Summer Report for Thursday 9 January 2020

8:56 AM.Have you ever heard of Fistball? we certainly had not - but this summer we want to look at some lesser-known sports.

New Zealand is fairly new to Fistball, which is a bit like Volleyball, but the… Read more Audio

8:54 AM.Twenty young New Zealanders will compete against the world's best at the 2020 Youth Winter Olympics in Switzerland over the next two weeks.

The athletes are all aged between 14 and 18 years old, and… Read more Audio

8:47 AM.Beneficiary advocates say more needs to be done for those in poverty, and changes to the welfare system are not happening fast enough.

When the Coalition Government came to power, it promised to… Read more Audio

8:43 AM.Today's holiday hotspot - Taupo.

Destination Great Lake Taupo, Jane Wilson, told Logan Church why she thinks the lake-side town is one the country's best places to visit. Read more Audio

8:33 AM.A month on from the deadly Whakaari volcano eruption, staff at burns units across New Zealand continue to work tirelessly to help victims, many of whom are from overseas.

Thirteen people remain in… Read more Audio

8:29 AM.Today marks one month since the fatal explosion on Whakaari that killed 19 people, two of whom haven't yet been found.

Twenty five people remain in hospitals here and in Australia, six of them with… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.An Iranian-born senior lecturer in defence and security studies at Massey University, Dr Negar Partow, speaks to Logan Church about tension between Iran and USA. Read more Audio

8:10 AM.The US President, Donald Trump, appears to be backing away from any further military action against Iran.

Yesterday, Iran launched more than a dozen missiles at two US bases in Iraq, in retaliation… Read more Audio