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Volatile Spring weather saw gale force winds cause havoc in Canterbury over the weekend, lifting roofs, and downing power lines and trees. As the new week kicks off, the Met Service is predicting a smorgasbord of weather ahead. Met Service forecaster Tuporo Marsters talks to Mark Leishman about what's on the menu over the coming days.

Electronic music enthusiast Paul Berrington joins us now to talk about Danish record label Janushoved, and he's got a selection of songs he wants to play for us.

It's time to look at all the sporting news from the weekend with out regular sporting commentator Bryan Waddle. He's looking at the big weekend of actions at the Rugby World cup as well as the Black Caps impressive start to their cup campaign.

An election day in Dunedin event is set to combine politics, poetry and pubs. Seven poets will feature at the event at the bar Woof! as part of the Dunedin Writers and Readers Festival, which kicks off tonight. One of those poets is David Eggleton, a former Poet Laureate, who talks to Nights about the event.

Nights regular tv and film critic Dan Slevin is in for another chat about what he's been watching this week.

It's business time in France as the Rugby World Cup hit the quarter final stage this weekend. RNZ sports reporter is on the ground in Paris and talks to Nights about how all the teams are shaping up.

Our podcast reviewer Lynn Freeman is coming to us from Otepoti/Dunedin this evening. Tonight she's reviewing book related podcasts. Backlisted: The Shamless Book Club: Velshi Banned Book Club: The Book Club: Sara & Cariad's Weirdos Book Club:

While the focus of most rugby fans here in New Zealand will be on the All Blacks quarterfinal match-up against Ireland, our Pacific cousins are also playing their most important game in more than a decade. Fiji will take on England in their first World Cup Quarter final game since 2011. RNZ Pacific's senior sports journalist, Iliesa Tora talks to Mark Leishman from France.

By 2028, one in four New Zealand drivers will be 65 years or older. More roundabouts would make the roads safer for them and all New Zealanders, says AA spokesperson Dylan Thomsen.

The annual Poverty Bay A&P Spring Show is the highlight of the year for many on the East Coast, and this year is looking like a bumper. So to tell us all about it, Mark Leishman is joined by General Manager Erica McNeill.