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10:18 PM.Meanwhile, across the country, it appears voluntary drug testing is on the rise. Drug Foundation NZ's communications director Hayden Eastmond-Mein joins Mark Leishman. Read more Audio

9:35 PM.The Christchurch-based 79-year-old has illustrated for Joy Cowley in books like Cowshed Christmas, as well as his own books, most recently Atua: Māori Gods and Heroes. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Philosophy man Dan Weijers is exploring whether or not we should be compelled to be Good Samaritans, and should the law require us to help those in need. Read more Audio

8:30 PM.A group of Kiwi medical specialists are seeking a doctor to travel over to the remote mountains of Ladakh on the border of India and Nepal to provide free healthcare to the region's nomadic peoples. Read more Audio

10:30 PM.A team of scientists have achieved the first step in reviving the woolly mammoth: creating the woolly mouse.

Colossal Biosciences is a Texas-based company looking to do the impossible, using ancient… Read more Audio

10:17 PM.Why a new ruling by the Supreme Court of New Zealand has major implications for creators in New Zealand. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Last year the Auckland Writers Festival smashed all previous attendance records - this year looks to be even bigger.  Read more Audio

8:30 PM.Uncertainty due to the rollout of the US's tariffs has put some people's shares into a spin.  Read more Audio

10:45 PM.In the past nine months, two Huntsman spiders have been spotted in the same Napier suburb, leading arachnologists to suggest that the Australian native may already be establishing itself in the area.

10:30 PM.Can we afford to keep plopping thousands of new houses further and further away from basic amenities like schools, supermarkets and healthcare providers? Read more Audio

10:18 PM.New Zealand's two-way trade relationship with India is worth almost $3 billion a year but a free trade deal remains elusive. Read more Audio

9:35 PM.Principal policy advisor at AA Terry Collins joins Emile to explain. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Nights' bionic man, Finn Hogan, joins Emile Donovan in the Auckland studio to talk about the current space race and how Rocket Labs has put fears of a delay to their new rocket to bed, and a former… Read more Audio

8:30 PM.One person bravely calling for a standardised scoop size for the proud fish'n'chip nation of New Zealand is Wellington food blogger Bryer Oden, also known as Health Sensation online. Read more Audio

Canada has a new Prime Minister who isn’t even a sitting MP, US and Ukrainian officials are set to meet in Saudi Arabia to discuss a framework for peace between Ukraine and Russia and It’s been five… Read more Audio

RNZ digital sports reporter Jamie Wall joins Emile Donovan in the studio to talk about the weekend of sport. Read more Audio

Many charitable organisations, such as private schools, universities and churches also run commercial businesses that turn a tidy profit - but under current law, they pay no income tax. Read more Audio

Cyclone Alfred, the first tropical cyclone to make landfall in Queensland in 50 years, has transformed Australia's iconic east coast beaches through dramatic erosion. Read more Audio

As an online cultural teacher, Tū answers questions ranging from pronunciation to protocol for getting moko. He is also the bass player for the award-winning heavy metal band Alien Weaponry. Read more Audio

8:30 PM.This weekend, Auckland Museum is holding a Wikipedia edit-a-thon, teaching people how to go about making and editing pages on the online, people-powered encylopedia, and filling some big gaps in the… Read more Audio

10:30 PM.He's back, and no doubt ready to inform, educate and entertain us with an array of eclectic music. Read more Audio

10:18 PM.Emile Donovan speaks to the Warriors' inaugural captain Dean Bell. Read more Audio

9:35 PM.Nights' resident screen critic is back with a selection of weekend viewing suggestions. Read more Audio

8:30 PM.This week we're in Tāmaki Makaurau where one of the largest and most vibrant celebrations of Pacific Island cultures, returns this weekend. Read more Audio

11:07 PM.This week's guest on the Mixtape is long-time RNZ studio engineer Jeremy Ansell. Not only an audio operator and team leader at RNZ, but equally a much-respected music researcher. Over the years Jeremy… Read more Audio