New Zealand’s and possibly the world's premier bat maker, James Laver of Laver & Wood joins Emile Donovan.

The University of Auckland's Dr Timothy F. Welch joins Emile Donovan,

It has been a very tough few days for communities in the far north of the country, with some areas receiving around two and a half months' worth of rain in the past 72 hours. In Northland, Civil Defence teams are continuing to assess the damage, and residents are beginning the clean-up. Both the Far North and Whangarei districts are set to remain under a state of emergency for a further six days. To get the latest on the situation, RNZ Pacific journalist Kaya Selby is in Kerikeri.

Jacob Rajan is an actor, theatre maker and all-round creative force.

He’s back at it again time returning to the stage in Balloon Dog, a deeply affecting and timely new work inspired by one of India’s most beloved stories. So to hear a bit more about it he joins us from the Wellington studio.

On June 26, 1931, 17-year-old Phyllis Symons was murdered and buried beneath the construction site of what would become Wellington’s Mt Victoria Tunnel. 

Tomorrow morning, the Friends of Karori Cemetery are hosting a guided tour to Phyllis’ grave.

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

It's Finn Johansson

Nights’ resident screen critic, Dan Slevin, takes a look at horror films including Alexandra Heller-Nicholas’ book 1000 Women in Horror which has been made into a documentary on AMC+/Shudder.

Lucas Oakeley is one of the organisers of something called the boys book club - which provides reading ideas and community for men in the UK and around the world.

V32 is a station sending numbers in the Persian (aka Farsi) language which began broadcasting just hours after the first US and Israeli strikes on Iran. So who is behind this message? How is it being transmitted? Where is it coming from? And what is its purpose? To help us unpack all of that, Emile is joined by Dr Tony Ingesson, an expert in counterintelligence, deception, and intelligence analysis at Lund University in Sweden.

Political scientist and regular Nights' contributor Natalia Albert looks at what Labour needs to do to win the upcoming general election.