Nights
Maelezo ya Kituo
Nights
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.
Vipindi vya Hivi Karibuni
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Outgoing police association president Chris Cahill reflects on tenure
Detective Inspector Chris Cahill served as president of the New Zealand Police Association for nine years, from 2016 to 2025.
Kiwi team out to reclaim title in annual trans-Tasman sheep dog trials
Lloyd Smith has been competing in dog trials since the 1970s and joins Emile Donovan from his farm near Palmerston in Otago
The pros and cons of a social media ban for young people
We are joined by two experts who come down on different sides of the issue, clinical psychologist Dr Danielle Einstein and media lecturer Dr Alex Beat...
Shower Thoughts : How do you write a sermon?
Reuben Munn has been a pastor for twenty years and joins Emile Donovan to explain.
What can New Zealand learn from the Irish arts benefit?
Jenny Dagg is a sociologist and researcher at Maynooth University in Ireland and wrote the cost-benefit analysis for the scheme. She joins Emile Donov...
European correspondent Christian Smith
Christian Smith joins Emile Donovan to discuss news making headlines in Europe.
How much is your flatmate’s love life costing you?
Economist Ed McKnight has crunched the numbers and built a calculator that can tell you.
What you need to know about Labour's capital gains tax
Tax expert Terry Baucher joins Emile Donovan.
Out Lately with Finn Johansson
He's back, and no doubt ready to inform, educate and entertain us with an array of eclectic music
Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
Nights' resident screen critic joins Emile Donovan with some viewing recommendations for your long weekend.
New book to focus on Southland's tragic and odd events
The author is historian, columnist, and former Invercargill city councillor Lloyd Esler, who joins Emile Donovan.
The man behind the 'world's best' bar
Lorenzo Antinori from Bar Leone in Hong Kong joins Emile Donovan.
Rainbow's End iconic pirate ship returns
Susan Mudie is the Rainbow's End CEO and she joins Emile Donovan.
UK's former schools minister Sir Nick Gibb
Sir Nick Gibb oversaw a dramatic turnaround in England's school reading and maths performance during his tenure as schools minister through the rollba...
Philosophy Now: A cruel God?
Tonight, Dan takes on perhaps the ultimate question in Western philosophy: if God is all-knowing, all-powerful, and all-beneficent, how can there be s...
The case for home economics in school
In the proposed high school curriculum, home economics would cease to be a stand-alone subject and instead be taught within health. Home economics tea...
Weather update with reporter Lauren Crimp
We speak to RNZ journalist Lauren Crimp about the latest on the wild weather which hit much of the country today.
What can we learn from Lebron James' longevity
What is his secret? How has he stayed at the top for so long, Flinders University sports scientist Dr Dylan Hicks joins Emile Donovan to explain.
Science with Ezzy Pearson
Tonight, the 2025 Ig Nobel winners, does a mother eating garlic change the smell of their breast milk, and how physics can help cook the perfect pasta...
Metservice on weather warnings and watches
We talk to the Metservice for an update on the red weather warnings in place across the country for tomorrow.
Should we end school zoning?
Mike Grimshaw is a sociologist at the University of Canterbury and joins Emile Donovan to put the case.
Mazbou Q on spreading the joy of hip hop
Rapper, producer and educator joins Emile Donovan in our Auckland studio.
Shower Thoughts: Could I survive being lost at sea?
Our guest Alec Frydman is a carpenter in Laguna Beach, California and joins Emile Donovan to share how he survived for 13 days lost at sea.
Why we go bananas for bananas
Roger Harker is a principal scientist at Plant and Food Research, and a banana enthusiast. He joins Emile Donovan.
Former FBI investigator on brazen Louvre jewel heist
Tim Carpenter is the former lead investigator of the FBI's Art Crime Team in the US and speaks to Emile Donovan from the States.
Small Histories of New Zealand with Emma Kay
Tonight she's chatting about letters to the editor sent by dogs.
Rubbish collection plan causes a stink
Some residents are not happy at a rubbish collection trial being proposed in parts of Auckland
Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
Nights' resident screen critic joins Emile Donovan to review Black Phone 2 (2025), PIRAHNHA DD (2012) streaming for free on ThreeNow, and Kim's Video ...
This Weekend: Bananagrams Bananza
Run by The Open Fort for Auckland's Play Month, the tournament is part of Midtown Market happening across the CBD this weekend.
This Weekend: Celebrating 10 years of the Dunedin Tweed Ride
Dunedinites are being encouraged to don their finest tweeds and spring frocks for the 10th anniversary of Dunedin's Tweed Ride. Co-organiser Ruth Bart...
Most successful season on record for Otago toroa
A total of 38 chicks have fledged from Pukekura/Taiaroa Head colony - the most on record. The Department of Conservation's Coastal Otago albatross ran...
The rise of 'Healthization'
This phenomenon is the subject of a new book by social anthropologist Professor Susanna Trnka from the University of Auckland.
Who invented the mince and cheese pie?
Newsroom's Jonathan Milne has been investigating, and he joins Emile Donovan to answer this question and more.
Myth Takes with Ben Jackson
In our monthly chat with classics educator and enthusiast Ben Jackson, we are meeting the ancient world's furry friends.
What is more efficient - filling the kettle with cold water or hot water?
Professor Richard Easther, from the University of Auckland joins Emile Donovan to explain.
Guyon Espiner reflects on Jim Bolger's years in politics
The former prime minister died yesterday.