Summer Report for Friday 9 January 2015

8:48 AM.The Alps2Ocean cycleway is still only half-built, but already it is breathing new life into central South Island towns. Read more Audio

8:44 AM.The days of making the obligatory trip to a visitor centre when arriving at a national park could soon be numbered thanks to a truly 21st century pilot project. Audio

8:40 AM.MPs are being advised they need to better understand the changing Pasifika population, to win their votes in future elections. Audio

8:34 AM.Some newspapers have reprinted some of Charlie Hebdo's most irreverent illustrations in a gesture of solidarity. Audio

8:28 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:24 AM.The New Zealand tennis number one Marina Erakovic will have to wait another year for her chance to win her home tournament at Auckland's ASB Classic, after bowing out in both the singles and the… Read more Audio

8:21 AM.The Wanganui beneficiary accused of trying to smuggle 1-point-7 kilograms of methamphetamine into Bali is facing a ten month trial. Audio

8:18 AM.Pascale Laboute is a documentary maker currently visiting New Zealand with her partner. Audio

8:13 AM.The gunmen have claimed to be members of the Yemeni affiliate of Al Qaeda. Audio

8:10 AM.We're joined by Jack Parrock our correspondent in Paris. Audio

7:52 AM.Summer's the busiest time of year for the men and women charged with keeping New Zealand free of invaders like fruit-fly, or rabies, that could arrive by boat. Audio

7:48 AM.As investigators continue to sort through the wreckage of AirAsia Flight QZ8501, what happened to Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 remains a mystery. Audio

7:44 AM.The law firm Meredith Connell has been prosecuting criminal cases in Auckland on behalf of the Crown for over 90 years, but now it is facing challenges for the warrant from three groups of former… Read more Audio

7:41 AM.People in the film and television business are banking on a big surge in activity, with more demand for infrastructure and plenty of work to go around. Audio

7:37 AM.The radical preacher Abu Hamza al-Masri is due to be sentenced in New York for terrorism charges, marking the end of a decade-long legal battle. Audio

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

7:23 AM.In other news, a salvage crew is hoping to lift the wreckage of a shydiving plan from Lake Taupo today. Audio

7:19 AM.Vigils have been held in New Zealand as the French community mourns the deaths of the 12 victims of the attacks. Audio

7:19 AM.Twenty five year old French woman Elise Fournier has been in New Zealand for the past four months. Audio

7:12 AM.Natalie Powell is our correspondent in Paris. Audio

7:11 AM.Cartoonists around the world have put pencil to paper in solidarity with the Charlie Hebdo artists slaughtered in Paris -- while admitting their own fear of being targeted. Audio

7:09 AM.The intense manhunt for two brothers, believed to be behind the French magazine massacre, has moved to the North of Paris after an apparent sighting of the fugitives. Audio

7:00 AM.The two main suspects in the attack on a Paris magazine office, are still on the run. Vigils are held in New Zealand to mark the deaths in France and the plane that crashed into Lake Taupo may be… Read more Audio