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10:45 PM.With tonight marking the closure of the observed Matariki period, Professor Rangi Matamua joins the show to discuss the significance of the Maori new year, and how we can live by the stars rather than… Read more Audio

10:30 PM.BBC World Service senior journalist Rich Preston to discuss the release of a long-awaited report into alleged Russian interference in the UK's Brexit vote; what looks like might be the last trial of… Read more Audio

10:18 PM.National MP for Rangitata - Andrew Falloon - has announced he will be retiring and not seek re-election after behaviour described as 'unbecoming of an MP'.  Read more Audio

10:45 PM.! Tonight Karyn is joined by former Dead Flowers guitarist Riqi Harawira, who is now digging into slash metal! Read more Audio

10:30 PM.Artist, activist and film maker Mika X's new short film GURL will debut in the festival. It's inspired by the story of Carmen Rupe, and Mika plans to add to it to make a feature length film titled The… Read more Audio

10:20 PM.An independent review has found the New Zealand Defence Force has failed to address harmful behaviours since an action plan was implemented four years ago.  Read more Audio

10:49 PM.It's time for the Rest is History and tonight we're looking at the big historical story of the week! On Tuesday The National Archives of Australia released the so-called Palace Papers, correspondence… Read more Audio

10:20 PM.Today, Minister of Health Chris Hipkins announced 11-thousand people have downloaded the NZ Covid Tracer App in the past 24 hours. Yesterday there was an urgent call from the Prime Minister and Health… Read more Audio

10:44 PM.RNZ Mediawatch's Colin Peacock joins Karyn on Lately. Tonight Colin looks at Judith Collins' win: what the media did and what the pundits said, as well as the fall of Todd Muller.  Read more Audio

10:30 PM.Australia has this week resumed its controversial deportation of New Zealanders after a hiatus due to Covid-19. Yesterday, 30 deportees arrived in Auckland on a charter flight having been in detention… Read more Audio

10:18 PM.Today Minister of Health, Chris Hipkins, urged New Zealanders to keep using the NZ COVID 19 Tracer app amid fears that our contact tracing won't be up to scratch if a second wave of community… Read more Audio

10:45 PM.Now, how do you collect historical artefacts while the history is actually happening? Te Papa has been furiously engaged in "contemporary collecting" during the Covid19 lockdown and aftermath.  Read more Audio

10:35 PM.With the election looming in September, what will new National leadership mean for the campaign season?  Read more Audio

10:30 PM.Political commentator and former Labour chief of Staff under Andrew Little, Neale Jones reacts to tonight's news. Read more Audio

10:20 PM.Judith Collins is the new leader of the National Party. Gerry Brownlee will be her deputy. Karyn speaks to former National MP Jonathan Coleman about what that meeting might have looked like. Read more Audio

10:44 PM.A new review of Crown Research institutes was released by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. It represents a rethink of how the state funds scientific research, but what is a Crown… Read more Audio

10:31 PM.Tonight we begin a weekly cross every Monday night to the BBC's Rich Preston in London to talk about news from around the world.  Read more Audio

10:30 PM.Fears have been raised at the news the mosque shooter will represent himself at his sentencing next month and use the platform to spread hate.  Read more Audio

10:40 PM.Every fortnight our man in Wellington Finn Johanson pops in with the new music that is spinning around in his brain. This week he's playing new music by Eyeliner, Dream Wife, Wax Chattels and Bill… Read more Audio

10:30 PM.How are we spending out money now that we're out of lockdown and does it look similar to habits before News Zealand's response to COvid19 kicked off.  Read more Audio

10:35 PM.It's time for our regular Thursday look into the past, The Rest Is History. On this day in 1986 the Homosexual Law Reform Bill passed in Parliament. The bill was sponsored by then Labour MP Fran… Read more Audio

10:26 PM.Rio Tinto has rocked Southland today with the news it will close its aluminium smelter at Tiwai Point next year with the loss of more than a thousand jobs.  Read more Audio

10:18 PM.New Zealand's government is reviewing its extradition arrangements with Hong Kong in light of the new security law imposed by China on the territory.  Read more Audio

10:45 PM.Hayden Donnell from RNZ Mediawatch joins Karyn to discuss the coverage of the Hamish Walker saga, Stuff ditching Facebook and Michael Anderson leaving MediaWorks. Read more Audio

10:30 PM.In an open letter to the World Health Organisation on Monday, 239 scientists in 32 countries have said that coronavirus spreads through the air as aerosol. Read more Audio