Summer Report for Friday 11 January 2013

8:49 AM.An earthquake simulator designed to help people get over their fear of quakes is being developed at Canterbury University. Audio

8:45 AM.Health leaders say debate is needed about the future of public healthcare before the current system becomes too costly and changes are urgent. Audio

8:43 AM.Hunters want regulations toughened to help prevent more accidental deaths. Audio

8:39 AM.Dr James Renwick from Victoria University talks about the weather. Audio

8:36 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

8:28 AM.The Sydney Morning Herald's Peter Munro tells us why he's sick of New Zealand television programmes. Audio

8:25 AM.The New Zealand dollar strengthens, pleasing retailers. Audio

8:20 AM.The Foreign Affairs Minister, Murray McCully, comments on the latest developments in Fiji. Audio

8:16 AM.Police in Tasmania will today begin allowing some residents evacuated from their homes during the bushfires to return to their properties. Brad Markham gives an update on the fight against the fires. Audio

8:12 AM.Twenty staff at the Ambrosia Nursery near Prebbleton had to be evacuated when fire reached that property yesterday. Audio

8:09 AM.The cordon surrounding the area of grassland engulfed by a large fire, south of Christchurch yesterday, will be lifted shortly. Audio

7:55 AM.Our science and technology commentator, Peter Griffin, is in the US for the Consumer Electronics Show. Audio

7:48 AM.Many of us have travelled through the Marlborough Sounds on the Cook Strait ferries - and some may have noticed a change in recent years, as the native bush regenerates and some of the wild pines… Read more Audio

7:44 AM.In Britain, a senior counter-terrorism police officer has been found guilty of attempting to sell information about a phone-hacking investigation to the tabloid paper, News of the World. Audio

7:41 AM.The Demolition and Asbestos Association says a policy of covering over undisturbed asbestos in cracked Canterbury ceilings is not a safe option. Audio

7:38 AM.Thousands of firefighters will have to contend with temperatures of above 40 degrees and strong westerly winds in New South Wales today, as they continue to battle more than 100 bushfires across the… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

7:27 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

7:23 AM.The Hobbit is in the running for three Oscars this year, but has missed out on being nominated in any of the major categories. Audio

7:17 AM.Fiji's military government has dumped the draft constitution it commissioned last year and given its legal team until the end of the month to produce a new one. Audio

7:15 AM.The Mayor of Selwyn, Kelvin Coe updates us on the fight against the fires. Audio

7:10 AM.Firefighters have worked through the night to contain a blaze which ripped through grass land south of Christchurch - destroying at least four houses and a chicken farm. Audio

7:00 AM.Prebbleton fires destroy homes; Selwyn district mayor Kelvin Coe on the Prebbleton fires; Fiji's military government dumps draft constitution; Three Oscar nods for The Hobbit; NSW expects tough… Read more Audio