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

Nights RNZ Radio

    • Society & Culture

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

    Rolleston Brass keeps the ANZAC spirit alive

    Rolleston Brass keeps the ANZAC spirit alive

    Morrine Martin is a trombone player with Rolleston Brass, and her son will be playing the Last Post on the trumpet at their local service.

    • 13 min
    ANZAC Day: Ancestors memorialised in online cenotaph

    ANZAC Day: Ancestors memorialised in online cenotaph

    The Online Cenotaph is a vast collection of old photos, beloved memories, diaries and records supplied by the public for all to access - from family members to historians and academics.

    • 9 min
    What it takes to make a great movie poster

    What it takes to make a great movie poster

    Henry Erdman designed posters for some of the biggest blockbuster films of the past decade, including Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017), Tenet (2020), and The Boy and the Heron (2023). But making his way in the industry required some creative thinking.

    • 13 min
    Is the customer base for big events vanishing?

    Is the customer base for big events vanishing?

    Locally, music festivals have pulled back to once every two years - or disappeared completely. Even the New Zealand A&P Show was on the brink of shutting completely after 160 years, saying that it was just no longer financially viable.

    • 10 min
    Vera Ellen takes out the Taite Music Prize 2024

    Vera Ellen takes out the Taite Music Prize 2024

    TAHI co-host Evie Orpe joins Nights to debrief one of the biggest events in independent New Zealand music.

    • 13 min
    From Iron Maiden to New Plymouth: Sam Jay's sewing journey

    From Iron Maiden to New Plymouth: Sam Jay's sewing journey

    She's been a tailor for the British police, a bridal seamstress, taxidermist, and even a set maker for the band Iron Maiden. Now, she's turning to her local community.

    • 16 min

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