On this week's edition of Short-Cuts Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin reviews: Exit 8 (in cinema), Greyhound and Finch (digital rentals) and One Life (Māori+).

A listener request brings musician Blair Morgan onto Nights to discuss his song “Len,” a tribute to his grandfather’s wartime story.

A tramper’s final wish for a remote hut has been realised with the creation of Brass Monkey Hut high on the Main Divide in Lewis Pass.

The latest news in Solomon Islands Pidgin (Tok Pisin).

On the eve of Anzac Day, journalist Lawrence Watt shares the little-known World War II stories of two New Zealanders who served in secretive roles.

ABC Wantok Program for 24 April 2026.

Geraldine High School takes a hands on approach to teaching agriculture.

The latest news from Melanesia.

Many small towns in New Zealand had their own "Dad's Army" during the second world war. But these were highly trained and from all walks of life with few resources and a lot of ingenuity. Country Life is in Halcombe which remembers their own Home Guard this year

"Once the reds start roaring, it really, really gets busy," Oliver Garland of All Over Taxidermy says.