Nights

Sports commentator Bryan Waddle joins us again for a wrap of the latest sport news from the weekend and looking ahead over the next week or so.

The world got a sneak-peek at the new Wonka film a week or two ago, and it looks like a lavish and delicious production. Nick Franklin is without doubt one of the world's biggest Willy Wonka fans. He has a scrumdiddly-umptious Willy Wonka collection that's probably worth more than a golden ticket.

RNZ netball reporter Bridget Tunnicliffe joins us from Cape Town to discuss the Netball World Cup.

Dr Kirsty Fairclough is reader in screen studies at Manchester Metropolitan University and co-editor of a forthcoming book called Diva: Feminism and Fierceness from Pop to Hip-Hop.

Over the past three days wine connoisseurs in Marlborough have been sipping, sniffing, and swirling more than 1200 wines from across New Zealand and the world. They've been taking part in the judging of the 2023 New World Wine Awards, with the full results to be announced in October. Nights is joined by Stephanie Maddox, who is a judge in training and was an associate judge.

One of New Zealand's most distinctive architects Claude Megson designed around 40 homes during his 30-year career. Now for only the second time since it was built in the 1970s, one of his best-known homes the Barr House in the Auckland suburb of Meadowbank is up for sale. Architect and author Giles Reid joins Nights to talk about Claude Megson's legacy.

Three South Korean researchers claim they have cracked room temperature superconductivity. Their claims have been shrouded by controversy and scientists are sceptical of the claims and are instead waiting on it to be replicated elsewhere. Professor Rod Badcock from the Victoria University of Wellington's Robinson Research Institute talks to Mark.

Pathogens that were once common on Earth - but have been frozen for millions of years inside glaciers, ice caps and permafrost - are now being released from melting ice. So, what's the risk that one of these ancient bacteria or viruses pose a risk to us humans? Biodiversity Scientist Professor Corey Bradshaw from Flinders University in Australia has some answers.

Former MetService Severe Weather Meteorologist, Erick Brenstrum, joins Nights to talk about one of our favourite preoccupations - the weather.

Colin Peacock hosts this week's Midweek Mediawatch and shares the latest news and happenings in New Zealand's media.