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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
    • 4.5 • 24 Ratings

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.

    You're it! The Outback town where adults play a month-long game of tag

    You're it! The Outback town where adults play a month-long game of tag

    In the heart of the of Queensland Outback lies the small town of Longreach, adults are running around hiding from each other - for weeks at a time.

    • 9 min
    Sex on screen: Why is Hollywood shying away from sex and nudity?

    Sex on screen: Why is Hollywood shying away from sex and nudity?

    Aside from a few notable exceptions, the depiction of love making on film has dramatically declined in the past 20 years.

    • 15 min
    What is structured literacy and why is the government talking about it?

    What is structured literacy and why is the government talking about it?

    Education minister Erica Stanford has announced that New Zealand schools will be pivoting to teaching structured literacy. Dr Nina Hood joins Nights to explain the approach.

    • 14 min
    Myth Takes: The birth of Rome

    Myth Takes: The birth of Rome

    Classics enthusiast and educator Ben Jackson is back to celebrate Rome's birthday, allegedly founded on 21 April, 753 BCE, by brothers Romulus and Remus.

    • 11 min
    Searching for New Zealand's most interesting tree

    Searching for New Zealand's most interesting tree

    Nominees for this year's New Zealand Tree of the Year competition have been revealed, includ The Walking Tree on the West Coast., "Freddie's Pōhutukawa" in Gisborne, and Moko in Otari Wilton's Bush, Wellington. 

    • 5 min
    The Met Gala: The history, fashion and celebrities

    The Met Gala: The history, fashion and celebrities

    TAHI and RNZ host and producer Evie Orpe joins the show to say who wore what and who wore it best.

    • 7 min

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