Nights

If the technology gods smile upon us, we're hoping to have a live chat with some of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration staff based at the South Pole who are watching their first sunrise in 6 months.

Dr Judy Lawrence who is a Research Fellow at the Climate Change Research Institute of Victoria University of Wellington, co-chaired a working group setr up by the government to advise on how we might adapt to climate change.

Paul Berrington joins us once again with his pick of the best electronic music. Tonight he's introducing (or maybe reacquainting) us with the work of legendary house music figurehead Larry Head.

Auckland Museum are hosting a very special Caterpillar for the upcoming school holidays.

Dimmer is the brainchild of ex Straitjacket Fits/Bored Games/Doublehappys guitarist and vocalist, Shayne Carter. He performed live at RNZ's now-defunct Helen Young Studio in 2004 with musicians including Anika Moa, Mike Hall of Pluto and Andy Morton AKA Submariner.

In light of Donald Trump's latest round of tariffs on Chinese goods, Nights' favourite economist Brian Easton joins us with a look at the bigger picture.

Dana Johansen joins us once more with a weather eye on the world of sport.

Tactial urbanism - making small-scale changes to our urban environment to make our public spaces better - is an approach gaining traction worldwide. Steven Burgess from MRCagney is joins us to tell us more.

The Vice President of the North Island St.Bernard Association, Charmaine Kendrick joins us to tell us about their dog carting day at the Leamington Domain on Sunday.

Tonight's topic is Welfare