Summer Report for Tuesday 14 January 2014

8:53 AM.The origins of the Port of Tauranga can be dated back to the 1860s when buoys were first put in place to mark out the channel. Audio

8:49 AM.The Gisborne District Council says the current water crisis should be over within a week, with the city avoiding any major water restrictions due to residents successfully conserving water. Audio

8:38 AM.Israel's former prime minister Ariel Sharon has been buried with military honours at his family ranch in the south of the country. Audio

8:35 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:28 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

8:23 AM.An Auckland consultant who witnessed the aftermath of a crash in which a cyclist was killed in the city last week is urging the council to act on a report on the issue of cyclist safety. Audio

8:19 AM.The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research says on average, the country was almost a degree warmer than last year. Audio

8:12 AM.Local ship-builders are concerned that the government contract for the building of a ferry has been awarded to an overseas company. Audio

8:09 AM.Thousands of people are homeless after a tropical cyclone tore through Tonga and officials are still working to piece together the exact nature of the damage. Audio

7:52 AM.Chatham Islanders are divided on whether mining phosphate from the Chatham Rise, east of New Zealand, would benefit them. Audio

7:48 AM.Four people are missing and up to 50 homes have been destroyed by fires that swept through the Perth Hills in Western Australia. Audio

7:40 AM.And listening to that was the Conservative Party leader Colin Craig. Audio

7:38 AM.The former MP who introduced the anti-smacking amendment bill in 2007 says she's appalled that the leader of the Conservative Party, Colin Craig, has publicly admitted smacking his daughter. Audio

7:35 AM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

7:34 AM.With Dan Corbett from the Met Service. Audio

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

7:21 AM.New Zealand's High Commissioner to Tonga, Mark Talbot, has been out surveying the damage in the Ha'apai Islands. He joins us. Audio

7:19 AM.Charities are mobilising to pick up the pieces from the powerful tropical cyclone which ripped through Tonga this weekend. Audio

7:16 AM.Cheap and risky is what the marine industry is calling the government's decision to award a contract to build an 8-million-dollar ferry to a Bangladesh company instead of having it locally made. Audio

7:09 AM.After a horror year, including a contaminated milk scandal and subsequent lawsuit, Fonterra has issued another product recall - this time of fresh cream. Audio

7:00 AM.Fonterra issues another product recall. The boat building industry cries foul as the Government awards the contract to build a ferry to Bangladesh and charities mobilise in Tonga where 800 homes have… Read more Audio