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It's time for our fortnightly chat with Nights' resident sociolinguist, associate professor Julia de Bres. Tonight, we are talking all about making requests...

We're crossing to the APRA Silver Scroll Awards, which this year mark 100 years of celebrating Aotearoa's best songwriters and composers. For the first time this year, APRA has introduced Te Tihi o te Maunga Tito - a new award honouring the songwriters behind kapa haka and the original waiata that carry te reo Maori, culture and identity. And its inaugural winner is Rob Ruha, for Te Tapuni, performed by his kapa haka Te Taumata o Apanui. Rob is a Maori artist, composer and music director whose work spans kapa haka, contemporary music and major projects including the reo Maori adaptations of Disney films Moana and The Lion King. He joins Emile Donovan to talk about what this win means to him.

Christian Smith dials in from London with news from the other side of the world. Tonight - Mi5 warns of AI biological weapons, Merchant ships hit off the coast of Bulgaria, prompting anger at Russia, French supermarkets hit by cyber-attacks, and Winnie the Pooh turns 100 years old.

Making decisions about what to study at university is one of those eternally tricky topics ... And while it seems that the modern student has more options that ever... why aren't more girls choosing engineering? It's the question fuelling our guest tonight... Ashleigh Fox, The University of Auckland's Women in Engineering project manager, has spent years researching what influences the decisions of female students when it comes to pursuing the subject. Ashleigh joins Emile Donovan to tell us more about the findings of her research.

If you've been following the election, you'll know that which parties are open to working with each other post-election is a hot topic... especially with the minor parties polling so strongly. Christopher Luxon has repeatedly ruled out working with Opportunity, and last night during the multi-party debate, Qiulae Wong reaffirmed her stance against working in a government with Winston Peters as foreign minister. But once our votes have been cast and the power to form a government is at stake... will all this really mean anything? Joining Emile Donovan tonight is Peter Dunne, former leader of United Future who served as a minister in former National and Labour governments. Peter has been writing about these so-called 'bottom lines' in a great piece for Newsroom.

How long would we survive on earth if the sun disappeared? Astrophysicist Professor Jan Eldridge joins to explain.

It's time for us to get up to speed. To tune into the zeitgeist. To chat about what's happening in pop-culture and the world wide web.

Josh Yates is the man behind The Old Man’s Attic, a men’s thrift store which opened in Frankton a few months ago.

Sociologist Mike Grimshaw argues universities have become too focused on the job part, and it might be time to redress the balance.

A.R.T are an award-winning vocal group made up of Anastasia, Rosetta and T-R3X. Their soulful harmonies blend R&B, soul and reggae and earlier this year they were named Best Pacific Group at the Pacific Music Awards.

New research found several cities were actually much better connected by land than Rome was.

Tonight he's talking rugby, Ronaldo, and wrestling.

This week Emma is taking a look at about New Zealand slang and its historic origins.

Friend of the show, writer and all-round thinker, Danyl McLauchlan, joins us to explore some of the best political novels of the 21st century.

We all know comic books are places to find great stories, masked superheroes and captivating illustrations. Well, our guest tonight is harnessing the art form and pairing it with important messages, particularly in the health and science space.