Summer Report

The Local Government Minister Rodney Hide says an incoming new law should make it harder for councils to get involved in financial disasters like the LA Galaxy soccer match. Audio

An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio

The US President Barack Obama is taking stock following his party's shock loss in the Massachusetts Senate election. Audio

Haiti has been hit by the strongest aftershock since last week's earthquake, sending people running out of already weakened buildings fearing their collapse. Audio

The Finance Minister Bill English has been listening to that and he joins us. Audio

A proposed rise in GST and new property taxes is creating anxiety and debate following the release of the Tax Working Group's recommendations. Audio

Haiti is rocked by a very strong aftershock. The former principal youth court judge criticises the government's three strikes policy and people on the street reject proposals to raise GST to 15… Read more Audio

We take our last look at a native bird today by travelling to Turangi in the central North Island. Audio

New Zealand-born, Australian-based satiricist John Clarke introduces us to the fictitious sport farnakeling now. Audio

A team from the United Kingdom is getting closer to releasing a swarm of bumblebees after painstakingly collecting them one by one in the South Island. Audio

Its almost a rite of passage in New Zealand - getting up early on a winters morning to go sit in a maimai and hunt ducks.y Audio

Victoria, Albert, Franz Josef, Alexandra, Elizabeth, Coronation Peak, Balmoral, Sandringham: with Peter Dowling, revising editor of AW Reed's 'Place Names of New Zealand'. Audio