Summer Report for Friday 8 January 2016

8:53 AM.The small Catlins settlement of Tahakopa has revived a curious landmark, one of the country's smallest community halls. Audio

8:42 AM.In response to a wave of youth suicides in recent months, a group of young people struggling to cope with their loss have got together to write and perform a play. Audio

8:36 AM.More people are looking to build recycled houses, after the recent completion of an earthship in the Coromandel Peninsula. Audio

8:33 AM.The semi finalists have been confirmed after a drawn out fourth day at the women's ASB tennis classic in Auckland. Audio

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

8:25 AM.Blenheim has finally taken the shine out of Whakatane's sun. Audio

8:16 AM.The Labour Party leader Andrew Little says his party would defy the Trans Pacific Partnership in Government. Audio

8:13 AM.Global shares on all major exchanges have fallen for the sixth consecutive day after trading was suspended on Chinese markets for the second time this week. Audio

8:07 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport Audio

7:55 AM.Let's talk summer movies - Sarah Watt of the Sunday Star Times is with us. Audio

7:47 AM.Ten years after tuatara were released for the first time on mainland New Zealand in more than two hundred years, researchers from Victoria University of Wellington and Zealandia are going bush to find… Read more Audio

7:42 AM.No interest rate rises for the next two years, that's the prediction of the BNZ's Tony Alexander. Audio

7:38 AM.For the first time in New Zealand's motoring history, the humble ute has toppled the passenger car as the top selling vehicle. Audio

7:35 AM.Police are investigating an attack on two white swans that were shot at, up to six times, in the middle of the night on a private property in Canterbury. Audio

7:22 AM.Fire crews in Western Australia are bracing for another day of intense conditions as they work to control a bushfire threatening lives and homes in the state's South West. Audio

7:17 AM.French police have shot dead a man who was apparently trying to attack a police station, on the anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo attacks. Audio

7:14 AM.A man will appear in court this morning charged with the murder of a woman in the affluent Auckland suburb of Remuera. Audio

7:09 AM.Global shares have fallen sharply after trading was suspended on Chinese markets for the second time this week. Audio

7:00 AM.Share markets around the world fall after more bad news from China and a man appears in court today charged with the murder of a Remuera woman. Audio