Summer Report for Wednesday 11 January 2012

8:48 AM.In Hamilton, the themed gardens known as the Paradise Collection attract more than one million visitors a year. Audio

8:47 AM.A Korean fishing vessel with 40 crew on board has issued a Mayday call from deep in the southern ocean. Audio

8:39 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:39 AM.Black Stick striker Katie Glynn has been scoring hockey goals from the tender age of four and the 22-year-old is not about to stop now. Audio

8:35 AM.Back now to the news we reported a short time ago about a 7.3 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Indonesia. Audio

8:30 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

8:28 AM.Let's get the latest on the weather from Dan Corbett at the Met Service. Audio

8:24 AM.The Fire Service says there has been an unusually high number of fires in rural parts of Southland and a small area of Otago. Audio

8:20 AM.Moves are underway to rebrand the tourism image of Bay of Plenty to make it less focussed on its beaches following the Rena disaster. Audio

8:15 AM.It's a nervous wait for residents along Bay of Plenty beaches as the contents of the broken Rena container ship continue to wash ashore. Audio

8:09 AM.The Government says the Rena wreck must be removed from the Astrolabe Reef - including the 27 dangerous goods containers that are thought to have plunged to the sea floor off the coast of Tauranga. Audio

7:55 AM.It's a New Zealand tradition to spend part of the summer fixing up the house - or at least thinking about it. Audio

7:47 AM.Thousands of trampers are enjoying the great New Zealand outdoors this summer, some of them in the high country of the Nelson Lakes National Park. Audio

7:44 AM.Eighty fluttering shearwater chicks, have been successfully moved from their original homes on Long Island in the Marlborough Sounds, to Wellington's Somes Island. Audio

7:39 AM.To the United States, where the first primary in the Republican presidential race takes place today in New Hampshire. Audio

7:36 AM.The Families Commission says cold, damp and unaffordable housing is stopping parents getting the help they need for their children. Audio

7:29 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

7:23 AM.Authorities in Southland fear the province is heading for an official drought after the driest December on record and little rainfall this month. Audio

7:14 AM.We are joined by the Environment Minister, Nick Smith. Audio

7:13 AM.Oil spill response teams will mobilise this morning to protect sensitive areas of Bay of Plenty coastline from oil which is expected to reach shore today, from the wreck of the Rena cargo ship. Audio

7:09 AM.Authorities in Bay of Plenty have responded to public pressure and will now allow the public to help clean up Waihi Beach of Rena debris that's littered along the shoreline. Audio