BBC World's Jonathan Frewin joins Emile Donovan to take a look at some of the events making headlines internationally, including the European Union leaders summit in Brussels, the Russian trial of US journalist Evan Gershkovich, and the forthcoming Iranian election.

Otago Daily Times sports reporter Kayla Hodge joins Emile Donovan to debrief a busy week of sport.

A field guide, naturalist and documentary filmmaker, Frederique Olivier has 22 Antarctic seasons under her belt, as well as expeditions to far-flung and freezing places like Greenland and Svalbard.

The nights are long, the days are short - prime timing for the winter blues to set in. Clinical psychologist Jacqui Maguire joins Nights to explain Seasonal Affective Disorder.

Abby Hauraki, an Associate at Kāhui Legal and a kaiako for Engaging Well Limited, shares a whakataukī for Matariki.

He's back, and no doubt ready to inform, educate and entertain us with an array of eclectic music.

Tonight is the final night of the Loemis winter festival in Wellington. To celebrate, the festival is hosting The Longest Night, a sleep concert running from 11pm to 7am. Seven artists will perform all night long, and it might be the only time concert-goers are encouraged to sleep. Erika Grant is the lead artist on the project and will also be performing. She speaks to Emile Donovan about where the idea for the concert came from.

Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin takes a look at the Doc Edge festival playing in Christchurch now before moving to Wellington and Auckland next month. He's also revisiting the 2016 comedy The Nice Guys featuring Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling and to finish off he will chat about the life and legacy of American film legend Donald Sutherland who died this week.

Every Friday, we bring you some of the most interesting events and happenings coming up in Aotearoa this weekend - from the community fairs to the massive concerts. Tonight we're talking with Richard Hall the founder of Stonehenge Aotearoa about how they're celebrating the winter solstice in Carterton this weekend.

With 14 days left until the UK goes to the polls it increasingly looks like the ruling Conservative Party will not only lose their hold on power after 14 years in charge, it looks like it could be a landslide for the Labour Party.