Nights

Women are now the fastest growing demographic in a sport that, from the outside, seems pretty male-dominated. We talk to Belinda Thomas, one of New Zealand's most accomplished fly-fishers.

Urban planner Katie Matchett contends we’ve built transportation systems that discount women’s travel needs and our communities are the worse for it.

Peter Lampp talks sport and he's very excited about our Olympic speed skaters, but rather underwhelmed by our cricket venues.

The Contours of Heaven combines the forms of verbatim theatre, live vocal harmonies and movement, to tell the real stories of six young people from Te Matau a Māui, The Hawkes Bay.

Director Puti Lancaster and actor Ana Chaya Scotney spent 3 months interviewing young people about what it is to be coming of age in Aotearoa. We talk to Puti, Ana and the show's designer Owen McCarthy and get an insight into some of these experiences.

We're very excited Karyn Hay is joining the Nights team starting next week. Her new show Lately with Karyn Hay will have an eye on live events, an ear for music, a great sense of humour and a genuine interest in people and their stories. Karyn joins us tonight to tell us all about it.

In the first study of its kind, Dr Chris Bowden, who is a lecturer in Victoria's School of Education, found that young men aged between 17-25 who lost a close male friend to suicide, suffered, grieved and eventually changed in silence.

Nights' big league botanist, Bec Stanley from Auckland Botanic Gardens joins us to share her expertise on the oomycete that's killing trees. What is it and what can we do about it?

Jamie Wood from Manaaki Whenua/Landcare Research joins us to talk about a study of DNA found in fossilized Moa droppings - and the understanding that has been gained in terms of the impact extinction had on New Zealand's shrublands and forests

Making her debut on Nights as our new feminist pundit - replacing Deborah Russell, who is now a Labour MP - the MP for New Lynn - is the Tamaki Makaurau based writer, critic and student, Miriama Aoake.

Stella McQueen brings this week's after dinner science: native fish - and what happens when their environment heats up during the summer - or worse - drys out