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Nights' overseas correspondent Tabu Butagira reports from the Republic of Uganda on changing their constitution to remove the upper age limit for anyone holding the office of President.

Wellington singer/songwriter Neil MacLeod joins us in the studio to sing a few tracks from his EP Sonder.

Nights' economist Brian Easton joins us to look back at the warning signs that were missed before the 2008 global financial crisis and asks whether there are any new warning signs we should be heeding.

MetService forecaster Erick Brenstrum is in the studio with Byran with the facts and the figures on this unseasonal weather and what we might expect over the coming months.

There has been considerable discussion in popular culture about whether younger generations are increasingly narcissistic. Yet in the scientific literature suggests that there is no scientific evidence that narcissism is on the increase (generationally or otherwise). Nights' psychologist Michael Philipp talks narcissism and how these stereotypes develop in older generations.

New China Eyewitness tells the story of how Canterbury Museum came to acquire the largest collection of Chinese art in New Zealand after a group of prominent New Zealanders visited the People's Republic of China in 1956. We talk to co-authors James Beattie & Richard Bullen about the book, the story and what it means for our relationship with China today.

15 Year old Jowan Nute is a bit of a bright spark in the blacksmithing world. He'll be demonstrating his skills this Sunday at the Warkworth and District Museum

Nights' poetry expert James Brown looks to intrigue us tonight with some engaging contemporary poems from the likes of Kimmy Walters and Catherine Wing.

A new catalyst created by University of Toronto researchers brings them one step closer to artificial photosynthesis - a system that, just like plants, would use renewable energy to convert carbon dioxide (CO2) into stored chemical energy. Phil De Luna is currently a Materials Science Engineering (MSE) PhD candidate at the University of Toronto - he joins us to explain how it all works.

Reporter for Bloomberg BNA, Lien Hoang reports from Vietnam.