RNZ: Nights

It's often treated as a parenting problem - but new research suggests we may just be looking in the wrong direction. 

He resigns after less than two years in office. 

This week, with the World Cup in full swing, Emma is looking back at the history of football in New Zealand. 

The Māori/Dutch actor, theatre director, and artist is making their television debut in a lead role on 3 Now and directing their first play at Silo Theatre. 

Professor James Russell joins the show to discuss what this means for Aotearoa and whether or not we're prepared to cope with an outbreak. 

He's back, and ready to inform, educate and entertain us with an array of eclectic music.

The Nights' resident screen critic joins Susana Lei'ataua with his latest reviews.

Singer Tami Neilson was among those who gathered in Auckland for a final send off to musician Dame Jools Topp. 

Louise Ward is a bestselling author and co-owner of Wardini Books, and one of the judges behind this year's selections.

AUT PhD student Laura Franssen is the first microbiology researcher to receive the New Zealand Space Scholarship.

Author of Behind Caesar's Back, Caillan Davenport joins Susana Lei'ataua.

Bruce Hopkins, who is best known for playing Gamling in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy plays the lead role in Wise Sam Gangees

Tonight, the Immigration New Zealand saga, Labour awakens from its 'political coma' and the case for a fiscal commission. 

Dr Catherine Knight is one of the organisers of The Reality of Everything symposium, and she joins Susana Lei'ataua.

Dennis Turner, an animal behaviorist at the University of Zurich Irchel in Switzerland, has spent more than 40 years studying human-cat relationships.

BBC global affairs correspondent Sebastian Usher joins Emile Donovan to discuss where to now for the big plan.

Mai Chen joins Emile Donovan for her views on the accusations that Immigration New Zealand officials deliberately withheld information over a failed technology upgrade.

Hamish McNicoll is the co-editor at National Business Review and he joins Emile Donovan.

Professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Auckland Richard Easther joins Emile Donovan to answer tonight's question.

We speak to two members of the New Zealand team set to travel to Kenya in July.

Journalist and commentator Anna Fifield joins Emile Donovan to explain.

Journalist Jacob Mikanowski, who has been diving into the endless mysteries of the deep sea for his new feature in the Guardian., joins Emile Donovan.

We're joined by journalist and commentator Ben Strang.

This week she's taking a look back at timekeeping in early New Zealand.

Emile Donovan is joined by the host of Mediawatch for his view on the appointment.

That's the question posed by Newsroom managing editor Jonathan Milne.

He's back, and no doubt ready to inform, educate and entertain us with an array of eclectic music.

Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin joins Emile Donovan to review: Glenrothan (In Cinemas), Devs (Neon), and The Way (Brollie). 

And this year it's even bigger and even weirder!

With the iconic venue facing closure, locals are rallying to save a place they say has become part of the fabric of the neighbourhood.

Next time you're in a shared public space, like a supermarket, or museum, take a closer look at the people around you.

The Good Sex Project is back for a third season.

Why should we feel the shame of some of our musical tastes...indeed any form of entertainment?

The influence of fashion dolls on queer culture will be explored at Wairarapa Museum of Art and History tomorrow night.

The journey from Dunedin to the airport takes around half an hour by car, uber, taxi or bus. But could you walk to the airport?

The 2026 FIFA World Cup kicks off tomorrow - so how do football fans square their love of the beautiful game with everything that comes with it?

RNZ Music's Zen Yates-Fill joins Emile Donovan on the show tonight to take us through the good, the bad and the ugly. 

It's time for our fortnightly chat with Nights' resident sociolinguist, associate professor Julia de Bres.

It's that time of year again when New Zealand crowns its Tree of the Year. But one of the six finalists has run into a spot of trouble. 

Has it been successful? Or has it not delivered the results it promised?

Last night we spoke with journalist and Trekka enthusiast Todd Niall about whether New Zealand's only mass-produced vehicle is now being seen as retro and cool. We also received a few texts from listeners sharing other New Zealand-made vehicles. One listener asked about the DuzGo, built by the Giles Bros in Whataroa on the West Coast. So to dig deeper into this side of the Kiwi number 8 wire mentality, Susana speaks to one of New Zealand's leading automotive historians Patrick Harlow.

University of Canterbury Associate Professor Sarah Kessans joins the show tonight to answer our burning question.