15:19

What is structured literacy and why is the government talking about it?

Education minister Erica Stanford has announced that New Zealand schools will be pivoting to teaching structured literacy. Dr Nina Hood joins Nights to explain the approach.

Duration:00:14:45

Myth Takes: The birth of Rome

Classics enthusiast and educator Ben Jackson is back to celebrate Rome's birthday, allegedly founded on 21 April, 753 BCE, by brothers Romulus and Remus.

Duration:00:11:53

Searching for New Zealand's most interesting tree

Nominees for this year's New Zealand Tree of the Year competition have been revealed, includ The Walking Tree on the West Coast., "Freddie's Pōhutukawa" in Gisborne, and Moko in Otari Wilton's Bush, Wellington.

Duration:00:05:08

The Met Gala: The history, fashion and celebrities

TAHI and RNZ host and producer Evie Orpe joins the show to say who wore what and who wore it best.

Duration:00:07:41

Uncovering the Chinese Olympic swimming drug scandal: Journalist Tariq Panja

Just months out for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, the event has been rocked by the revelation 23 Chinese swimmers were allowed to compete at the 2021 games in Tokyo, despite testing positive for the banned substance Trimetazidine months earlier.

Duration:00:24:08

Politics by Night with Ben McKay

AAP New Zealand correspondent Ben McKay joins Emile Donovan to discuss how AUKUS discourse has gone down on the other side of the ditch, ructions over Julie Anne Genter's conduct in the House, and his pre-Budget chat with finance minister Nicola Willis.

Duration:00:14:39

Shower Thought: Do the spiders you put outside live or die?