Summer Report for Monday 4 January 2010

9:50 AM.We talk with Entomologist Allen Heath. Audio

9:39 AM.It's back to Mount Aspiring National Park where Simon is shivering high up on French Ridge above the Matukituki Valley near Wanaka as he tries to have a go at climbing Mt Aspiring. Audio

9:35 AM.The world's rarest parrot and only found in New Zealand, mainly on Codfish Island off Stewart Island. Audio

9:30 AM.New Plymouth fisherman Keith Mawson joins us. Audio

9:28 AM.If you're looking for plenty of family friendly fun this holiday, the Paihia Festival in the Bay of Islands might be the perfect destination. Audio

9:24 AM.If your New Year celebrations weren't enough of a blast how about some drag racing. Audio

9:20 AM.Adventurer Jamie Fitzgerald and mountaineer Graeme Dingle have been walking the 3000km long Te Araroa trail since November 30th. Audio

9:12 AM.The search has resumed this morning for a man who went missing while fishing from rocks at Piha Beach in West Auckland yesterday evening. Audio

9:10 AM.The police are investigating the circumstances surrounding a man's death in Orewa north of Auckland. Audio

8:51 AM.Lovers Leap, Māori Leap, Morere, Omanawanui, Erangi Point, Te Waharoa Point, Waioriri Stream: with Peter Dowling, revising editor of AW Reed's dictionary of New Zealand place names. Audio

8:43 AM.Our reporter, Heugh Chappell goes on an adventure to Cape Kidnappers to see a colony of birds that draws tourists from all over the world. Audio

8:38 AM.There'll be plenty of noise both from cowboys and their mounts, and no doubt from the crowd, at both the Canterbury Rodeo which is on at Mandeville North just west of Kaiapoi and in Northland at the… Read more Audio

8:34 AM.Joining us today is Kieran Turner the CEO of Bike NZ. Audio

8:31 AM.Hundreds of railway staff and contractors are working around the clock to have major upgrades of the rail networks in Auckland and Wellington largely completed before most commuters return to work -… Read more Audio

8:25 AM.New statistics show oil production soaring in New Zealand. Audio

8:22 AM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio

8:19 AM.Guests who turned up at England's highest pub to celebrate New Year's Eve last Thursday have only just begun returning home today. Audio

8:16 AM.A regional councillor says the policing of a liquor ban in the Coromandel Peninsula resort town of Whangamata is excessive. Audio

8:12 AM.Christchurch's so-called House of Horrors has gone, but the future of the land it stood on remains undecided. Audio

7:55 AM.Lavender has come to prominence as a viable crop in New Zealand over the past two decades. Audio

7:46 AM.Scitech news now with Peter Griffin. Audio

7:39 AM.Fifty-one years ago the vision of elders of the Latter Day Saints Church, the Mormons, became reality as their one and only secondary school was opened in this country. Audio

7:35 AM.The $310,000 ASB Classic tennis tournament begins in Auckland later today, after qualifying matches were completed at the weekend. Audio

7:26 AM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio

7:24 AM.The Department of Conservation says it may be just a matter of time before didymo turns up in North Island waterways. Audio

7:20 AM.Restaurant and bar patrons risk being hit with a second serving of surcharges today after the second public holiday fell on a weekend. Audio

7:16 AM.Tens of thousands of holiday makers heading home today should expect traffic to slow to a crawl in several parts of the country. Audio

7:12 AM.New Zealand authorities are expecting to be advised shortly about any easing of the restrictions imposed on US flights following the al-Qaeda Detroit bomb plot. Audio

7:00 AM.There are hightened fears of another al qaeda attack. Driving conditions are expected to be difficult in the North Island. Restaurant and bar patrons risk being hit with a second serving of surcharges… Read more Audio