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Tune in to Nights with Emile Donovan every weekday from 8pm to midnight for a delectable buffet of creative ideas, open-minded conversations, music, musings and daily stimulation.

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  • September 25 · 7 min

    Stars shine at Alexandra's Blossom Festival 

    As well as parades - decorated floats - a motorcross display - and the World Panning Championships... legendary kiwi performer Sharon O'Neil will be taking the mainstage tomorrow night.

  • September 24 · 13 min

    Why we mix up words and phrases

    According to our guest it's all pretty common - even for native English speakers - and processes in our brains might be to blame.

  • September 24 · 16 min

    Short-cuts with Dan Slevin 

    Nights' resident screen critic joins to review: Hill Street Blues (Disney+), Heart of the Beast (In Cinemas), and Fantastic Mr Fox (ThreeNow).  

  • September 23 · 15 min

    Two Mates 1 Chair: Making adventure accessible

    When Fletcher Crowley broke his back in a mountain biking accident at 17, he was left paraplegic. During his rehab he reconnected with old school mate, Lachie Bennett. After bonding over a shared love of adventure, they quickly found themselves taking that friendship around the world. Known online as Two Mates 1 Chair, they've since built a huge following sharing those travels and showing off their own version of accessible travel. And right now, they're in New Zealand....so when we found out th

  • September 23 · 14 min

    First-time buyers upending the market

    Now it's time to chat about the property market and how things are changing for first-time buyers. A great Stuff piece by Janika ter Ellen today has outlined a curious trend - how first time buyers are skipping those traditional "starter homes" and leaping up the property ladder. Data from Cotality shows that new buyers now make up the biggest group snapping up property in that middle price range which is from $600k to $787k. There's also a rise of first time home buyers in the upper price brack

  • September 22 · 8 min

    Shower Thoughts: What is glue?

    Here to tell us all about it is University of Otago Chemistry associate professor, Dr Anna Garden.

  • September 22 · 15 min

    Foreign Affairs with Anna Fifield

    Ordinarily we talk about a wide range of local and international topics but tonight we're dedicating the whole slot to one person: Winston Peters.

  • September 21 · 20 min

    When movie sets were really paintings

    Filmmakers have long been finding clever ways to fool our eyes - and one of those tricks has been hiding in plain sight for more than a century. 

  • September 21 · 11 min

    Sports with Ben Strang 

    Tonight, we're talking The Warriors, The WNBA, and Scotland's ghost golf course. 

  • September 21 · 9 min

    Small Histories with Emma Kay

    This week our resident historian, Emma Kay, is taking a look at NZ's connections to The Titanic. 

  • September 21 · 8 min

    Waipū's Granny Grommets

    It's time to head to Waipū to meet a group of women over 50 who are all about getting out in the water, grabbing a board and making connections.

  • September 21 · 16 min

    Supermarket policy wars heat up

    Labour released their plan, meanwhile, National are keen on a separation of New World & PAK'nSAVE. So, what should we make of these approaches? 

  • September 18 · 34 min

    Out Lately with Finn Johansson

    He's back, and no doubt ready to inform, educate and entertain us with an array of eclectic music.

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