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.
Latest episodes
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9 min
A HUGE geocaching event is happening in Nelson this weekend
Geocaching is a popular global game where participants hunt down hidden containers - called "geocaches" or "caches". There are more than 3 million of them hidden around the world -…
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14 min
Inspiring alternative food production and consumption practices
Levi Brinsdon-Hall founded his social enterprise Delicious Revolution to change perceptions around where our food comes from.
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17 min
Using targeted aromas to improve shopping experiences
Scentsation uses targeted aromas around individual products to make the shopping experience more appealing.
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21 min
What's behind De La Salle College's debating success?
De La Salle College in South Auckland is building a reputation with its debating programme becoming one of the strongest in Auckland.
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18 min
Spooky stories from the capital
Whether we believe in them or not, why do ghost stories fascinate us? What is it about the supernatural and spooky which gets us going? Historian Amanda McVitty is hosting a series…
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10 min
How to build a better world
The University of Otago's MindJam is returning to Queenstown this weekend, with academics from its Division of Humanities getting together to tackle the big questions, share a few…
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13 min
Short-cuts with Dan Slevin
Dan talks about what he's been watching, including Tenzing (Apple), The Last Lighthouse (YouTube) and Klara and The Sun (in cinemas).
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9 min
Politics chat with Natalia Albert
It’s time for our semi-regular politics catch-up with political scientist, writer, thinker and former deputy leader of The Opportunities Party, or TOP as it was known then, Natalia…
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11 min
Looking at Auckland through the eyes of tamariki
What happens when you take the artwork of 179 Auckland children and bring it to life on a massive scale? Windows of Imagination does exactly that, transforming their drawings into…
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14 min
Dinosaurs have arrived in Aotearoa
A new dinosaur exhibition, which takes visitors back around 68 million years, opens at Auckland Museum this weekend. Susana speaks to Victoria Travers, Director of Audience Experie…
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14 min
European correspondent Christian Smith
Christian Smith dials in from London with news from the other side of the world.
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12 min
The stories that grab us
Long Story Short is the podcast from award-winning New Zealand journalists Eugene Bingham and Adam Dudding. Each episode takes a sensational crime, scandal, catastrophe, or somethi…
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23 min
Midweek Mediawatch
Colin Peacock joins Emile Donovan to debrief the week in media news.
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11 min
Jousting alive and well in New Zealand
On Monday night, you may have caught a plea from our sports man, Ben Strang . . . to bring back jousting Well, I said leave it with us, and we have delivered.
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11 min
Why are big name artists cancelling their New Zealand concerts?
Lily Allen fans will be saying "Not Fair" tonight. The singer cancelled her show this evening just hours before she was due on stage in Auckland. Allen made the announcement this m…
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14 min
Nights at the Museum: Museum of Hangovers
It's time for us to showcase another unusual museum here on RNZ Nights. It's our fortnightly segment we call Nights at the Museum. And tonight - we head to Croatia to the Museum of…
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11 min
Shower Thoughts: How real is reality TV?
Dylan Reeve has worked in reality TV for more than two decades - he also happens to be one of the hosts of RNZ podcast The Reality Machine.
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13 min
Why are film trailers so long in the cinema?
Some of us are punctual folk. If the movie says it starts at half-seven, we expect it to start at half-seven. But - why DON'T movies start on time? What's the logic, the economics…
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8 min
Time to turn down loud music on public transport?
Is this more than just a minor irritation? Or does it point to a wider public safety issue? Should New Zealand do the same?
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15 min
Philosophy to be taught in schools again
But how do you take some of humanity's oldest and biggest questions and make them relevant to teenagers in the 21st century?