Summer Report for Friday 6 January 2017

8:57 AM.Fifteen is the age people are the happiest and it's all downhill from there according to new research from Melbourne University. Audio

8:50 AM.In many offices around the country, including ours here at RNZ, we celebrate our work colleagues' birthdays with cakes. Audio

8:46 AM.From just small beginnings the marae recycling programme called "Para Kore" has grown into a movement transforming whanau, hapu and iwi along the way. Audio

8:45 AM.The tournament's top drawcards continue to drop out of the ASN tennis tournament in Auckland. Audio

8:39 AM.A campaigner who successfully halted the sale of water rights in Ashburton is now trying to stop the same thing happening on the West Coast. Audio

8:33 AM.The top intelligence official in the United States has told congress he is "even more resolute" in his belief that Russia was behind cyber attacks on the Democrats during the 2016 election campaign. Audio

8:27 AM.A lobby group in Australia says the controversial comments by a senator demanding the rights of New Zealanders be slashed are "far-fetched and stupid". Audio

8:25 AM.St John has cut the wages of some ambulance workers taking part in strike action. Audio

8:22 AM.People in central New Zealand may have found themselves jolted awake last night by a severe magnitude 5.3 quake, which hit just after midnight. Audio

8:19 AM.The mother of a Hutt Valley woman who died in an execution-style killing has returned home to Australia with the case still unsolved. Audio

8:17 AM.An Irish yachtsman attempting to sail around the world has been towed into Dunedin overnight after five days drifting at sea. Audio

8:12 AM.The mother of Que Langdon says her ex-partner repeatedly threatened to take their daughter and disappear forever. Audio