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10:17 PM.The universe is lumpier than first thought! New findings from a team of New Zealand scientists shows that the universe does not expand at a constant, flat rate, but in a fluctuating or lumpy way. Read more Audio

9:30 PM.Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin joins Maggie Tweedie to review Mufasa: The Lion King (2024), documentary Sugarcane (2024), and a selection of free-streaming family movies on ThreeNow: The… Read more Audio

9:15 PM.Every Friday, we bring you some of the most interesting events and happenings coming up in Aotearoa this weekend. Read more Audio

10:45 PM.Maggie Tweedie speaks to Shannon Thompson from Red Frogs who has some tips for what to talk about with teenagers before they head off for summer. Read more Audio

10:30 PM.Levi Patel made a video about his visit to a small Chinese city, set to his new single 'Gravity'. The next day, he awoke to his notifications blowing up. Read more Audio

10:18 PM.The search for people trapped in rubble and landslides is continuing today as the New Zealand Defence Force arrives in Port Vila. Read more Audio

9:40 PM.Since March this year, Jonny Beardmore has been travelling the globe to hand-deliver 50 letters to strangers around the world collected from an ancient postbox on Isla Floreana in the Galapagos… Read more Audio

9:15 PM.Maggie Tweedie speaks to Mark Broatch, books editor at the NZ Listener, about some of the best books published this year. Read more Audio

10:45 PM.To guide us through Jason Attewell the general manager of economic and environmental insights at Stats NZ speaks to Maggie Tweedie. Read more Audio

10:30 PM.The story, which has no dialogue, follows a cat who, after a violent flood, teams up with an unlikely group of animals, a bird, a dog, a lemur, and a capybara to pilot a boat in search of survival and… Read more Audio

10:18 PM.As well as security concerns, the sightings have been connected to conspiracy theories about foreign agents and secret government plots. Read more Audio

9:15 PM.Maggie Tweedie gets the latest on the recovery in Vanuatu following yesterday's devastating 7.3 magnitude earthquake with RNZ Pacific journalist Lydia Lewis. Read more Audio

10:50 PM.Tahutahi is known for its vibrant green colour with white flecks, but its recent history has been marred by large scale thefts and the black-market trading. Read more Audio

10:30 PM.New Zealand photographer Alice Connew joins Maggie Tweedie from her home in Bristol. Read more Audio

10:18 PM.Maggie Tweedie speaks to geophysicist Dr Kasper van Wijk from the University of Auckland, who was in Vanuatu last year looking at the volcano Mount Yasur. Read more Audio

9:50 PM.Hundreds of seabirds have been found washed up along the West Coast of the North Island in the past month or so. Read more Audio

9:30 PM.Newsroom.co.nz's political editor Laura Walters joins Maggie Tweedie to discuss the Government's efforts to squeeze in all it can before MPs head off for the summer and what's in store for our… Read more Audio

9:15 PM.Brendan Graham worked with historian Jock Phillips on the book Our Land in Colour which was a collection of 200 retouched and coloured photographs depicting life in Aotearoa New Zealand from 1860 to… Read more Audio

10:45 PM.BBC World reporter Pete Ross joins Maggie Tweedie to take a look at some of the events making headlines internationally. Read more Audio

10:30 PM.Richard Irvine of Sports Review takes a look at some of the sporting highlight and lowlights of 2025. Read more Audio

10:18 PM.Data shows Wellington City has lost over 19,000 jobs in the past year -- equal to 11.6% of jobs in the area. Read more Audio

9:30 PM.The Economist's health editor Natasha Loder wrote that advances in mRNA technology have spawned groundbreaking new cancer vaccine trials around the world, from melanoma to colorectal cancers. Read more Audio

9:15 PM.Hawke's Bay champion Henare is known for his humble, proactive approach to combatting violence and uplifting disadvantaged communities.  Read more Audio

10:30 PM.Featuring The Olivia Tremor Control, Machine Girl, and Angel Olsen. Read more Audio