Summer Report

Following revelations about failures at Hutt Hospital's Acute Mental Health Unit, a former patient says cannabis is regularly used by patients and is often smoked only metres from a nursing station. Audio

Wet weather has hampered holiday plans around the country with some campers flooded out of their tents. Audio

Bad weather hits campers in the Coromandel. Are mental health patients smoking cannabis at Hutt Hospital and a suicide bomber detonates explosion in Russia. Audio

Music festivals are gearing up and one of the bands that's a fixture on lineups this summer is The Phoenix Foundation. Audio

The country's most active volcano, White Island, roared back into life last year, after a brief lull and has been rumbling away on and off ever since. Audio

Have you stuffed yourself silly with turkey and pavlova this week? And is your New Year resoloution to drop a few kilos? Well here's some food for thought. Audio

Let's go to the movies with film reviewer Sarah Watt. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

In the opening One Day match of the series, The Black Caps were unable to back up their fine test performances losing to the West Indies by two wickets at Eden Park last night. Audio

The public's health watchdog says district health boards and other health providers must ensure they listen to and learn from complaints. Audio

Half a million homes in North America have been without power and some have been cut off for five days. Audio

We were reporting earlier about the attack on German tourists in Whakatane. The police have just put out a statement. Audio