Summer Report for Tuesday 30 December 2014

8:56 AM.Edge of Tomorrow, Ida, What We Do in the Shadows. Audio

8:49 AM.100 years ago on April 25th 1915 New Zealand and Australian forces landed on a remote part of the Ottoman Empire as it was then known, and at a place that would be forever be etched in the annals of… Read more Audio

8:44 AM.Returning to our top story - on the missing plane, Flight QZ8501,which was on its way to Singapore when it lost contact with traffic control on Sunday night. Audio

8:41 AM.Politicians, iwi and the Department of Conservation have joined force to try to manage the competing environmental demands on the Marlborough Sounds. Audio

8:28 AM.Christchurch has welcomed back international test cricket in fine style with Hagley Oval being described as a remarkable test venue. Audio

8:24 AM.The Greater Wellington Regional Council's been accused of running a propaganda-filled campaign in support of a super-city amalgamation. Audio

8:19 AM.Tonga, has just voted in its first democratically-elected commoner as prime minister. Audio

8:16 AM.School principals say a review of the decile system is urgently required. Audio

8:15 AM.Air Asia's missing flight QZ8501 has rounded out a year the Asian airlines would probably rather forget. Audio

8:10 AM.The Transport Agency and the police say there's already been a major shift in public attitudes toward the lower alcohol limits for adult drivers, which came into effect on December the first. Audio

7:51 AM.A trust set up to protect and preserve the childhood home of one of New Zealand's greatest writers, Janet Frame, celebrates 10 years of operating this summer. Audio

7:47 AM.The city of Broken Hill in New South Wales is facing dire water shortages as its supply from the local Menindee Lakes dries up. Audio

7:43 AM.Infratil has gone into a joint venture with the New Zealand Super Fund to invest in Australia's retirement industry. Audio

7:36 AM.The holiday road toll stands at seven. Audio

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

7:24 AM.Deaths from boating accidents are at a ten-year high, after Manukau Harbour's treacherous bar claimed another two lives yesterday. Audio

7:18 AM.Rescue teams have worked through the night, defying high seas and freezing weather to evacuate all the passengers from a car ferry that caught fire off Greece's Adriatic coast. Audio

7:16 AM.A Virgin Atlantic passenger plane has landed safely at London's Gatwick Airport, after preparing for an emergency landing. Audio

7:10 AM.Search and rescue teams scouring Indonesia's waters for missing Air Asia flight QZ8501 believe the wreckage is likely to be at the bottom of the sea. Audio

7:00 AM.The missing Indonesian plane is believed to have crashed into the sea. The police say there's growing public support for lower blood alcohol limits for drivers and burning Greek ferry evacuated. Audio