Summer Report for Thursday 3 January 2013

8:53 AM.Lynn delivers lunch to the rarest species at Zealandia, the takahe couple Puffin and T2. Audio

8:45 AM.A long stretch of grassy dunes on the Kapiti Coast that may be the path for a highway linking Manawatu and central Wellington is to be studied by archaeologists. Audio

8:41 AM.Let's check out the surf conditions for today with surfer Doug Young. Audio

8:37 AM.St John ambulance says it's unnecessarily taking up to 80,000 people to hospital each year. Audio

8:34 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

8:27 AM.Home owners in Lower Hutt are concerned about the vacated state houses, William Ray reports. Audio

8:22 AM.Fiji's progress towards a new constition may be stalling, we talk to the Foreign Affairs Minister, Murray McCully. Audio

8:18 AM.The road toll was high over the whole year, but low over the Christmas period, Police Superintendent Carey Griffiths talks to us about why. Audio

8:14 AM.Weather forecaster Andy Downs tells us where the weather is heading . Audio

8:09 AM.Mark Pinner from the Transport Agnecy updates us on the West Coast roads. Audio

7:57 AM.Peter Dowling looks at the names of marae: Taputapuatea, Tūrangawaewae. Audio

7:47 AM.Caitlin joins chef Paul Hoather as he cooks a summer dish. Audio

7:44 AM.A large blaze has ripped through at least two classroom at an Invercargill school. Audio

7:40 AM.Kiwisaver is bossting the share market, economics correspondent Nigel Stirling reports. Audio

7:35 AM.Police Inspector Dana McDonald joins us with the latest on the investigation into the stabbing of a 64 year old man. Audio

7:28 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

7:24 AM.A nine-month-old boy in Rotorua is seriously injured. Audio

7:20 AM.New Zealand cricketers collapse at Cape Town, commentator Neil Manthorp reports. Audio

7:17 AM.Wall Street welcomes the deal to avoid the fiscal cliff, Nathan King reports from New York. Audio

7:13 AM.The Westland District Civil Defence manager Richard Simpson updates us on the floods.. Audio

7:09 AM.Flooding leaves parts of the west Coast isolated, Jacob McSweeny reports. Audio

7:00 AM.Bad weather hits the West Coast, washing out a bridge and leaving people isolated. Share markets around the world rally as US politicians make a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff and the New Zealand… Read more Audio