In the programme this evening; should Auckland build up rather than out? The reporter who came across some stranded whales and in Dateline Pacific squatters battle developers in Papua New Guinea.

In the programme tonight; when the State lets kids down; New Zealand - a walking wonder, and in Dateline Pacific the big wet hits Solomon Islands.

You're listening to Nights on RNZ and this is Late Edition. in the programme tonight can't spell? create your own language a mass whale stranding on Farewell spit and in dateline pacific exploring the links between Aotearoa and Rapanui/Easter Island

On Late Edition tonight: removing gay love from the criminal record the house gets down to business and in Dateline pacific a crash course in kava culture

More schools in low income areas are forgoing school donations and fees. Approval to use all cannabis-based products for medicinal use, will no longer require ministerial sign-off and in Dateline Pacific, the cartoonist on a hunger strike on Manus Island.

Dealing with start of school nerves. Willie Jackson rises up the Labour party list - just days after joining the party and in Dateline Pacific, Solomon Islands two months after the quake.

this is Late Edition....in the programme tonight bringing the moa back from extinction consulting children over child policies and in Dateline Pacific unrest in the Cook Islands

this is Late Edition and in the programme tonight plastic surgery for kids why the organisers of Auckland's pride parade don't want the department of corrections taking part and in Dateline Pacific will samoa declare itself a christian state?

this is Late Edition....in the programme tonight Is there enough water to go around in Golden Bay preseving your digital archives and in Dateline Pacific the Tsar of Kiribati

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