Summer Report for Thursday 16 January 2020

8:55 AM.Young New Zealanders aren't planning to give up the fight against climate change any time soon, with secondary school children expected to strike in the lead-up to this year's general election.

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8:47 AM.Australian man Gabel Tostee was aquitted of the murder of his Tinder date - New Zealand woman - Warriena Wright in 2014.

But he's back on the dating apps and making headlines again after a Tinder… Read more Audio

8:39 AM.Things were looking extremely positive yesterday as the New Zealand Stock market closed at a record high.

The NZX Top 50 Index rose about half a percent to close at 11,676.

That beats the previous… Read more Audio

8:36 AM.The top seed is out in the ASB Classic tennis tournament.

The Italian Fabio Fognini - the world number 12 - lost in three sets to Spain's Feliciano Lopez in their second round match in Auckland… Read more Audio

8:30 AM.Wellington Regional Council is heralding a controversial dam project for Wairarapa as necessary protection against the threat of climate change.

The Provincial Growth Fund is investing seven million… Read more Audio

8:26 AM.Christchurch red zone residents say the area is experiencing an increasing amount of petty crime and dumped rubbish, due to a lack of people.

The red zone was established after thousands of houses -… Read more Audio

8:21 AM.New figures from the Children's Commissioner show deep, persistent and increasing inequity in the way Maori newborns are taken from their whanau by the state.

The statistics show Maori babies are… Read more Audio

8:16 AM.Rising temperatures and longer fire seasons are dramatically changing the game for firefighters around the country.

As dozens of New Zealand firefighters pitch in across the Tasman - back in our own… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Iran's president has warned all foreign forces should leave the Middle East, or they "may be in danger".

Tensions are high following a series of events in the region, beginning with the death of… Read more Audio

7:56 AM.A couple on a tandem bike towing a coffin from Invercargill to Wellington are about halfway on their journey to protest the drug-buying agency Pharmac's budget.

Julian and Camilla Cox, on behalf of… Read more Audio

7:49 AM.Part one of a deal aimed at de-escalating the tit for tat tariff war between China and the US has been signed in Washington.

The countries have been locked in a bitter trade battle for about 18… Read more Audio

7:44 AM.New Zealand's former champion discus-thrower, Beatrice Faumuina, has been appointed to the Sport New Zealand Board. Faumuina's appointment to the role tips the gender scales creating a 5- 4 female… Read more Audio

7:39 AM.Russia's government has resigned and President Vladimir Putin has proposed sweeping constitutional changes that could prolong his stay in power in a series of unexpected moves in Moscow overnight.

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7:33 AM.A vote to send the impeachment charges against the US President, Donald Trump, to the Senate has passed. 

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has named the seven Democrats who will act as prosecutors in… Read more Audio

7:27 AM.Last year was the world's second-warmest in 140 years of record-keeping, according to a newly-published government report out of the United States.

The figures have also confirmed the last decade is… Read more Audio

7:21 AM.Newborn Māori babies are five times more likely to be taken into state care than non-Māori babies - and they are more likely to be taken using urgent court orders.

The Children's Commissioner has… Read more Audio

7:15 AM.A Masterton woman who says she was beaten and raped in state care has been shocked to discover that social services knew about her abusive situation at the time.

Jan Lowe, who is now 70, was sent to… Read more Audio

7:08 AM.The Iranian president has hit back against Britain, France and Germany after they triggered an unprecedented bid to curb Iran's nuclear programme, by warning European soldiers "may be in danger" if… Read more Audio