Nights

Authior, Glenda Kane and illustrator Lisa Allen join us in the Auckland studio to talk about "Mangrove" children's picture book which describes the life cycle of a mangrove with rhyming text and beautiful illustrations.

Marxist Historian, Brian Roper joins us once again - tonight he asks whether or not New Zealanders should be concerned about the rise of China and China's growing influence in the Asia Pacific region?

Silver Tamburr from Estonian World joins us once again from Tallinn.

Charlie Cuff is back again with another bite-sized introduction to the world of technology. Tonight we're looking at operating systems.

This coming July 20th, on the 52nd Anniversary of the Moon Landing the first paying passengers will fly suborbital on Blue Origin's New Shepard. Seats are being auctioned on 12 June and the bidding is currently at $2.8M USD. Co-Founder of Spacebase, Emeline Paat-Dahlstom joins us once again to taking a look at the burgeoning space tourism race.

As part of Wellington's midwinter Loemis Festival, we talk to Joel Baxendale, the creator of a new immersive theatre experience. Werewolf feels almost like a game by daylight - but takes on a whole new life when plunged into the night.

Anthropologist and Child Health researcher, Dr Julie Spray spent 2015 eating lunch with primary school students in a disadvantaged part of South Auckland, where she learned that providing free school meals can be a lot more complex than simply sating hunger.

Patrick Phelps from Minerals West Coast joins us once again. Tonight he's looking at mining and New Zealand's biodiversity crisis. With 4,000 at risk species. what's the future of the mining sector in the fight to save our Taonga?

Tonight's sportscaster is RNZ Pacific's Vinnie Wylie

We're joined by Cindy Nguyen from Papatoetoe High School & Arunan Noble from Wellington High School.