Nights

Are the current protests in Chile a result of 40 years of neoliberal economics and might we be heading down the same road in New Zealand?

After three years of negotiation, New Zealand and China have agreed on an upgrade to their free trade deal. It includes new rules to make exporting to China cheaper and easier, and the highest level of commitment to environmental standards China has made in any free trade deal Executive Director of the New Zealand China Council, Stephen Jacobi speaks with Karyn Hay about what it means.

Peter Lammp and Dana Johannsen join us with a look back at the Rugby World Cup 2019, and a little bit of netball.

Jo Caird has co-written a book on New Zealand working dogs - a book which is keen to recognise the role canines play beyond the farm.

To mark 2019 as the year of the Periodic Table, RNZ Nights has teamed up with the MacDiarmid Institute to bring you Element of The Week. Tonight, Duncan McGillivray, MacDiarmid Institute Principal Investigator and Associate Professor of Physical Chemistry at the University of Auckland. introduces us to the element Flourine and the reason for tonight's sonic tonic dedicated to cavities and holes.

Dr Lorna Piatti-Farnell Associate Professor of Popular Media and Cultural History at AUT is here to tell us about Halloween Traditions.

Charlie Cuff joins us once again from Nelson with his take on the climate change strikes, and some of the plans the younger generation have to tackle the problem.

Debbie Stewart has a thing for birds of prey. She is the founder and manager of Rotorua's Wingspan National Bird of Prey Centre which is recognised as New Zealand's leading conservation, education and research organisation for birds of prey. Debiie will be speaking about the birds she loves at the Tauranga Arts Festival on the third of November.

Nights Meterology expert Erick Brenstrum has the stratosphere on his mind! He joins Bryan to discuss that particular part of the atmosphere, typhoons, hurricanes and wildfires. He also has a review of The Collapse of the Eastern Mediterranean by Ronnie Ellenblum.

To mark 2019 as the year of the Periodic Table, RNZ Nights has teamed up with the MacDiarmid Institute to bring you Element of The Week. Tonight, Marcus Jones from AUT's chemistry department introduces us to the element oxygen and the reason for tonight's sonic tonic dedicated to air.