Summer Report

US President Donald Trump says he may declare a national emergency to use the military to construct a border wall without congressional approval. The disagreement with the Democrats has led to a… Read more Audio

A group of Auckland workers who returned from their holidays to find they were jobless say their livelihoods have been destroyed. Audio

The entire Courtenay Place complex was shut off from the public on Saturday, after engineers identified several areas on the cinema levels of the building that could be dangerous during a major… Read more Audio

A funeral has taken place in the UK for British backpacker Grace Millane She disappeared on 1st December after last being seen in Auckland her body was found a week later. A 26-year-old man has been… Read more Audio

Junior doctors will go ahead with strike for 48 hours from next Tuesday, after mediation failed. 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: Fork Brewcorp Hyperlocal Pale… Read more Audio

Conservationists are calling on the Department of Conservation to ramp up its response to what's being called a mega mast, which could unleash a plague of predators on threatened native species. Audio

Time now for the second in our series of te reo Maori pieces where RNZ's Shannon Haunui-Thompson and I talk about kupu and kiwaha, words and phrases, with a summer flavour. Audio

Internal Affairs has released the country's most popular baby names for 2018, and again Oliver and Charlotte have topped the list. Audio

Surfers aged between nine and 72 years old have been rubbing shoulders with World Surf League competitor Ricardo Christie at the National Championships in Taranaki this week. Audio

A group of friends scrambled down a rocky cliff face to rescue to dolphins stranded on rocks in Wellington Habour yesterday. Melissa Prowse sayse about 50 dolphins were playing in the harbour but two… Read more Audio