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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

10:18 PM.The title was taken away in 2019 by a village in the north of Wales called Harlech who claimed the title for their street Ffordd Pen Llech, but Dunedin surveyor Toby Stoff has put history right. Read more Audio

9:40 PM.Nights' resident screen critic reviews The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (2024), Christmas horror-comedy It's A Wonderful Knife (2023), and free streaming option British sci-fi Attack the… Read more Audio

9:15 PM.The Musica Balkanica Choir will be performing an evening of Christmas carols from Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine and beyond this Saturday night. Read more Audio

10:45 PM.If you were in Auckland this week the probability of running into a mathematician was higher than the mean. Read more Audio

10:30 PM.Deborah Chambers KC is one of New Zealand's leading trust, litigation and relationship property lawyers and speaks to Emile Donovan about de facto relationships. Read more Audio

10:18 PM.Today it was announced that after more than 90 years of operations the Youth Hostel Association of New Zealand, also known as the YHA New Zealand, had gone into liquidation. Where do all the bunk beds… Read more Audio

9:35 PM.After 25 years, the iconic 'found footage' film is being re-released in the form its producers originally intended. Read more Audio

9:15 PM.Saudi Arabia is set to host the 2034 FIFA Men's World Cup, but the decision has sparked accusations of "sportswashing" from critics who point to the country's human rights record. Read more Audio

10:40 PM.Resident Nights screen critic Dan Slevin joins Emile Donovan to debate whether the glittering age of the moviestar is over. Read more Audio

10:30 PM.Tango dancer and dance teacher Kelly Poon joins Emile Donovan to answer all your questions about the tango. Read more Audio

10:18 PM.University of Canterbury Associate professor of engineering David Dempsey joins Emile Donovan to discuss how significant Greymouth Petroleum's find is. Read more Audio

9:15 PM.Classics enthusiast and educator Ben Jackson joins Emile Donovan to get in the festive spirit with a look back at some of ancient Greece and Rome's unique festivals. Read more Audio

10:45 PM.Nicolas Lupacchino crafts the natural world out of metal, bringing raw material to (wild) life. He speaks to Maggie Tweedie about his journey from Belgium to Aotearoa and sculpture. Read more Audio, Gallery