Summer Report

Wellington is bidding farewell to perhaps its best-known homeless person, known as Blanket Man. Audio

The police in Iraq say insurgents have detonated bombs around a police building and then stormed it wearing explosive belts. Audio

Albatrosses will soon be sending text messages about how they feed their young. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

A oil exploration company based in Canada says it plans to start drilling four wells on the East Coast in about four months, as part of efforts to significantly expand operations. Audio

The biggest fraud case in New Zealand history heads to court today, with five individuals involved with the failed South Canterbury Finance making their first appearance. Audio

Cordons are still in place in central Wellington around the scene where a body was found lodged inside a stormwater drain. Audio

Twenty police officers in Whanganui are investigating the death of a two-month old girl, who died on Thursday afternoon as a result of non-accidental head injuries. Audio

Rescue divers are combing the partially submerged Italian ship, the Costa Concordia, trying to find fifteen people still missing two days after the cruise liner hit a submerged rock off the Tuscan… Read more Audio

Mark Cubey is with us. Audio

More than eighty years ago, a devastating earthquake struck Hawke's Bay, killing 261 people and destroying most of the buildings in central Napier. Audio

Lisa Thompson talks to decathlete Brent Newdick. Audio