Summer Report

Work on one of the most critical parts of the Pike River Mine recovery operation is due to start today, with an entry possible next month. The Pike River Recovery Agency is expected to start purging… Read more Audio

About three-thousand junior doctors will continue striking today in what they say is a bid to protect safer working hours in public hospitals. Those taking industrial action are part of the Resident… Read more Audio

The smaller centres have helped drive up house values over the past year, but that growth is expected to moderate over the coming year. The Quotable Value's monthly House Price Index is up 3-point-2… Read more Audio

Government departments have already been ordered to check they're following the State Services Commission's code of conduct, which hit headlines last year after a report found a private security firm… Read more Audio

A group of reportedly unruly visitors have been served deportation notices and a woman has been arrested and is due to appear in court today. Audio

The UK papers are calling it D-day - and nearly all are predicting a major defeat for the British prime minister Theresa May. MPs will begin voting very shortly on Mrs May's make-or-break Brexit deal… Read more Audio

RNZ Summer Report presenters Chris Bramwell and Craig McCulloch sample a different beer every day with Steph Coutts from Craft Beer College in Wellington. Today's tipple: Cucumber Hippy Berliner, by 8… Read more Audio

It's the hottest, busiest, smelliest time of year for recycling centres - and, one year after China stopped taking our plastics, some are still struggling to move thousands of tonnes of waste. Audio

A freshwater scientist fears New Zealand is losing the battle when it comes to water quality. The comments come after a number of popular Taranaki swimming holes were shut due to E coli contamination… Read more Audio

A crowdfunding campaign is under way to help dozens of staff at the Telford agricultural training campus near Balclutha, who are stuck without pay while their employer's future is decided. The on-farm… Read more Audio