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Nights regular film and tv critic Dan Slevin joins us once again to review what has caught his eye this week.

Once upon a time, back in the halcyon days of the late-90s, breakfast cereal companies used to give out free copies of video games in their cereal boxes.

Now, more than 20 years on, that game is being reappropriated by Australian biosecurity experts ... who think it could help to save native Australian ants from other, invasive species.

Dr Samuel Lymbery is a Postdoctoral Fellow in Biosecurity at Murdoch University in Perth and discusses his research with Todd Zaner.

Years spent researching the race to control the space just outside earth's atmosphere has led to international recognition for a University of Otago professor. Professor Hugh Slotten has been awarded the 2022 Eugene M. Emme Award from the American Astronautical Society for his book Beyond Sputnik and the Space Race. He joins Todd Zaner on Nights.

Iconic Kiwi musician Don McGlashan was this week officially inducted into the NZ Music Hall of Fame as part of the APRA Silver Scroll Awards. A signed limited-edition Don McGlashan / NZ Music Hall of Fame tea-towel will be commemoratively framed and auctioned off for the charity MusicHelps Aotearoa. MusicHelps Trustee Damian Vaughan talks to Nights about the charity auction and the work the organisation does.

Dunedin science communicator is on top of the world after winning entry in a prestigious global science engagement competition. Andrew Mills from Tuhura Otago Museum will be presenting his space science showcase Tuhura Tuarangi - Aotearoa in Space at the Science Summit in Berlin next month. Andrew speaks to Nights To find out more about what he will be presenting in Germany next month we're joined by Andrew now.

The Rugby World cup in France rumbles on, with the final pool games taking place this weekend. After last weekends emphatic win over Italy The All Blacks will be looking to keep the momentum going as they match up against Uruguay. RNZ's Joe Porter talks to Mark Leishman from France ahead of tomorrow morning's game.

National leader Christopher Luxon has promised that, if elected, his government will commission a brand-new minister for space. But what would a minister for space do, for example? What sort of clout does New Zealand have in international extraterrestrial matters? What happens if you fart in a rocket ship? Dr Anna-Marie Brennan - a senior lecturer in law at the University of Waikato, talks to Nights about the complex nature of space law and governance.

Sir Miles Warren and Maurice Mahoney were architectural revolutionaries who built a legendary partnership spanning 37 years. A new film currently in production aims to celebrate their incredible legacy and document the bitter fight to save their most iconic building - the Christchurch Town Hall - from demolition after the 2011 earthquake. Co-director and Maurice's daughter Jane Mahoney talks to Mark Leisham about the pairs legacy and the process of making the film.

Former MetService Severe Weather Meteorologist, Erick Brenstrum, joins Nights to talk about what the weather events making an impact across the word.

It's the music industry's big night tonight with the prestigious Silver Scroll Awards being handed out in Auckland. The country's music glitterati are gathered at Spark Arena including RNZ's very own Tony Stamp. He joins Mark live to tell him who the big winners are.