RNZ: Nights

Zinnia Foster is Regional Manager for Hospitality NZ, and she joins Emile Donovan.

Chief Economist at the New Zealand Initiative thinktank Eric Crampton joins Emile Donovan

MetService meteorologist Brian Mercer joins Emile Donovan for an update and a look ahead to the weekend.

Nicola Gaston is Director of the MacDiarmid Institute and Professor of Physics University of Auckland, and she joins Mark Leishman.

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.

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.

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.

Jane Groufsky is curator of social history at Auckland Museum and joins Mark Leishman.

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.

Mikaela Nyman's new collection of poetry, The Anatomy of Sand, is being published next month. She joins Mark Leishman.

Locksmith Rusty Smith joins RNZ Nights to answer this question and more.

Marie-Claire Andrews is president of Retired Working Dogs and joins Mark Leishman.

Hato Hone St John's Andy Everiss and Leanne Tiscornia join Mark Leishman to talk about 'Giving Day'.

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

BBC World Service journalist Rob Hugh-Jones joins Emile Donovan for a wrap of world news stories.

RNZ's sport journalist Jamie Wall shares his analysis of the All Blacks squad.

The former Prime Minster and Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme joins Emile Donovan.

Tonight, Finn waxes lyrical about Feel Good Aura by Melodownz, Noise by Forty Winks and Stand Up Now by Jo Tongo.

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+).

Nights' resident sociolinguist, Associate Professor Julia de Bres is back to talk ... retronyms.

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.

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 elite, world-leading air defence system, that has enabled Israel to avoid much of the destructive potential of conflict with Iran -- thus far.

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 government agencies and smaller annual surveys. To talk about the implications, Emile Donovan talks to Demographer and Distinguished Professor Emeritus Paul Spoonley.

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.

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.

Our man in London, Christian Smith, is chatting to us about the UK launching a grooming gangs inquiry after claims officials avoided the ethnicity issue, protests against over tourism erupting in southern Europe, Tottenham Football Club suing Ineos over a dropped deal, and Westminster copping flak for a £10m door.

Minister for Housing Chris Bishop joins Emile Donovan.

Historian and Maurice Gee biographer Rachel Barrowman joins Emile Donovan to reflect on the life of one of New Zealand's most beloved and enduring novelists.

BBC World journalist Jonathan Frewin joins Emile Donovan to look at some of the events making headlines internationally, including Israel's attack on Iran's nuclear facilities, an upcoming debate in the UK House of Commons on decriminalising abortion, and the upcoming deadline for the sale of TikTok if it is to remain functional in the United States.

Last week, the Grey District Council decided to throw the struggling theatre a lifeline and voted to take over its financial troubles. West Coast Theatre Trust chairman Andy Ross joins Emile Donovan.

RNZ sports whiz and journalist Jamie Wall joins Emile Donovan to debrief the week in sport.

Former Australian ambassador to Lebanon and research scholar at ANU's Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies Ian Parmeter joins Emile Donovan.

Featuring new music from Mokomokai, High Altar, and vegetabke.machine.animal.

Nights' resident screen critic joins Mark Leishman to review match-making rom-com Materialists (2025), documentary Bono: Stories of Surrender (2025) streaming on Apple TV+, and free streaming platform fawesome.tv.

Event organiser, and New Zealand's first barista champion, Emma Barkland Webster joins Mark Leishman.

The creative arts programme for young people living with disabilities is the brainchild of Fiona McKenzie, with her son Jasper helping bring the vision to life behind the scenes. They join Mark Leishman.

When Australian comedian Michelle Brasier was scammed by a stranger, she didn't report it. Instead, she extended her hand in friendship and turned the experience - into a cabaret.

Books from ten emerging New Zealand writers will be celebrated and amplified in a new initiative from The Coalition for Books.

When looking at a great work of art, does your heart race? A new neuroaesthetics study looks at how art and beauty can affect us physically and mentally.

It's Independence Day in the Philippines and Becky Buada, from Banyuhay Aotearoa, explains how Filipino migrants celebrate it in New Zealand.

As downtown Los Angeles sleeps for a second night under curfew, Professor Robert Patman explains the likelihood of California seceding and the mood of a nation on edge.

Angella Dravid took home the Fred Award for best show at the 2025 New Zealand Comedy Festival.