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10:45 PM.Finn plays tracks from Paul McCartney's 18th solo album McCartney III and in April, he is releasing a reimagined version. The cinematic video for The Kiss of Venus was released on Thursday - a new… Read more Audio

10:30 PM.It's Code Brown at Wellington's popular Island Bay beach because of a sewage overflow discharging into the bay. Wellington City Council has tweeted the beach is closed to recreational users. The… Read more Audio

10:20 PM.The deadly parasite Bonamia ostreae has been found in three wild oysters in Foveaux Strait. The parasite was first found in New Zealand in the Marlborough Sounds six years ago and then again in 2017… Read more Audio

10:40 PM.On The Rest Is History tonight we're staying in New Zealand and winding back 32 years this week to the 24th March 1989 when Rainbow Youth was conceived at a Gay and Lesbian Conference that was held in… Read more Audio

10:23 PM.This week, the New Zealand International Film Festival has announced its dates and plans to return to movie theatres after last year's programme was delivered online. Karyn speaks with Festival… Read more Audio

10:17 PM.A regular train service connecting Hamilton with Auckland will begin next month making return trips from Frankton to Papakura twice a day during the week, and once on some Saturdays. The government… Read more Audio

10:45 PM.In Karyn's weekly catch up with the Mediawatch team, Colin Peacock talks about reports of increasing aggro and menace on the streets of the capital. Also, doubling down on political polls, and RNZ… Read more Audio

10:30 PM.Tens of thousands of primary school children are going to learn how to recognise stroke symptoms and be able to act quickly through the "St John in Schools" programme. Jacci Tatnell is St John's head… Read more Audio

10:22 PM.Australia's Westpac Banking Corporation has confirmed it's considering the potential sale of its New Zealand business. In an update to the stock exchange, the parent bank says it's looking at whether… Read more Audio

10:30 PM.A year ago today New Zealanders started lock down levels to prevent the spread of Covid-19. Tonight Karyn Hay speaks with epidemiologist Michael Baker about New Zealand's approach including the latest… Read more Audio

10:20 PM.Parliament is sitting in urgency tonight so that the Government can push through changes to the bright line test in the housing package it unveiled this morning. Legislation for other changes… Read more Audio

10:07 PM.In our trip to the regions tonight we're on the West Coast where the West Coast Regional Council has been accused of causing coastal erosion by allowing big companies to take too much gravel from… Read more Audio

10:36 PM.Once a fortnight on a Monday night we chat technology. Tonight we have possibly the busiest man in tech, Sir Ian Taylor, from Animation Research. Sir Ian's company provides the graphics for the… Read more Audio

10:30 PM.Susana Lei'ataua talks to the BBC's Pete Ross in London for our weekly look ahead to the big international news stories coming up this week Read more Audio

10:18 PM.The Corrections Minister, Kelvin Davis, is calling for an urgent overhaul of the way women prisoners are treated. Judge David McNaughton found last month that Mihi Bassett and two other inmates had… Read more Audio

10:36 PM.Our fortnightly Friday night feature Kiwi Rules where a New Zealand artist plays it forward for other Kiwi artists, Tonight Karyn catches up with MC Tali who plays it forward for Reb Fountain and… Read more Audio

10:25 PM.Fishing boats that trawl the ocean floor, release as much carbon dioxide as the entire aviation industry, according to a groundbreaking study. Read more Audio

10:20 PM.Responding to the Tourism Minister's vision for the future at a gathering in Queenstown today, Tourism Industry Aotearoa says it's ready for the challenge of working with the Government. Karyn Hay… Read more Audio

10:40 PM.Wellington songwriter William Daymond is also a librarian at the Alexander Turnbull Library. Part of his job is managing and conserving the cassette tape collection, which includes the Flying Nun… Read more Audio

10:35 PM.Team UK and Sir Ben Ainslie have been confirmed as the Challenger of Record for the next America's Cup and there is speculation that the challenge may be held offshore... it's just a rumour at the… Read more Audio

10:20 PM.The Government today announced that local Councils will no longer be in control of the country's water fluoridation, with Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield making the decisions from here… Read more Audio

10:20 PM.Emirates Team New Zealand has won the 36th America's Cup and the Auckland Viaduct Village and environs have erupted with celebrations. There was a call this afternoon that the Viaduct Village had… Read more Audio

10:45 PM.Rotorua is planning to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on security cameras to try and curb problems with violence and anti-social behaviour, which are being blamed on rough sleepers. A crime… Read more Audio

10:35 PM.The number of New Zealanders with type 2 diabetes is expected to increase by 70 to 90 percent over the next 20 years if nothing is done to address the growing epidemic. A PwC report commissioned by… Read more Audio