Summer Report

Shell is granted the right to drill for gas off the Otago-Southland coast. Water for Gisborne residents could run out within three days and extreme weather - while it freezes in north America, Western… Read more Audio

Oamaru is on the rise as a tourism destination and that's being helped by a luxury lodge in one of New Zealand's grandest old houses. Audio

In New Zealand the likes of the police, firefighters, nurses and doctors all have organisations who speak on their behalf, and advocate for better wages and conditions. Audio

A New Zealand woman who says she has spent tens of thousands of dollars fighting the international brand Tom Tom over its trade name says she will not back down. Audio

The government wants 85 percent of 18 year-olds to have at least level two of the NCEA by 20-17. Audio

Liz Cheney, the daughter of the former US Vice-President Dick Cheney, has ended her run for a US senate seat, citing a family health crisis. Audio

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

The crown research institute, GNS, says the threat posed by a wall of water behind a natural dam on South Westland's Dart River, has now subsided. Audio

The New Zealand teenager injured during a night out in Sydney is recovering but remains in hosptial. Audio

The search resumes today for the body of a man missing near the mouth of the Hutt River. Audio

The Foreign Affairs Minister is hopeful further diploamtic talks may lead to the Japanese ending their whaling programme in the Southern Ocean. Audio